SEVILLA. Sevilla defeats Atlético Madrid 1-0 after I. Romero scored just 1 goal (15′). Atlético Madrid lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Sevilla on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 31,528 spectators. The referee was Javier Iglesias Villanueva with the support of Jorge Bueno Mateo and Antonio Luis Cerezo Parfenof. The 4th official was Rubén Ruipérez Marín. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 24.64 degrees Celsius or 76.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 10 Total 16
- 6 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 105 Attack 142
- 43 Dangerous attack 63
- 86 Ball safe 95
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Atlético Madrid had a superior ball possession 60% while Sevilla was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Atlético Madrid had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Sevilla succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Sevilla shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Atlético Madrid shot 16 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Sevilla received 2 yellow cards (Youssef En-Nesyri and Suso). On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid received 1 yellow card (Axel Witsel).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Sevilla has 23 points like Mallorca to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, Atlético Madrid will stays with 48 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Sevilla will play away with Valencia on the 18th of February with a 22-14 head to head stats in favor of Sevilla (8 draws).
Atlético Madrid will host Las Palmas on the 18th of February with a 7-2 head to head stats in favor of Atlético Madrid (1 draw).
Sevilla – Formation
Sevilla
64'
77'
15'
Sevilla started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Enrique Sánchez Flores decided to play with the following team: Ørjan Nyland , Jesús Navas , Loïc Badé , Sergio Ramos , Marcos Acuña , Djibril Sow , Boubakary Soumaré , Óliver Torres , Lucas Ocampos , Youssef En-Nesyri and Isaac Romero .
The home team had on the bench: Suso , Marko Dmitrović, Adrià Pedrosa, Joan Jordán, Erik Lamela , Adnan Januzaj, Juanlu Sánchez , Darío Benavides, Matías Árbol, Diego Hormigo, Stanis Idumbo Muzambo and Hannibal Mejbri.
Substitutions
Sevilla made 5 changes: Óliver Torres for Suso (64′), Jesús Navas for Juanlu Sánchez (64′), Isaac Romero for Erik Lamela (78′), Djibril Sow for Joan Jordán (88′) and Youssef En-Nesyri for Adrià Pedrosa (88′).
Player of the match: Lucas Ocampos
The most impressive player for Sevilla was Lucas Ocampos even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 33 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.
Atlético Madrid – Formation
Atlético Madrid
Atlético Madrid started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Jan Oblak , Axel Witsel , Gabriel Paulista , Mario Hermoso , Marcos Llorente , Rodrigo de Paul , Koke , Pablo Barrios , Samuel Lino , Álvaro Morata and Antoine Griezmann .
They had on the bench: Stefan Savic, Nahuel Molina , Horaţiu Moldovan, Memphis Depay , Ángel Correa , Rodrigo Riquelme , Arthur Vermeeren, Reinildo Mandava and Antonio Gomis.
Atlético Madrid could not rely on the presence of Memphis Depay (injured).
Substitutions
Atlético Madrid made 5 changes: Álvaro Morata for Memphis Depay (46′), Pablo Barrios for Nahuel Molina (46′), Koke for Ángel Correa (60′), Axel Witsel for Reinildo Mandava (66′) and Samuel Lino for Rodrigo Riquelme (84′).
Player of the match: Rodrigo de Paul
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Rodrigo de Paul.
His rating is with 86 passes (87% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Getafe – Celta de Vigo – 3-2
- Sevilla – Atlético Madrid – 1-0
- FC Barcelona – Granada – 3-3
- Mallorca – Rayo Vallecano – 2-1
