Atlético Madrid vs Sevilla Betting Tips

Atletico keep going about their business in their usual manner and with every passing week you have to take their title challenge increasingly seriously. In Barcelona they are every bit as worried by Diego Simeone’s men as they are Los Blancos and with good reason.

Atleti have lost just once in 23 matches in all competitions now and they’ve won 9 of their last 10 matches in the league. While they continue to escape serious injuries, they just don’t look like dropping points against anyone outside the top four or five teams and ominously for their rivals have now started to score a few more goals, which should take the pressure off their outstanding back four.

Antoine Griezmann remains their main threat and he netted twice in the 3-0 win at Las Palmas last weekend, the first time they have scored 3 goals in the league since beating this weekend’s opponents Sevilla by the same margin back in August.

Sevilla have improved since then and have won their last 5 games in all competitions and have suffered only one defeat in 14. There is still a great disparity between their home and away form though and they are yet to win in 9 attempts on the road this season in the league.

They’ve lost 4 of their last 7 away games in La Liga, conceding twice on each occasion so backing Atletico to score over 1.5 goals here at 5/6 looks a smart bet given this should more open than some of their recent home games when teams have just sat back and played for a draw.

Sevilla won’t do that and as Athletic Bilbao did last month when they visited the Vicente Calderon, they should create a few openings but that could leave them vulnerable to the pace Atletico have on the break and a 2-1 home win might be the way to go in the correct scoreline market and can be backed at 15/2.