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Preview: Sevilla vs. Atletico Madrid

Sports Mole previews the La Liga showdown between Sevilla and last year's champions Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid travel to Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Sunday evening knowing that they require three points to retain hope of defending their La Liga title.

Last year's champions overcame a slow start to close the gap on Real Madrid and Barcelona, but despite five wins from six games, a 2-0 defeat to Celta Vigo has left Diego Simeone's team seven points adrift of the leaders.

Simeone will be without Koke, who is still nursing a hamstring injury, while Guilherme Siqueira is sidelined through suspension.

Striker Fernando Torres is likely to remain on the bench, despite being unfortunate not to score against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in midweek.

Sevilla are unbeaten in 12 home league games this season, but four defeats in six fixtures have hindered their attempts to secure a top-four place.

Coach Unai Emery will be confident of inflicting a fifth away defeat on Atletico, but the Rojiblancos are under pressure to ensure that they don't fall further behind Valencia in the league table.

Iago Aspas is missing with a hamstring problem, while goalkeeper Beto is unlikely to be fit after missing the past few weeks with concussion.

Sevilla:

Form in La Liga: LWLLWL
Form in all competitions: LLWWLW

Possible starting lineup:

Atletico Madrid:

Form in La Liga: WWWWLW
Form in all competitions: LWWLWL

Possible starting lineup: Moya; Juanfran, Godin, Miranda, Gamez; Gabi, Tiago, Saul; Turan, Mandzukic, Griezmann

Sports Mole says: 1-2


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1Barcelona13110240122833
2Real Madrid1283125111427
3Atletico MadridAtletico137511971226
4Villarreal127322319424
5Osasuna136341720-321
6Athletic Bilbao135531913620
7Real BetisBetis135531412220
8Real Sociedad135351110118
9Mallorca135351010018
10GironaGirona135351617-118
11Celta Vigo135262022-217
12Rayo Vallecano124441313016
13Sevilla134361218-615
14Leganes133551316-314
15Getafe142751011-113
16AlavesAlaves134181422-813
17Las PalmasLas Palmas133371622-612
18Espanyol123181122-1110
19Real ValladolidValladolid142391027-179
20Valencia11146817-97


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