On Oct 8th, Sevilla plays host to Athletic Club in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, Sevilla recorded a 0-2 loss against Atlético Madrid. Llorente struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 29th minute on a feed from Koke, then Morata added another in the 57th minute on a feed from Matheus Cunha At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sevilla couldn’t manage to score, and Atlético Madrid took the shutout win. Sevilla looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Athletic Club is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Almería. Williams struck first for Athletic Club in the 10th minute, then Oihan Sancet added another in the 17th minute on a feed from De Marcos In the end, Almería was frustrated by Athletic Club’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Athletic Club ended the match with the shutout victory. Athletic Club should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Sevilla won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Nicholas Williams Arthuer and Oihan Sancet have been the hottest scorers for Athletic Club in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Carmona Navarro has been the most prolific scorer on Sevilla in his last five matches with 2 goals
Julen Lopetegui Argote’s squad will be without Jesús Corona and Marcão Teixeira, while Ernesto Valverde Tejedor’s Athletic Club squad will be without Mikel Vesga, Yuri, Mikel Balenziaga and Dani Vivian.