Athletico Madrid, Simeone to continue their winning streak
At present, Athletico is playing its best football; team is not conceding goals and defeating teams with huge margin. Few years before Athletico was very different team compare to today's team. Now the team is compared to the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona.
Simeone's side is currently standing at the top of the table in La Liga and also topping their Champions League pool. The biggest reason of Athletico's success goes to their manager Diego Simeone, who made a very balanced team.
This Sunday Sevilla will host the league leaders at Sanchez Pizjuan. The clash is one of the most anticipated match of the season as Sevilla is also holding their place at 3rd position one above Barcelona in the league. Both teams have won their Champions matches on Wednesday.
Yannick Carrasco scored the only goal of the game as Atletico Madrid maintained their 100 per cent record in Champions League Group D with a 1-0 win at Rostov said, sky SPORTS.
There is an interested fact related to this match and that is Simeone's unbeaten run at Sanchez Pizjuan since he took as manager at Vincente Calderon. The match is an opportunity for Sevilla to break Simeone's winning streak at their home ground.
By looking at the recent form, the two Spanish sides are playing good football. So far in La Liga Season both teams have registered 5 wins in eight games but Athletico is looking strong over its rival.
Last time when Sevilla defeated Athletico was in 2010-11 season under Quique Sanchez Flores. In terms of overall head-to-head record Sevilla is ahead of Aleti. In 72 matches Sevilla has won 29 games with 15 defeats and 28 draws reports, Latin American Herald Tribune.
Under Simeone Athletico have beat Sevilla 3 times including 3-0 victory in the last season in their home and also registered 3 draws.
So without doubt the Sunday will test the both sides.
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