Real Madrid will be looking to extend their unbeaten run on the bounce to a six matches now in the La Liga when the host Sevilla at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday night with kickoff at 23:00.
Real Madrid have made a relatively strong 2021/22 La Liga campaign as they have recorded nine wins, three draws and one defeat in the 13 league matches so far, collecting 30 points that have them sitting at the top of standings with 10 points above their bitter rivals Barcelona who occupy the seventh spot.
Real experienced an unforgettable defeats in both Champions league and La Liga campaigns before and after the second international break with the capital club suffering 2-1 defeat to Tiraspol in Champions League before losing to Espayol in the La Liga with the same score line. However Madrid responded well as the club has now recorded a run eight unbeaten matches across the competitions, picking up seven victories and one draw in the run.
Los Blancos head into the match in good form as they have have now recorded a five-match winning streak including the 3-0 victory away at Sheriff Tiraspol in the Champions League on Wednesday. Goals from David Alaba, Toni Kross and Karim Benzema saw Los Blancos secure their place in the knockout stage for the 25th consecutive season.
Therefore Carlo Ancelotti’s side will be confident coming into this fixture and Ancelotti will expect his side to record a positive result as they have not lost to Sevilla in their last 16 meetings at Bernabeu.
Meanwhile Sevilla, have also made a pretty strong campaign in the La Liga claiming eight wins, four draws and one defeat to collect 28 points that have them occupying the third spot with just two points behind their Sunday hosts.
However, this haven’t been the same for Sevilla in the Champions League as the side has just recorded one win their five Group G matches, picking up three draws and one defeat in the run they currently occupy the third spot in the Group with just two points adrift of the top-placed Lille and hence still have chance of qualifying with one match lest to go.
They return to La Liga with a 2-0 victory over Wolfsburg in the Champions league and will be looking to build on the victory as they look to keep the pace with the now high-flying Real Madrid.
Real Madrid vs Sevilla head to head
Both sides have met in 60 meetings since 1993 with Madrid claiming 39 victories while Sevilla have claimed 16 victories and there have been five draws.
- Madrid 2-2 Sevilla 09/05/21
- Sevilla 0-1 Madrid 05/12/20
- Madrid 2-1 Sevilla 18/01/20
- Sevilla 0-1 Madrid 22/09/19
- Madrid 2-0 Sevilla 19/01/19
Home
- Tiraspol 0-3 Madrid
- Granada 1-4 Madrid
- Madrid 2-1 Vallecano
- Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar
- Elche 1-2 Madrid
Away
- Sevilla 2-09 Wolfsburg
- Sevilla 2-2 Alaves
- Betis 0-2 Sevilla
- Sevilla 1-2 Lille
- Sevilla 2-0 Osasuna
Madrid team news
Madrid will be without Dani Ceballos, Gareth Bale and Federico Valverde due to injuries.
Sevilla team news
Jesus Navas and Youssef En-Nesyri are the only injury concerns for Sevilla.
Prediction and odds
- Madrid win
- Draw
- Both sides to score
