It will be a top-of-the-table clash on Sunday, November 28, when Real Madrid hosts Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Spanish La Liga.
Real Madrid is currently top of the summit with 30 points after 13 games played while Sevilla finds themselves in third position, two points off Carlo Ancelotti’s men. They come into the game at the off of a convincing win in the UEFA Champions League in midweek, where they beat Sheriff Tiraspol away from home.
Sevilla also saw off competition from the German side, Wolfsburg, beating them with a 2-0 scoreline at home to give themselves a chance of making it out of the group stages of the Champions League.
The game against Sevilla will kick start a round of tough fixtures for Madrid in the next few weeks with Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad all to come.
Sevilla has failed to pick up all maximum points in their last five attempts against Madrid in the Spanish top-flight. The Los Blancos have four wins during that period while the other one ended in a 2-2 draw.
Real Madrid beat Sevilla in their first encounter last season away from home before settling for a stalemate in the reverse fixture.
Julen Lopetuigi’s side last beat Madrid in 2018, a 3-0 victory during the Spaniard’s short stint at the Santiago Bernabeu.
WHERE AND WHEN?
Venue: Santiago Bernabeu.
Date: Sunday, November 28.
Time: 20:00 GMT.
TEAM NEWS
David Alaba and Eden Hazard both trained with the team on Saturday but it’s just the Austrian who made it for the squad list ahead of Sunday’s game.
Federico Valverde is also included in the team after fully recovering from his injury worry. Gareth Bale and Dani Ceballos are long-term absentees.
Sevilla will be without the services of Suso, Jesus Navas, and Youssef En-Nesyri while Erik Lamela is a major doubt for the game.
Despite doubts over their fitness, Jules Kounde and Diego Carlos have been included in Sevilla’s traveling squad.
PREDICTED STARTING LINEUPS
Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius.
Sevilla: Bono; Montiel, Kounde, Carlos, Acuna; Jordan, Fernando, Rakitic; Ocampos, Mir, Gomez.
PREDICTION
Real Madrid 3-1 Sevilla
