Atletico have the chance to extend their lead at the top of La Liga to four points with a victory here after rivals Real Madrid could only draw 0-0 with Osasuna in the snow last weekend. Diego Simeone's team are unbeaten in their last 19 home league games and will be confident of making it 20 in a row.
Standing in the way of that milestone are sixth-placed Sevilla who are a tough nut to crack, especially away from home. Julen Lopetegui's team are unbeaten on their last four league games in the road and are one of just five teams to have won here at Atletico's new stadium. Will Sevilla become the first club to best Atletico here twice?
ATLETICO MADRID (4-4-2): Jan Oblak; Kieran Trippier, Jose Gimenez, Stefan Savic, Mario Hermoso; Yannick Carrasco, Koke (c), Marcos Llorente, Thomas Lemar; Angel Correa, Luis Suarez.
SUBS: Sime Vrsaljko, Felipe, Ivo Grbic, Ivan Saponjic, Joao Felix, Saul Níguez, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Lucas Torreira, Mario Soriano, Renan Lodi, Vitolo, Miguel San Roman.
SEVILLA (4-3-3): Yassine Bounou; Jesus Navas (c), Jules Kounde, Diego Carlos, Marcos Acuna; Ivan Rakitic, Fernando, Joan Jordan; Suso, Youssef En-Nesyri, Lucas Ocampos.
SUBS: Oliver Torres, Javi Diaz, Aleix Vidal, Luuk de Jong, Oscar Rodriguez, Alfonso Pastor, Karim Rekik, Sergi Gomez, Nemanja Gudelj, Franco Vazquez, Munir El Haddadi, Oussama Idrissi.
Atletico make one change from their 2-1 win away to Alaves nine days ago as Trippier returns to the starting line-up. The Englishman has been cleared to play after his betting ban was suspended. Sevilla are unchanged from their 3-2 win over Real Sociedad at the weekend when En-Nesryi became the first Sevilla player to score a league hat-trick since Wissam Ben Yedder.
Atletico and Sevilla have drawn their last four encounters in La Liga, including their last two here at Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico have lost just one of their last 19 games against the Andalusians, though, while Sevilla haven’t beaten Atletico away in the league since September 2008. This will be a good test for both sides.
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