The Whites travel to a side that has scored 11 times in their last two outings.
There’s no let-up in the LaLiga schedule and four days after overcoming Espanyol, the joint league leaders face a tough test as they travel to the Sánchez-Pizjuán. Real Madrid, who remain unbeaten in the league after having recorded four wins and a draw in their five opening games, square off against Sevilla in Matchday 6 of the campaign (10pm CEST).
In this, the side’s third away assignement of the season, the aim is quite simply to record a fifth win of the season and remain top of the pile, where they sit alongisde Barcelona ahead of this round of fixtures.
Absentees
“Sevilla make life difficult for everyone they come up against and they’re in prolific form in front of goal. It’s one that motivates us and the challenge is to put in a great performance against a team that will ask questions of us”, stated Lopetegui. The Real Madrid boss will be without Dani Carvajal, who is suffering with muscle fatigue, and Isco, who yesterday underwent surgery for acute appendicitis.
REAL MADRID ARE UNBEATEN IN LALIGA WITH FOUR WINS AND A DRAW TO THEIR NAME.
Madrid will be up against a Sevilla side who come into the game on the back of two handsome wins, in which they plundered a total of 11 goals. The first came last Thursday’s in a 5-1 home rout of Standard Liège, a result which was followed by a 6-2 away success against Levante on Sunday. Wissam Ben Yedder grabbed the headlines in both games, with the French hitman bagging a brace in the Europa League clash, before helping himself to a hat-trick in the LaLiga encounter.
Two months of competitive action under their belts
The Andalusians head into this contest with exactly two months of competitive action behind them, meaning that they’re now well into their stride. The home side embarked on their Europa League qualification campaign back on 26 July and they’ve played 13 competitive games since then. The team’s record in this sequence is nine wins, a draw and three defeats. Pablo Machín will have to contend with injuries to Sergio Escudero, Gabriel Mercado, Maxime Gonalons and Ibrahim Amadou.
