Sevilla
Atletico Madrid
Match summary
Atletico Madrid took a 3-1 win at Sevilla. Atletico Madrid led 3-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Álex Baena put Atletico Madrid ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Lee Kang-In, Ademola Lookman made it 0-2 in the 26th minute, set up by Pablo Barrios Rivas, and Baena made it 0-3 in the 33rd minute, set up by Marcos Llorente. In the second half, Miguel Sierra pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 67th minute, set up by Robbie Ure.
The chances backed that up: Atletico Madrid created 1.51 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Sevilla's 1.08 from 21.
Atletico Madrid secured a convincing three goals to one victory against Sevilla in La Liga on matchday three, despite the hosts dominating significant portions of the territorial battle. Sevilla registered twenty total shots compared to twelve from Atletico Madrid, alongside superiority in dangerous attacks with sixty-three to thirteen, corners at four to two, and a higher expected goals figure of 1.08 to Atletico Madrid's 1.51. However, Atletico Madrid enjoyed fifty-eight per cent possession, completed five hundred and thirty-two passes with an eighty-six per cent accuracy, and matched their opponents with five shots on target, while discipline saw two yellow cards issued to each side in a competitive encounter.
The visitors established a commanding lead in the first half through an active opening period, beginning when Álex Baena scored with a right-footed shot in the fourth minute. Ademola Lookman added a second with a right-footed strike in the twenty-sixth minute, before Baena claimed his second and Atletico Madrid's third with another right-footed effort in the thirty-third minute. Marcos Llorente received a yellow card in added time before the interval. Following a flurry of substitutions in the second half, Miguel Ángel Sierra Ortega pulled a goal back for Sevilla with a left-footed shot in the sixty-sixth minute. Late cautions for fouls and arguments were shown to Isaac Romero, Gabriel Suazo, and Marc Pubill as the match concluded.
