Played
February 9, 2013 4:00 PM EST
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid
Referee: Carlos Delgado
Attendance: 65000
February 9, 2013 4:00 PM EST
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid
Referee: Carlos Delgado
Attendance: 65000
La Liga Preview: Real Madrid-Sevilla
The troubled Liga champion desperately need a result against Unai Emery's side to build confidence ahead of Wednesday's Champions League meeting with Manchester United.
By Karthick Arvinth
| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
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REAL MADRID
 Lopez Arbeloa, Carvalho, Ramos, Coentrao Khedira, Modric Di Maria, Ozil, Ronaldo Benzema |
SEVILLA
 Palop Coke, Fazio, Spahic, Navarro Maduro, Medel Navas, Kondogbia, Reyes Negredo |
Real Madrid defender Pepe has recovered from an ankle injury and has an outside chance of being involved in Saturday's Primera Division encounter against Sevilla.
Raphael Varane (hamstring) and Xabi Alonso (groin) are both racing to be fit, while Mesut Ozil returns after serving a one-match ban.
Sevilla has appealed over Ivan Rakitic's dismissal against Rayo Vallecano last weekend and will has the midfielder available if the Spanish Football Federation rules in its favor.
Diego Perotti, Piotr Trochowski and Cicinho are all out injured but captain Andres Palop (hamstring) is likely to return.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Real Madrid has won just one of its last four matches in all competitions (W1, D2, L1).
- The Castilian side's 1-0 loss at Granada was its fifth Liga defeat of the season and the eighth reverse across all competitions.
- Madrid is on a 22-game unbeaten run in La Liga at the Santiago Bernabeu.
- Sevilla has won three of its last five matches in all competitions.
- Los Nervionenses have lost seven of their last eight meetings with Madrid.
- Jose Antonio Reyes (pictured, right) made 30 Liga appearances for Real in the 2006-07 season, scoring six goals.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Real Madrid 3-1 Sevilla
- 12.49 %
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Real Madrid 3-0 Sevilla
- 9.28 %
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Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla
- 7.99 %
| La Liga (LIGA) | Feb 9, 2013 | Real Madrid 4 - Sevilla 1 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Sep 15, 2012 | Sevilla 1 - Real Madrid 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Apr 29, 2012 | Real Madrid 3 - Sevilla 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Dec 17, 2011 | Sevilla 2 - Real Madrid 6 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | May 7, 2011 | Sevilla 2 - Real Madrid 6 |
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Real Madrid
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| May 17, 2013 | Real Madrid 1 - Atletico Madrid 2 | ESPC |
| May 11, 2013 | Espanyol 1 - Real Madrid 1 | LIGA |
| May 8, 2013 | Real Madrid 6 - Malaga 2 | LIGA |
| May 4, 2013 | Real Madrid 4 - Valladolid 3 | LIGA |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Real Madrid 2 - Borussia Dortmund 0 | UCL |
Sevilla
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| May 18, 2013 | Sevilla 1 - Real Sociedad 2 | LIGA |
| May 12, 2013 | Malaga 0 - Sevilla 0 | LIGA |
| May 5, 2013 | Sevilla 3 - Espanyol 0 | LIGA |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Valladolid 1 - Sevilla 1 | LIGA |
| Apr 21, 2013 | Sevilla 0 - Atletico Madrid 1 | LIGA |
| 13 | Diego López Rodríguez | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Sergio Ramos | Defender |
| 15 | Fabio Coentrao | Defender |
| 17 | Arbeloa | Defender |
| 18 | Raúl Albiol Tortajada | Defender |
| 8 | Kaká | Midfielder |
| 5 | Michael Essien | Midfielder |
| 16 | Luka Modric | Midfielder |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Striker |
| 9 | Karim Benzema | Striker |
| 20 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Striker |
| 13 | Adán | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Pepe | Defender |
| 2 | Ricardo Carvalho | Defender |
| 6 | Sami Khedira | Midfielder |
| 10 | Mesut Özil | Midfielder |
| 21 | Callejón | Striker |
| 26 | Morata | Striker |
| - | Beto | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Federico Julián Fazio | Defender |
| 3 | Fernando Navarro | Defender |
| 5 | Emir Spahic | Defender |
| 6 | Hedwiges Maduro | Defender |
| 23 | Coke | Defender |
| 7 | Jesús Navas González | Midfielder |
| 8 | Gary Medel | Midfielder |
| 21 | Reyes | Striker |
| - | Geoffrey Kondogbia | Midfielder |
| 9 | Negredo | Striker |
| - | Cuesta | Goalkeeper |
| - | Botía | Defender |
| - | Alberto | Defender |
| 28 | Javi Hervás | Midfielder |
| - | Miroslav Stevanović | Midfielder |
| 20 | Manu Del Moral | Striker |
| - | Baba Diawara | Striker |
Results
Times In EST
Live
Final
scheduled
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Lionel Messi Striker Barcelona |
46 | 4 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo Striker Real Madrid |
34 | 6 |
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Radamel Falcao Striker Atlético de Madrid |
28 | 8 |
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Roberto Soldado Striker Valencia |
21 | 5 |
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Negredo Striker Sevilla |
20 | 3 |
