Real Madrid vs Sevilla, La Liga 2016/17: Where to watch live, preview, betting odds and possible XI
Real Madrid turn focus to winning first La Liga title since 2012 after Champions League semi-final triumph.
Real Madrid resume their pursuit of La Liga leaders Barcelona with a home encounter against Sevilla on 14 May.
Where to watch live
Kick-off is set for 7pm BST. The game will be broadcast live on Sky Sports 3 HD.
Overview
Real Madrid sealed progress to the final of the Champions League after prevailing 4-2 on aggregate over city rivals Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals in midweek. The capital club have only won three of their last six home games in La Liga.
Gareth Bale and Dani Carvajal are both sidelined through injury for the hosts.
Sevilla's were held to a 1-1 draw by Real Sociedad on 5 May, denting their hopes of catching Atletico Madrid in the race for the last automatic Champions League qualifying spot. The Andalusian club beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the reverse fixture in January.
Mariano (knee) and Vicente Iborra (leg) are injury doubts for the visitors.
What managers say
Zinedine Zidane: "We're very happy to reach another [Champions League] final, it's to everyone's credit, especially the players. It's deserved, no more than that. Now we're in the final, we're going to have time to prepare it, but we're happy for what we've done. We had difficulties at the start of the game [against Atletico Madrid], for the first 20 or 25 minutes, but we didn't have to worry because we were going to have chances." [via Football Espana]
Jorge Sampaoli: "It was an important match for us [against Real Sociedad]. If we had scored 30% of the chances we created, the match would have been decided sooner. We will face the match against Madrid with ambition and then we will think about the last game which is also very important." [via Marca]
Form guide
- Real Madrid (all competitions): LWWWW
- Last result: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid (Champions League)
- Sevilla: DLWWD
- Last result: Sevilla 1-1 Real Sociedad
Betting odds (Betfair)
- Real Madrid win: 1/6
- Draw: 13/2
- Sevilla win: 14/1
Team news
Real Madrid possible XI: Navas; Danilo, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Isco, Benzema, Ronaldo
Sevilla possible XI: Rico; Mercado, Rami, Lenglet, Escudero; N'Zonzi, Iborra; Sarabia, Nasri, Vitolo; Ben Yedder
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