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Atletico travel to Sevilla for top-five showdown

Fri 21st, March 2008

Seville, Spain (Sports Network) - The race for the final Champions League spot from La Liga is heating up and Saturday's contest between fourth-place Atletico Madrid and fifth-place Sevilla at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan represents a big contest for both teams.

The squads are separated by only two points, but Sevilla will have a chance to take over fourth with a win on home soil.

Atletico won the first meeting 4-3 between the two teams, and with head-to- head being the first tiebreaker, the pressure is on Sevilla to even the score.

"I would say it is a seven-pointer," Sevilla's sports director Ramon Rodriguez told the club's website. "The three you win, the three you take off the other side and one more for the goal average. A victory would give us confidence but also fire out a warning to our rivals that we are in the mix as well."

The match features a great battle of two of the league's top offensive attacks.

Sevilla boasts the league's leading scorer in Luis Fabiano, who has tallied 22 goals for his club. Mali's Frederic Kanoute has chipped in 10 goals alongside Fabiano, making the duo extremely dangerous.

Atletico also has a nice tandem up top with Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero, who have combined for 24 goals.

League-leaders Real Madrid will host Valencia on Sunday with the club carrying a seven-point lead at the top of the standings, while second-place Barcelona will host relegation-struggling Valladolid.

Real Madrid will be without striker Ruud van Nistelrooy for up to six weeks after the Dutchman had ankle surgery this past week, while Valencia will be confident after knocking out Barcelona in the semifinals of the Cope Del Rey on Thursday.

Deportivo visits Mallorca in the other match on Saturday, while the rest of Sunday's action includes third-place Villarreal visiting last-place Levante, Real Betis traveling to Osasuna, and Murcia hosting Espanyol.

Almeria invades Real Zaragoza, Racing battles Recreativo and Athletic Bilbao entertains Copa Del Rey finalists Getafe.

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