Preview: Sevilla favourites when Almería pay a visit

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (45500 seats)

Sevilla are unlocking their away locker room to Almería for another highly important match following their 2-0 result versus Fenerbahce.

Insights:
  • Sevilla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Almería have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in La Liga

The hosts Sevilla saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. This match was also played here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Almería have had more rest.

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Sevilla form and stats

Sevilla have collected 15 points from their La Liga home games so far after 4-3-5. When Sevilla hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sevilla, Real Valladolid, Getafe, Cadiz, Elche and Valencia), they have won 3 of 5 matches!

Sevilla's previous fixture was a Europa League game also played at home, ending 2-0 vs Fenerbahce. The home team hope to to build on that result. The goalie Dmitrović was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.03 out of ten. Dmitrović topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Sevilla lost 1-6 at Atletico Madrid's place.

Sevilla are traveling soon after this match as the Europa League match at Fenerbahce awaits in four days.

Sevilla has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Sevilla have conceded 15 goals.

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Almería form and stats

Almería have only collected 3 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 0-3-8 (11 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

Almería might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Villarreal proved too strong as Almería slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (Almería). Goalkeeper Martínez got the top player rating of the team with 7.04/10. Martínez topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Barcelona.

The attacking power of Almería when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Almería manager Sicilia has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other earlier on this campaign: Almería - Sevilla 2-1. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Sevilla won eight, Almería were winners in two and we saw zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

SevillaY. En-Nesyri
Y. En-Nesyri
5 goals
SevillaN. Gudelj
N. Gudelj
3 goals

Sevilla missing players

Almería missing players

Sevilla Almería
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 4 11 24
6 4 3 Won W 0 0 7
7 3 2 Drew D 3 3 4
11 5 0 Lost L 1 8 13
27 14 8 Scored S 4 8 28
39 15 3 Conceded C 5 25 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 83% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 79%
50% 42% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 50%
17% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 38%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 12%
67% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 55% 58%
17% 25% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
17% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 45% 33%
 
4.8 6.6 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.9 4.2
4.5 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.9 5.8
3.4 3.1 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.8
9 5 2 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.5 15.7 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10.7 11.2
4 5.3 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 4.1
28% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 19% 28%
 
13.6 12.5 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 14.4 14.1
4.6 4 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 6.1 6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Almería have the fewest points (3) away in La Liga
  • Almería have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in La Liga
  • Almería have yet to win a game away.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sevilla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sevilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 24 20 2 2 46 8 12 10 2 0 25 1 12 10 0 2 21 7 38 62
2 Real Madrid 24 16 5 3 47 18 11 7 4 0 23 8 13 9 1 3 24 10 29 53
3 Atletico Madrid 24 13 6 5 38 19 12 6 3 3 22 11 12 7 3 2 16 8 19 45
4 Real Sociedad 24 13 5 6 32 23 12 5 4 3 13 12 12 8 1 3 19 11 9 44
5 Real Betis 24 12 5 7 32 25 12 6 3 3 18 12 12 6 2 4 14 13 7 41
6 Villarreal 24 11 4 9 28 23 11 7 1 3 16 9 13 4 3 6 12 14 5 37
7 Rayo Vallecano 24 9 8 7 29 25 12 5 4 3 16 12 12 4 4 4 13 13 4 35
8 Osasuna 24 9 7 8 22 23 12 6 1 5 12 11 12 3 6 3 10 12 -1 34
9 Athletic Club 24 9 6 9 33 26 12 6 2 4 18 10 12 3 4 5 15 16 7 33
10 Mallorca 24 9 4 11 21 25 12 6 2 4 12 9 12 3 2 7 9 16 -4 31
11 Girona 24 8 6 10 38 38 12 6 3 3 23 17 12 2 3 7 15 21 0 30
12 Celta de Vigo 24 7 7 10 26 34 12 4 4 4 16 14 12 3 3 6 10 20 -8 28
13 Espanyol 24 6 9 9 30 36 12 3 4 5 16 20 12 3 5 4 14 16 -6 27
14 Real Valladolid 24 8 3 13 18 34 12 6 2 4 11 10 12 2 1 9 7 24 -16 27
15 Cadiz 24 6 8 10 18 35 12 4 5 3 12 15 12 2 3 7 6 20 -17 26
16 Sevilla 24 6 7 11 27 39 12 4 3 5 14 15 12 2 4 6 13 24 -12 25
17 Almería 24 7 4 13 28 42 13 7 1 5 20 17 11 0 3 8 8 25 -14 25
18 Getafe 24 6 7 11 23 32 13 4 4 5 14 16 11 2 3 6 9 16 -9 25
19 Valencia 24 6 5 13 27 28 12 5 2 5 19 12 12 1 3 8 8 16 -1 23
20 Elche 24 2 6 16 18 48 12 1 3 8 10 20 12 1 3 8 8 28 -30 12

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