Home advantage could prove decisive in Sevilla - Espanyol battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Thu 04.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (45500 seats)

Sevilla have taken 22 of their 41 in total here at their precious home ground. Will more points be won versus Espanyol?

Insights:
  • Sevilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Espanyol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in La Liga

These teams have little in common geographically as Espanyol have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither Sevilla nor Espanyol as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sevilla form and stats

Sevilla have collected 22 points from their La Liga home games so far after 6-4-6.

Sevilla's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Girona (placed 8th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in five league matches. Acuña was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The defender Acuña hit six key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Athletic Club with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sevilla handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Sevilla are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. On the other hand, Sevilla have conceded 21 goals.

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Espanyol form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Espanyol so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-8 (win-draw-lose). A depressing five defeats in a row for Espanyol in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Elche.

Espanyol go into this game after a win, the home game against Getafe that ended 1-0. Yippee; their first three points in the league after eight games not winning. The attacker Joselu got a match rating of 7.75 in that game. Joselu scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 2-4 defeat away at Villarreal before that.

We have checked recent matches where Espanyol have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Espanyol are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Espanyol struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Sevilla have won or drawn the last 9 games (6-3-0) against Espanyol.

These sides encountered each other previously this season: Espanyol - Sevilla 2-3. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 9 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

EspanyolJ. Sanmartín Mato
J. Sanmartín Mato
14 goals
EspanyolM. Braithwait
M. Braithwait
10 goals
SevillaY. En-Nesyri
Y. En-Nesyri
8 goals

Sevilla missing players

Espanyol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sevilla Espanyol
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
11 6 4 Won W 1 3 7
8 4 2 Drew D 2 5 10
13 6 0 Lost L 2 8 15
38 20 10 Scored S 5 19 38
47 21 4 Conceded C 6 28 53
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
88% 88% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 81% 75%
47% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 62% 59%
16% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 41%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
59% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 81% 72%
22% 19% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 19%
19% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 6% 12%
 
4.7 6.5 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.4 4.5
4.5 3.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.6 5.2
3.3 3.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.8 2.7
11 7 2 Red cards R C 1 4 10
 
12.7 16.4 20.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.4 10.9
3.9 5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.1 3.5
30% 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 39% 34%
 
13.2 12.4 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 16.4 14
4.3 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.7 5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Espanyol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in La Liga
  • Espanyol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sevilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 32 25 4 3 59 11 16 13 3 0 32 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 48 79
2 Real Madrid 32 21 5 6 69 30 16 11 4 1 40 14 16 10 1 5 29 16 39 68
3 Atletico Madrid 32 20 6 6 55 25 16 10 3 3 31 13 16 10 3 3 24 12 30 66
4 Real Sociedad 32 17 7 8 41 29 15 8 4 3 19 13 17 9 3 5 22 16 12 58
5 Villarreal 32 16 5 11 46 33 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 3 7 19 18 13 53
6 Real Betis 32 14 7 11 39 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 16 6 3 7 17 22 2 49
7 Athletic Club 32 13 8 11 43 32 16 7 3 6 20 12 16 6 5 5 23 20 11 47
8 Girona 32 12 8 12 50 45 16 9 3 4 31 21 16 3 5 8 19 24 5 44
9 Osasuna 32 12 8 12 29 34 16 8 1 7 17 19 16 4 7 5 12 15 -5 44
10 Rayo Vallecano 32 11 10 11 38 41 16 7 5 4 23 18 16 4 5 7 15 23 -3 43
11 Sevilla 32 11 8 13 38 47 16 6 4 6 20 21 16 5 4 7 18 26 -9 41
12 Mallorca 32 11 8 13 31 35 16 7 5 4 17 12 16 4 3 9 14 23 -4 41
13 Celta de Vigo 32 10 9 13 38 45 16 6 5 5 22 17 16 4 4 8 16 28 -7 39
14 Cadiz 32 8 11 13 25 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 15 3 5 7 9 21 -19 35
15 Real Valladolid 32 10 5 17 29 55 16 7 3 6 18 21 16 3 2 11 11 34 -26 35
16 Almeria 32 9 6 17 40 57 16 8 2 6 24 21 16 1 4 11 16 36 -17 33
17 Valencia 32 9 6 17 35 39 16 7 3 6 23 16 16 2 3 11 12 23 -4 33
18 Espanyol 32 7 10 15 38 53 16 4 5 7 19 25 16 3 5 8 19 28 -15 31
19 Getafe 32 7 10 15 29 42 16 5 5 6 17 18 16 2 5 9 12 24 -13 31
20 Elche 32 3 7 22 24 62 16 2 4 10 15 27 16 1 3 12 9 35 -38 16

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Table
  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 32 25 4 3 59 11 16 13 3 0 32 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 48 79
2 Real Madrid 32 21 5 6 69 30 16 11 4 1 40 14 16 10 1 5 29 16 39 68
3 Atletico Madrid 32 20 6 6 55 25 16 10 3 3 31 13 16 10 3 3 24 12 30 66
4 Real Sociedad 32 17 7 8 41 29 15 8 4 3 19 13 17 9 3 5 22 16 12 58
5 Villarreal 32 16 5 11 46 33 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 3 7 19 18 13 53
6 Real Betis 32 14 7 11 39 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 16 6 3 7 17 22 2 49
7 Athletic Club 32 13 8 11 43 32 16 7 3 6 20 12 16 6 5 5 23 20 11 47
8 Girona 32 12 8 12 50 45 16 9 3 4 31 21 16 3 5 8 19 24 5 44
9 Osasuna 32 12 8 12 29 34 16 8 1 7 17 19 16 4 7 5 12 15 -5 44
10 Rayo Vallecano 32 11 10 11 38 41 16 7 5 4 23 18 16 4 5 7 15 23 -3 43
11 Sevilla 32 11 8 13 38 47 16 6 4 6 20 21 16 5 4 7 18 26 -9 41
12 Mallorca 32 11 8 13 31 35 16 7 5 4 17 12 16 4 3 9 14 23 -4 41
13 Celta de Vigo 32 10 9 13 38 45 16 6 5 5 22 17 16 4 4 8 16 28 -7 39
14 Cadiz 32 8 11 13 25 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 15 3 5 7 9 21 -19 35
15 Real Valladolid 32 10 5 17 29 55 16 7 3 6 18 21 16 3 2 11 11 34 -26 35
16 Almeria 32 9 6 17 40 57 16 8 2 6 24 21 16 1 4 11 16 36 -17 33
17 Valencia 32 9 6 17 35 39 16 7 3 6 23 16 16 2 3 11 12 23 -4 33
18 Espanyol 32 7 10 15 38 53 16 4 5 7 19 25 16 3 5 8 19 28 -15 31
19 Getafe 32 7 10 15 29 42 16 5 5 6 17 18 16 2 5 9 12 24 -13 31
20 Elche 32 3 7 22 24 62 16 2 4 10 15 27 16 1 3 12 9 35 -38 16

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