Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1: Valencia vs Sevilla La Liga preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Valencia have some lost ground to recover from their 18th position, and the job starts against Sevilla. Read more!

Insights:
  • Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sevilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game, against Manchester United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sevilla.

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Valencia form and stats

Valencia have played 14 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Valencia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Almeria (1-2). Midfield player Castillejo got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Castillejo scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Before that, Valencia drew at home versus Rayo Vallecano.

This is expected to be a close game, with Valencia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Valencia as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Valencia has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Valencia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1 with 21 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Valencia have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sevilla form and stats

There's been little loot from Sevilla's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the La Liga. Sevilla only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Manchester United in their previous outing. The Europa League duel ended 2-2. Midfield player Ocampos was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.32/10. Ocampos hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 10 times.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Celta de Vigo in the La Liga.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Sevilla in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sevilla, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

After this away game Sevilla return home for a Europa League game against Manchester United. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Sevilla are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Sevilla have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Sevilla have avoided a loss in the last 8 games (5-3-0) facing Valencia.

Valencia and Sevilla have played each other previously this season: Sevilla - Valencia 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

SevillaY. En-Nesyri
Y. En-Nesyri
7 goals
ValenciaE. Cavani
E. Cavani
5 goals
ValenciaJ. Kluivert
J. Kluivert
5 goals

Valencia missing players

Sevilla missing players

Valencia Sevilla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 6 Played P 4 14 28
7 6 3 Won W 2 3 8
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 8
15 5 2 Lost L 2 7 12
30 21 8 Scored S 6 15 33
34 13 5 Conceded C 6 26 44
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
61% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 89%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
14% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 18%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 11%
46% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 64%
18% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 18%
36% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 14% 18%
 
6.1 7.2 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3 4.8
4.5 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.4 4.5
2.6 3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.8 3.6 3.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 11
 
12.9 13.9 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.5 12.7
3.9 4.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 2.9 4
27% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 37% 29%
 
11.4 8.4 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 14.6 13.5
4.3 3.1 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 4.5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Sevilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sevilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valencia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Valencia 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 28 23 3 2 53 9 14 11 3 0 27 2 14 12 0 2 26 7 44 72
2 Real Madrid 28 18 5 5 59 24 14 9 4 1 34 12 14 9 1 4 25 12 35 59
3 Atletico Madrid 28 17 6 5 45 20 14 8 3 3 26 11 14 9 3 2 19 9 25 57
4 Real Sociedad 28 15 6 7 37 26 14 7 4 3 17 12 14 8 2 4 20 14 11 51
5 Villarreal 28 14 5 9 37 26 13 8 2 3 19 10 15 6 3 6 18 16 11 47
6 Real Betis 28 13 6 9 34 29 14 7 3 4 19 14 14 6 3 5 15 15 5 45
7 Athletic Club 28 11 7 10 38 29 14 6 3 5 18 11 14 5 4 5 20 18 9 40
8 Osasuna 28 10 8 10 24 28 14 7 1 6 14 15 14 3 7 4 10 13 -4 38
9 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 10 9 33 33 14 5 5 4 19 16 14 4 5 5 14 17 0 37
10 Celta de Vigo 28 9 9 10 36 39 14 5 5 4 21 16 14 4 4 6 15 23 -3 36
11 Girona 28 9 8 11 42 42 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 2 5 7 17 23 0 35
12 Mallorca 28 9 7 12 25 30 14 6 4 4 13 10 14 3 3 8 12 20 -5 34
13 Sevilla 28 8 8 12 33 44 14 5 4 5 18 18 14 3 4 7 15 26 -11 32
14 Cadiz 28 7 10 11 23 40 14 4 6 4 14 19 14 3 4 7 9 21 -17 31
15 Almeria 28 8 6 14 34 48 15 8 2 5 23 19 13 0 4 9 11 29 -14 30
16 Getafe 28 7 9 12 27 36 14 5 4 5 16 16 14 2 5 7 11 20 -9 30
17 Real Valladolid 28 8 5 15 23 47 14 6 3 5 15 16 14 2 2 10 8 31 -24 29
18 Valencia 28 7 6 15 30 34 14 6 3 5 21 13 14 1 3 10 9 21 -4 27
19 Espanyol 28 6 9 13 34 46 14 3 4 7 18 25 14 3 5 6 16 21 -12 27
20 Elche 28 2 7 19 20 57 14 1 4 9 11 25 14 1 3 10 9 32 -37 13

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Read more about La Liga

La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.