La Liga duel: Close contest expected between Villarreal and Sevilla

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

Both participants are doing all right, Sevilla having a 12 point advantage on Villarreal in the league table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals (28) in La Liga

This promises to be an absorbing game with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Villarreal form and stats

Villarreal have performed here at Estadio de la Cerámica this season with 10 wins from 17 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 2. In general it's been a long time since Villarreal tasted defeat here at Estadio de la Cerámica, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Villarreal's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 2-3 versus Liverpool (in Champions League). Capoue (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Capoue signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Villarreal lost 1-2 at Deportivo Alaves's place.

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

The manager Etxegoien will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rayo Vallecano in only four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (38 in 17 games), Villarreal's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Villarreal have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (28) in La Liga, are W6-D8-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.

Sevilla's last game was the home draw against Cadiz (1-1). Defender Koundé was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Koundé hit two key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Levante with the score of 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Sevilla in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Sevilla, two draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mallorca in just three days.

The attacking power of Sevilla when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Sevilla as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Sevilla - Villarreal 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Villarreal wins - draws - Sevilla wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealA. Groeneveld
A. Groeneveld
10 goals
VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
9 goals
SevillaR. Mir Vicente
R. Mir Vicente
9 goals

Villarreal missing players

Sevilla missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal Sevilla
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 6 17 34
14 10 1 Won W 2 6 17
10 5 2 Drew D 4 8 13
10 2 1 Lost L 0 3 4
54 38 5 Scored S 5 15 50
33 15 5 Conceded C 3 11 28
85% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 88%
68% 76% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 47% 65%
44% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 32%
29% 41% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 21%
18% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
44% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 41% 50%
38% 53% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 47% 44%
32% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 18%
 
5.5 6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.1 4.6
5.1 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.5 4.3
2.1 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.6 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
12.8 13.9 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.4 11.8
4.5 5.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.3
35% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 25% 34%
 
11.3 9.6 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.3 11.4
3.7 3.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.7
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in La Liga
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals (28) in La Liga
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in La Liga
  • Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sevilla have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 34 25 6 3 73 29 17 12 4 1 38 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 44 81
2 Barcelona 34 19 9 6 63 34 17 11 2 4 34 16 17 8 7 2 29 18 29 66
3 Sevilla 34 17 13 4 50 28 17 11 5 1 35 17 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 64
4 Atletico Madrid 34 18 7 9 59 41 17 11 4 2 31 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 18 61
5 Real Betis 34 17 7 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 58
6 Real Sociedad 34 15 11 8 33 32 17 9 5 3 12 7 17 6 6 5 21 25 1 56
7 Villarreal 34 14 10 10 54 33 17 10 5 2 38 15 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 52
8 Athletic Club 34 13 12 9 41 34 17 9 3 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 51
9 Osasuna 34 12 9 13 35 45 17 5 6 6 16 23 17 7 3 7 19 22 -10 45
10 Valencia 34 10 13 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 43
11 Rayo Vallecano 34 11 8 15 35 39 17 8 5 4 23 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -4 41
12 Celta de Vigo 34 10 10 14 37 38 17 5 4 8 21 23 17 5 6 6 16 15 -1 40
13 Elche 34 10 9 15 37 45 17 6 6 5 21 18 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 39
14 Espanyol 34 10 9 15 37 49 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 39
15 Getafe 34 8 12 14 31 37 17 7 5 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 36
16 Cadiz 34 6 14 14 30 47 17 2 8 7 15 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -17 32
17 Mallorca 34 8 8 18 30 56 17 6 6 5 16 18 17 2 2 13 14 38 -26 32
18 Granada 34 6 13 15 37 57 17 4 6 7 21 29 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 31
19 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 7 20 28 56 17 6 4 7 15 19 17 1 3 13 13 37 -28 28
20 Levante 34 5 11 18 42 66 17 3 7 7 23 28 17 2 4 11 19 38 -24 26

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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 Real Madrid 34 25 6 3 73 29 17 12 4 1 38 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 44 81
2 Barcelona 34 19 9 6 63 34 17 11 2 4 34 16 17 8 7 2 29 18 29 66
3 Sevilla 34 17 13 4 50 28 17 11 5 1 35 17 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 64
4 Atletico Madrid 34 18 7 9 59 41 17 11 4 2 31 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 18 61
5 Real Betis 34 17 7 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 58
6 Real Sociedad 34 15 11 8 33 32 17 9 5 3 12 7 17 6 6 5 21 25 1 56
7 Villarreal 34 14 10 10 54 33 17 10 5 2 38 15 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 52
8 Athletic Club 34 13 12 9 41 34 17 9 3 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 51
9 Osasuna 34 12 9 13 35 45 17 5 6 6 16 23 17 7 3 7 19 22 -10 45
10 Valencia 34 10 13 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 43
11 Rayo Vallecano 34 11 8 15 35 39 17 8 5 4 23 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -4 41
12 Celta de Vigo 34 10 10 14 37 38 17 5 4 8 21 23 17 5 6 6 16 15 -1 40
13 Elche 34 10 9 15 37 45 17 6 6 5 21 18 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 39
14 Espanyol 34 10 9 15 37 49 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 39
15 Getafe 34 8 12 14 31 37 17 7 5 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 36
16 Cadiz 34 6 14 14 30 47 17 2 8 7 15 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -17 32
17 Mallorca 34 8 8 18 30 56 17 6 6 5 16 18 17 2 2 13 14 38 -26 32
18 Granada 34 6 13 15 37 57 17 4 6 7 21 29 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 31
19 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 7 20 28 56 17 6 4 7 15 19 17 1 3 13 13 37 -28 28
20 Levante 34 5 11 18 42 66 17 3 7 7 23 28 17 2 4 11 19 38 -24 26

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