Athletic Club will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Sevilla.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Sevilla when visiting Athletic Club as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Sevilla are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Athletic Club form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga, Athletic Club have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games.
The Athletic fans got no joy from their last match, a La Liga game also here at San Mamés Barria: A 0-1 defeat against Real Madrid (placed 1st). In the game before, an away victory match versus Valencia with a 2-0 scoreline.
The manager G. Garitano Aguirre will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Levante in only three days.
The Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 17 matches. From these home matches, Athletic have conceded only 10 goals.
Sevilla form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Sevilla who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Celta de Vigo.
The Sevilla goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 245 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Sevilla had fun at their own home (San Mamés Barria) last time out, beating SD Eibar 1-0. Lucas Ocampos scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Leganés with the score of 3-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mallorca in just three days.
Sevilla has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 17 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Sevilla in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sevilla - Athletic 1-1. Athletic Club-Sevilla H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Athletic Club five wins, Sevilla four wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. García Escudero 13 goals |   L. Ocampos 13 goals |  I. Williams Arthuer 6 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Sevilla missing players
| Athletic Club | Sevilla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 38 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 26 | 49 |
| 29 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 33 |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 65% | 59% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 82% | 76% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 53% | 38% |
| 12% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 24% | 21% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 44% | 29% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 53% |
| 35% | 47% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 41% | 41% |
| 32% | 29% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 399 | 246 | 73 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 183 | 428 |
| 119 | 74 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 76 | 152 |
| 32% | 27% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 34% | 32% |
- Sevilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sevilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sevilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 41 | 77 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 78 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 42 | 73 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 62 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 60 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 54 |
| 6 | Getafe | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 53 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 51 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 48 |
| 9 | Valencia | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | -7 | 47 |
| 10 | Granada | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 47 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -7 | 45 |
| 12 | Levante | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -5 | 43 |
| 13 | Real Valladolid | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -9 | 39 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -11 | 38 |
| 15 | SD Eibar | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 35 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 37 | -19 | 35 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -10 | 35 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 59 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 39 | -24 | 29 |
| 19 | Leganés | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 49 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 28 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 54 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -27 | 24 |