Athletic Club will aim to use their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The hosts are currently 10 points behind Sevilla.
- Athletic Club have the most matches under the total-line (12) in La Liga
- Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only three days ago. That game, against Salzburg, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sevilla.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sevilla, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Athletic Club form and stats
3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Athletic Club so far this season.
Club are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 194 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Maximiano (own goal)).
An away draw last time out for Athletic Club, facing Getafe in a game that ended 0-0. Unai Simón, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.85 out of 10 in that game. Simón stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Real Madrid (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Athletic Club have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost two.
The Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Sevilla form and stats
3-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sevilla in their La Liga matches away.
Sevilla play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Salzburg. Midfield player Ivan Rakitić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Rakitić hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Villarreal in the La Liga.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, three draws and zero defeats.
Sevilla have another match that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Copa Del Rey game versus Andratx. A gruelling diary for the visiting team!
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Sevilla as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Club five wins, one draw and Sevilla four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Mir Vicente 5 goals |  E. Lamela 4 goals |   R. García Escudero 3 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Sevilla missing players
| Athletic Club | Sevilla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 19% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 33% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 44% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 40% |
| 44% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 6.9 | 8.1 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 4.2 | 2.9 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 15.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11 | 12.9 |
| 4.4 | 5.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| 19% | 23% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 36% |
| 11.8 | 10 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletic Club have the most matches under the total-line (12) in La Liga
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sevilla have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Valencia | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Granada | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Elche | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alaves | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 19 | Getafe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 20 | Levante | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 8 |