Soccer match preview: Home ticketholders with high hopes before Sevilla - Almería

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Tue 26.Sep
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (45500 seats)

Sevilla host Almería for another engaging La Liga game here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.

Insights:
  • Sevilla have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Almería have yet to win a game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sevilla and Almería.

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Sevilla form and stats

Three La Liga home games done for Sevilla, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ørjan Håskjold Nyland not having conceded a league goal in 214 minutes.

Sevilla drew their last game, 0-0 away at Osasuna (placed 8th). Midfield player Jordán got a match rating of 7.75 in that game, the max score being 10. Jordán hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).

A 1-1 result against Lens before that, played at their own home stadium in the Champions League.

The manager Etxebarria will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Barcelona in only three days.

Sevilla's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Almería form and stats

Still no away game victory in the La Liga for Almería with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Almería's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Valencia that finished 2-2. Arribas got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Arribas scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A 1-2 defeat away at Villarreal before that.

Goals from both teams? This team's most recent fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each team.

{2 goals} so far away for Almería, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - zero - two (Sevilla wins - draws - Almería wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaS. Arribas Calvo
S. Arribas Calvo
4 goals
AlmeríaS. Akieme Rodríguez
S. Akieme Rodríguez
2 goals
SevillaN. Gudelj
N. Gudelj
1 goals

Sevilla missing players

Almería missing players

Sevilla Almería
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 0 2 6
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
6 3 1 Scored S 0 2 7
8 4 0 Conceded C 0 3 13
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
60% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 83%
40% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
5.8 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 5.7
4.2 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 4.8
2.6 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16.6 18.7 26 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 15.7
4.4 5.3 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 6.2
27% 19% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 19%
 
12.4 10.7 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.5 12.8
3.4 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 5.5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Almería's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Almería have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Almería have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Almería have yet to win a game.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sevilla have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sevilla have won significantly more corners at home than 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 FC Barcelona 6 5 1 0 16 6 3 3 0 0 10 2 3 2 1 0 6 4 10 16
2 Girona 6 5 1 0 16 7 3 3 0 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 7 4 9 16
3 Real Madrid 5 5 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 7 15
4 Athletic Club 6 4 1 1 11 4 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 4 0 7 13
5 Valencia 6 3 1 2 9 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 10
6 Rayo Vallecano 5 3 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 2 7 3 2 0 1 4 1 -2 9
7 Atletico Madrid 4 2 1 1 10 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 7 3 6 7
8 Osasuna 6 2 1 3 7 8 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 6 4 -1 7
9 Getafe 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 7
10 Cadiz 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -2 7
11 Real Betis 5 2 1 2 5 10 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 4 10 -5 7
12 Real Sociedad 5 1 3 1 8 7 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 6
13 Villarreal 5 2 0 3 8 10 3 1 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 6
14 Deportivo Alaves 6 2 0 4 5 9 3 2 0 1 5 5 3 0 0 3 0 4 -4 6
15 Mallorca 6 1 2 3 7 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 7 9 -3 5
16 Sevilla 5 1 1 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 4
17 Celta de Vigo 6 1 1 4 6 10 3 0 0 3 0 4 3 1 1 1 6 6 -4 4
18 Granada 5 1 0 4 9 16 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 0 0 2 4 8 -7 3
19 Las Palmas 5 0 2 3 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 -3 2
20 Almería 6 0 2 4 7 13 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 2

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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.