Football betting preview: Sevilla favourites when Athletic Club visits

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sat 18.May
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (48649 seats)

It's advantage Sevilla so far with their 6th position in the La Liga table, welcoming Athletic Club who are placed 7th.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Sevilla form and stats

Sevilla have performed well here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán so far this season with 11 wins from 18 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 4.

Sevilla manager Joaquín Caparrós and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Atlético Madrid in the La Liga. Preceding that match was a defeat to Leganés (0-3).

With an average of more than two goals per home game (37 in 18 games), Sevilla's attacking play is working. Sevilla's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Athletic Club form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Athletic Club so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 4-6-8 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Athletic Club's previous game versus Celta de Vigo, a La Liga 3-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Real Valladolid's place.

The attacking power of Athletic Club when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored in 18 matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Athletic Club in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Athletic Club - Sevilla 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 0 - 6 (Sevilla wins - draws - Athletic Club wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

W. Ben Yedder
17 goals / 8 assists
Pablo Sarabia
13 goals / 13 assists
Iñaki Williams
12 goals / 4 assists

Sevilla missing players

Athletic Club missing players

Sevilla Athletic Club
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played 5 18 37
16 11 4 Won 0 4 13
8 3 1 Drew 1 6 14
13 4 1 Lost 4 8 10
60 37 14 Scored 3 15 41
47 20 10 Conceded 10 24 43
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 92%
78% 83% 100% Over 1.5 80% 67% 70%
49% 61% 83% Over 2.5 40% 39% 38%
27% 33% 50% Over 3.5 20% 11% 19%
22% 28% 33% Over 4.5 20% 6% 8%
46% 44% 67% BTTS 40% 50% 54%
27% 39% 17% Clean Sheets 0% 17% 27%
32% 22% 17% Failed To Score 60% 39% 27%
 
6 5.8 6.8 Corners For (avg) 2.2 2.7 4.1
4.7 4.4 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 4.2 3.7
3.1 3.2 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.2 3.1 3.2
6 1 1 Red Cards 1 3 5
Key stats this season:
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Athletic Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sevilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sevilla have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athletic Club have scored away.

Sevilla
All Copa Del Rey Champions League La Liga Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-04-19 LAL Sevilla 2 - 0 Deportivo Alavés
07-04-19 LAL Real Valladolid 0 - 2 Sevilla
13-04-19 LAL Sevilla 3 - 2 Real Betis
21-04-19 LAL Getafe 3 - 0 Sevilla
25-04-19 LAL Sevilla 5 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
28-04-19 LAL Girona 1 - 0 Sevilla
03-05-19 LAL Sevilla 0 - 3 Leganés
12-05-19 LAL Atlético Madrid 1 - 1 Sevilla
18-05-19 LAL Sevilla 14:15 Athletic Club
21-07-19 CF Liverpool 22:00 Sevilla
Athletic Club
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
29-03-19 LAL Girona 1 - 2 Athletic Club
03-04-19 LAL Athletic Club 3 - 2 Levante
07-04-19 LAL Getafe 1 - 0 Athletic Club
14-04-19 LAL Athletic Club 3 - 2 Rayo Vallecano
21-04-19 LAL Real Madrid 3 - 0 Athletic Club
24-04-19 LAL Leganés 0 - 1 Athletic Club
27-04-19 LAL Athletic Club 1 - 1 Deportivo Alavés
05-05-19 LAL Real Valladolid 1 - 0 Athletic Club
12-05-19 LAL Athletic Club 3 - 1 Celta de Vigo
18-05-19 LAL Sevilla 14:15 Athletic Club

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Barcelona 37 26 8 3 88 34 19 15 3 1 51 17 18 11 5 2 37 17 54 86
2 Atlético Madrid 37 22 9 6 53 27 19 15 3 1 32 10 18 7 6 5 21 17 26 75
3 Real Madrid 37 21 5 11 63 44 18 13 1 4 32 13 19 8 4 7 31 31 19 68
4 Valencia 37 14 16 7 49 35 19 7 10 2 24 12 18 7 6 5 25 23 14 58
5 Getafe 37 15 13 9 46 33 18 11 2 5 26 11 19 4 11 4 20 22 13 58
6 Sevilla 37 16 8 13 60 47 18 11 3 4 37 20 19 5 5 9 23 27 13 56
7 Athletic Club 37 13 14 10 41 43 19 9 8 2 26 19 18 4 6 8 15 24 -2 53
8 Real Sociedad 37 13 11 13 45 44 19 7 6 6 23 20 18 6 5 7 22 24 1 50
9 Espanyol 37 13 11 13 46 50 18 10 3 5 26 22 19 3 8 8 20 28 -4 50
10 Real Betis 37 13 8 16 42 52 19 8 5 6 25 26 18 5 3 10 17 26 -10 47
11 Deportivo Alavés 37 12 11 14 37 49 18 6 8 4 17 18 19 6 3 10 20 31 -12 47
12 Eibar 37 11 13 13 44 48 18 9 5 4 29 19 19 2 8 9 15 29 -4 46
13 Leganés 37 11 12 14 36 41 19 7 8 4 19 16 18 4 4 10 17 25 -5 45
14 Villarreal 37 10 13 14 47 50 19 5 8 6 28 26 18 5 5 8 19 24 -3 43
15 Levante 37 11 10 16 57 64 18 6 6 6 32 32 19 5 4 10 25 32 -7 43
16 Real Valladolid 37 10 11 16 32 49 18 5 5 8 16 24 19 5 6 8 16 25 -17 41
17 Celta de Vigo 37 10 10 17 51 60 18 8 4 6 29 23 19 2 6 11 22 37 -9 40
18 Girona 37 9 10 18 36 51 19 3 6 10 17 28 18 6 4 8 19 23 -15 37
19 Rayo Vallecano 37 8 7 22 39 68 19 5 6 8 25 32 18 3 1 14 14 36 -29 31
20 Huesca 37 6 12 19 41 64 18 4 6 8 22 29 19 2 6 11 19 35 -23 30

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