Football betting preview: Sevilla vs Athletic Club

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Fri 03.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan (45500 seats)

Sevilla perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Athletic Club can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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

4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Sevilla have to build on here at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in the La Liga.

Sevilla are returning here after visiting Mallorca in a La Liga game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bergantinos and winning 1-0.

Sevilla has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Sevilla have only conceded 7 from their league home games. 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 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose).

Athletic Club are looking to quickly end their 195 minutes long goal drought in the La Liga. 250 minutes! That's how long the Athletic Club goalkeeper Unai Simon Mendibil and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Athletic Club are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Real Madrid (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Intercity at their stadium, the result 3-0.

8 saves made goalkeeper Unai Simon a hero against Real Madrid, contributing heavy to the point gained.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Athletic Club as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. 9 goals have been conceded by Athletic Club in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Sevilla, 0 draws and 6 wins for Athletic Club. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

SevillaL. Ocampos
L. Ocampos
5 goals
Athletic ClubRaúl García
Raúl García
5 goals
Athletic ClubMuniain
Muniain
4 goals

Sevilla missing players

Athletic Club missing players

Sevilla Athletic Club
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 9 18
10 4 1 Won W 0 1 7
4 2 0 Drew D 2 5 7
4 2 1 Lost L 1 3 4
23 10 2 Scored S 1 6 19
17 7 2 Conceded C 3 9 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 67% 78%
67% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 61%
28% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 22%
17% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 6%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 33%
44% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 50%
11% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 56% 39%
 
6.3 8.2 11.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.7 5.2 4.9
3.7 2.1 1.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 5.3 4.8
2.9 2.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.1 2.1
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
246 135 43 Total Shots T S 22 81 203
87 43 10 Shots on Target S O 7 20 65
26% 23% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 30% 29%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
  • Sevilla has the most matches under the total-line (12)
  • 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.
  • Sevilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 18 12 3 3 47 21 9 8 1 0 34 10 9 4 2 3 13 11 26 39
2 Real Madrid 18 10 7 1 33 12 9 6 3 0 20 6 9 4 4 1 13 6 21 37
3 Sevilla 18 10 4 4 23 17 8 4 2 2 10 7 10 6 2 2 13 10 6 34
4 Atlético Madrid 18 8 8 2 20 11 9 5 3 1 12 5 9 3 5 1 8 6 9 32
5 Real Sociedad 18 9 4 5 32 23 8 4 2 2 17 9 10 5 2 3 15 14 9 31
6 Getafe 18 8 6 4 26 17 9 5 3 1 17 7 9 3 3 3 9 10 9 30
7 Athletic Club 18 7 7 4 19 12 9 6 2 1 13 3 9 1 5 3 6 9 7 28
8 Valencia 18 7 7 4 28 25 9 4 5 0 15 9 9 3 2 4 13 16 3 28
9 Levante 18 8 2 8 25 27 9 5 2 2 15 10 9 3 0 6 10 17 -2 26
10 Villarreal 18 7 4 7 31 25 9 4 4 1 19 11 9 3 0 6 12 14 6 25
11 Granada 18 7 3 8 24 25 9 5 1 3 11 6 9 2 2 5 13 19 -1 24
12 Osasuna 18 5 8 5 25 24 9 3 4 2 16 13 9 2 4 3 9 11 1 23
13 Real Betis 18 6 5 7 25 31 10 5 2 3 17 14 8 1 3 4 8 17 -6 23
14 Real Valladolid 18 4 8 6 15 21 8 2 5 1 8 4 10 2 3 5 7 17 -6 20
15 Deportivo Alavés 18 5 4 9 19 28 9 4 3 2 11 5 9 1 1 7 8 23 -9 19
16 SD Eibar 18 5 4 9 18 28 9 4 0 5 11 15 9 1 4 4 7 13 -10 19
17 Mallorca 18 4 3 11 18 32 10 4 2 4 11 11 8 0 1 7 7 21 -14 15
18 Celta de Vigo 18 3 5 10 15 28 9 2 3 4 6 10 9 1 2 6 9 18 -13 14
19 Leganés 18 3 4 11 14 28 10 3 1 6 10 14 8 0 3 5 4 14 -14 13
20 Espanyol 18 2 4 12 12 34 9 0 2 7 7 20 9 2 2 5 5 14 -22 10

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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.