Betting preview: Sevilla vs Athletic Club should be interesting

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (45500 seats)

4th position in the La Liga table for Sevilla right now, a competent performance. The home team fans pray for more entertainment as 8th-placed Athletic Club visit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.

Insights:
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals (30) in La Liga
  • Athletic Club have the most matches under the total-line (17) in La Liga

For Athletic Club most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Athletic Club have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sevilla form and stats

Sevilla are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. 11 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 18 games. Sevilla are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

Sevilla shared the glory with Atlético Madrid in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Acuña, defender, was given a rating of 7.7/10 in that game, top of the team. Acuña won 11 of 14 duels.

Before that, Sevilla drew at home versus Mallorca.

Sevilla have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán with 35 goals in 18 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sevilla have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Athletic Club form and stats

The visitors are W4-D9-L5 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.

Athletic Club are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Osasuna (placed 9th). Attacker Berenguer got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Berenguer scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, the Club manager Toral faced defeat when travelling to Granada and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Athletic Club playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Athletic Club win, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Athletic Club as they have only conceded 17 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Athletic Club - Sevilla 0-1 was the result in these contenders' latest head to head match, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Sevilla won five games, one match ended with a draw and Athletic Club managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

SevillaR. Mir Vicente
R. Mir Vicente
9 goals
Athletic ClubI. Williams Arthuer
I. Williams Arthuer
8 goals
SevillaL. Ocampos
L. Ocampos
6 goals

Sevilla missing players

Athletic Club missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sevilla Athletic Club
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
17 11 5 Won W 0 4 14
16 6 1 Drew D 2 9 13
4 1 0 Lost L 3 5 10
52 35 13 Scored S 1 14 43
30 17 3 Conceded C 7 17 35
86% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 72% 84%
65% 78% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 44% 62%
30% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 22% 35%
19% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 22% 22%
11% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
51% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 39% 46%
43% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 39% 35%
19% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 50% 35%
 
4.6 5.2 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.1 6.1
4.3 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.4 4.2
2.5 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.4
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11.8 13.5 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 11.3 12.9
4.1 4.8 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 4.7
34% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 22% 25%
 
11.4 11.4 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.7 11.7
3.6 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 3.8 3.6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have the most matches under the total-line (17) in La Liga
  • Sevilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sevilla have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sevilla have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athletic Club have scored away.
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals (30) 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 37 26 7 4 80 31 18 13 4 1 44 13 19 13 3 3 36 18 49 85
2 FC Barcelona 37 21 10 6 68 36 18 12 2 4 37 17 19 9 8 2 31 19 32 73
3 Atlético Madrid 37 20 8 9 63 42 19 12 5 2 33 16 18 8 3 7 30 26 21 68
4 Sevilla 37 17 16 4 52 30 18 11 6 1 35 17 19 6 10 3 17 13 22 67
5 Real Betis 37 19 7 11 62 40 19 10 2 7 34 22 18 9 5 4 28 18 22 64
6 Real Sociedad 37 17 11 9 39 35 18 10 5 3 15 7 19 7 6 6 24 28 4 62
7 Villarreal 37 15 11 11 61 37 19 10 6 3 40 18 18 5 5 8 21 19 24 56
8 Athletic Club 37 14 13 10 43 35 19 10 4 5 29 18 18 4 9 5 14 17 8 55
9 Osasuna 37 12 11 14 37 49 18 5 7 6 17 24 19 7 4 8 20 25 -12 47
10 Celta de Vigo 37 12 10 15 43 41 19 7 4 8 26 23 18 5 6 7 17 18 2 46
11 Valencia 37 10 15 12 46 53 18 5 8 5 24 24 19 5 7 7 22 29 -7 45
12 Rayo Vallecano 37 11 9 17 37 46 18 8 5 5 24 18 19 3 4 12 13 28 -9 42
13 Espanyol 37 10 11 16 40 53 19 9 6 4 25 19 18 1 5 12 15 34 -13 41
14 Getafe 37 8 15 14 32 38 19 7 7 5 21 15 18 1 8 9 11 23 -6 39
15 Elche 37 10 9 18 37 51 18 6 6 6 21 20 19 4 3 12 16 31 -14 39
16 Granada 37 8 13 16 44 61 18 5 6 7 22 29 19 3 7 9 22 32 -17 37
17 Cádiz 37 7 15 15 34 51 19 3 9 7 19 24 18 4 6 8 15 27 -17 36
18 Mallorca 37 9 9 19 34 63 19 7 6 6 20 25 18 2 3 13 14 38 -29 36
19 Levante 37 7 11 19 47 74 19 5 7 7 28 30 18 2 4 12 19 44 -27 32
20 Deportivo Alavés 37 8 7 22 31 64 18 7 4 7 17 20 19 1 3 15 14 44 -33 31

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Table
  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 37 26 7 4 80 31 18 13 4 1 44 13 19 13 3 3 36 18 49 85
2 FC Barcelona 37 21 10 6 68 36 18 12 2 4 37 17 19 9 8 2 31 19 32 73
3 Atlético Madrid 37 20 8 9 63 42 19 12 5 2 33 16 18 8 3 7 30 26 21 68
4 Sevilla 37 17 16 4 52 30 18 11 6 1 35 17 19 6 10 3 17 13 22 67
5 Real Betis 37 19 7 11 62 40 19 10 2 7 34 22 18 9 5 4 28 18 22 64
6 Real Sociedad 37 17 11 9 39 35 18 10 5 3 15 7 19 7 6 6 24 28 4 62
7 Villarreal 37 15 11 11 61 37 19 10 6 3 40 18 18 5 5 8 21 19 24 56
8 Athletic Club 37 14 13 10 43 35 19 10 4 5 29 18 18 4 9 5 14 17 8 55
9 Osasuna 37 12 11 14 37 49 18 5 7 6 17 24 19 7 4 8 20 25 -12 47
10 Celta de Vigo 37 12 10 15 43 41 19 7 4 8 26 23 18 5 6 7 17 18 2 46
11 Valencia 37 10 15 12 46 53 18 5 8 5 24 24 19 5 7 7 22 29 -7 45
12 Rayo Vallecano 37 11 9 17 37 46 18 8 5 5 24 18 19 3 4 12 13 28 -9 42
13 Espanyol 37 10 11 16 40 53 19 9 6 4 25 19 18 1 5 12 15 34 -13 41
14 Getafe 37 8 15 14 32 38 19 7 7 5 21 15 18 1 8 9 11 23 -6 39
15 Elche 37 10 9 18 37 51 18 6 6 6 21 20 19 4 3 12 16 31 -14 39
16 Granada 37 8 13 16 44 61 18 5 6 7 22 29 19 3 7 9 22 32 -17 37
17 Cádiz 37 7 15 15 34 51 19 3 9 7 19 24 18 4 6 8 15 27 -17 36
18 Mallorca 37 9 9 19 34 63 19 7 6 6 20 25 18 2 3 13 14 38 -29 36
19 Levante 37 7 11 19 47 74 19 5 7 7 28 30 18 2 4 12 19 44 -27 32
20 Deportivo Alavés 37 8 7 22 31 64 18 7 4 7 17 20 19 1 3 15 14 44 -33 31

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