Football background guide: Sevilla odds-on when Elche arrive

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 11.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (45500 seats)

A win is the only result that will do for the Sevilla regulars in this Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán battle with Elche, as they have a healthy lead on their opponents in the La Liga standings.

Insights:
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals (16) in La Liga
  • Elche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Sevilla form and stats

Sevilla have performed here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán this season with 8 wins from 11 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. In general it's been a long time since Sevilla tasted defeat here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

Sevilla drew their last game, 0-0 away at Osasuna (placed 12th). Goalkeeper Bono got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.44 out of ten. Bono topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Sevilla hosted Celta de Vigo and drew the game 2-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sevilla home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

Goals decide football matches and Sevilla are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. Sevilla are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.

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Elche form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Elche so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Fidel and Milla (2) secured the home win 3-1 against Deportivo Alaves in their previous game. Midfielder Fidel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Fidel scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).

A 2-2 draw at Real Madrid's stadium before that.

Elche have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Elche's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported match between these squads is the Elche - Sevilla 1-1 played previously this season. Previous seven meetings with these teams: Sevilla won four, Elche triumphed in one and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ElcheP. Milla Peña
P. Milla Peña
7 goals
ElcheL. Boyé
L. Boyé
7 goals
SevillaR. Mir Vicente
R. Mir Vicente
6 goals

Sevilla missing players

Elche missing players

Sevilla Elche
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 12 23
13 8 2 Won W 0 2 6
8 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
2 0 0 Lost L 3 7 9
34 24 8 Scored S 4 13 26
16 10 5 Conceded C 7 20 31
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
61% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
30% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 52%
17% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 30%
4% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 9%
43% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 61%
52% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 22%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 26%
 
4.3 4.8 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.2 2.6 3.9
4 4.4 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.5 5.6
2.4 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12 13.4 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.4 8.8
4.1 5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.6 3.2
36% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 42% 36%
 
10.4 10.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17 15.3 13.5
3.2 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.3 4.7
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Elche have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Elche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Elche have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sevilla have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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.
  • Sevilla have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals (16) in La Liga
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
  • Sevilla have the most clean sheets (12) in La Liga
  • Sevilla have the most points (27) at home in La Liga
  • Sevilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 22 15 5 2 47 20 11 7 4 0 24 8 11 8 1 2 23 12 27 50
2 Sevilla 23 13 8 2 34 16 11 8 3 0 24 10 12 5 5 2 10 6 18 47
3 Real Betis 22 12 4 6 41 25 11 6 2 3 23 12 11 6 2 3 18 13 16 40
4 Atletico Madrid 21 10 6 5 36 26 10 6 3 1 17 8 11 4 3 4 19 18 10 36
5 Barcelona 21 9 8 4 32 23 10 6 2 2 19 11 11 3 6 2 13 12 9 35
6 Real Sociedad 21 9 7 5 22 21 11 5 4 2 7 6 10 4 3 3 15 15 1 34
7 Villarreal 22 8 8 6 36 23 12 7 3 2 29 13 10 1 5 4 7 10 13 32
8 Athletic Club 22 7 10 5 21 17 10 4 2 4 13 12 12 3 8 1 8 5 4 31
9 Rayo Vallecano 22 9 4 9 27 24 11 8 2 1 20 5 11 1 2 8 7 19 3 31
10 Celta de Vigo 23 8 6 9 28 25 12 4 2 6 15 15 11 4 4 3 13 10 3 30
11 Valencia 22 7 8 7 35 36 11 4 5 2 18 13 11 3 3 5 17 23 -1 29
12 Osasuna 23 7 8 8 22 27 12 2 6 4 10 16 11 5 2 4 12 11 -5 29
13 Espanyol 22 7 6 9 26 30 11 6 2 3 16 13 11 1 4 6 10 17 -4 27
14 Elche 23 6 8 9 26 31 11 4 5 2 13 11 12 2 3 7 13 20 -5 26
15 Getafe 23 6 7 10 20 23 12 6 2 4 17 11 11 0 5 6 3 12 -3 25
16 Granada 22 5 9 8 26 33 11 4 3 4 16 17 11 1 6 4 10 16 -7 24
17 Mallorca 22 5 8 9 19 34 11 3 6 2 10 9 11 2 2 7 9 25 -15 23
18 Cadiz 23 3 9 11 20 38 11 0 6 5 8 17 12 3 3 6 12 21 -18 18
19 Deportivo Alaves 23 4 5 14 17 38 12 3 3 6 8 14 11 1 2 8 9 24 -21 17
20 Levante 22 1 8 13 21 46 11 1 6 4 11 17 11 0 2 9 10 29 -25 11

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