La Liga fixture prognosis and preview for the Sevilla vs Real Sociedad clash

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (45500 seats)

A lot at stake in this game, with Sevilla placed 2nd and Real Sociedad at 6th. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals (19) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (16) in La Liga

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

These are active days for the team playing at home, as they played only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was an away game at West Ham United, so at least Sevilla are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Sevilla form and stats

Sevilla have been outstanding at home so far in the La Liga with 10 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses. Sevilla haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Real Madrid, 111 days ago.

The followers hope that Sevilla will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Europa League fixture against West Ham United. Defender Augustinsson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Augustinsson hit three key passes and won 12 of 16 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Rayo Vallecano that finished 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sevilla have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 13 games), Sevilla's attacking play is working. 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 11 from 13 matches.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Sociedad had fun at their own home (Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán) last time out, beating Deportivo Alaves 1-0. Zubimendi scored. Portu got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Portu hit four key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Real Madrid wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Real Sociedad have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, four draws and one defeat.

The visiting Sociedad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games. As for defending, Real Sociedad rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: Real Sociedad - Sevilla 0-0. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Sevilla won five, Real Sociedad triumphed in one and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadM. Oyarzabal Ugarte
M. Oyarzabal Ugarte
9 goals
SevillaR. Mir Vicente
R. Mir Vicente
8 goals
SevillaL. Ocampos
L. Ocampos
5 goals

Sevilla missing players

Real Sociedad missing players

Sevilla Real Sociedad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 4 14 28
15 10 2 Won W 0 5 13
11 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
2 0 0 Lost L 3 5 7
40 28 5 Scored S 5 18 29
19 11 3 Conceded C 14 23 29
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 86%
64% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 57%
29% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 25%
14% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 43% 25%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 21% 11%
46% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 43% 29%
50% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 57%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 29%
 
4.5 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.1 4.9
4 4.3 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.4
2.5 2.5 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 1.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.9 13.5 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.9 11.1
4.2 5 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 4
34% 43% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 26%
 
10.5 10.6 16 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 12.9 11.4
3.1 3.4 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.2 3.7
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (16) in La Liga
  • 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 (19) in La Liga
  • Sevilla have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) 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 28 20 6 2 59 21 14 10 4 0 32 9 14 10 2 2 27 12 38 66
2 Sevilla 28 15 11 2 40 19 13 10 3 0 28 11 15 5 8 2 12 8 21 56
3 FC Barcelona 27 14 9 4 52 29 13 9 2 2 31 13 14 5 7 2 21 16 23 51
4 Atletico Madrid 28 15 6 7 52 36 14 9 3 2 25 13 14 6 3 5 27 23 16 51
5 Real Betis 28 15 4 9 50 35 15 8 2 5 27 18 13 7 2 4 23 17 15 49
6 Real Sociedad 28 13 8 7 29 29 14 8 4 2 11 6 14 5 4 5 18 23 0 47
7 Villarreal 28 12 9 7 48 26 15 9 4 2 35 14 13 3 5 5 13 12 22 45
8 Athletic Club 28 10 10 8 32 27 13 7 2 4 22 14 15 3 8 4 10 13 5 40
9 Valencia 28 9 10 9 41 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 14 4 4 6 19 25 -2 37
10 Celta de Vigo 28 9 8 11 33 32 14 5 3 6 20 19 14 4 5 5 13 13 1 35
11 Osasuna 28 9 8 11 26 35 14 3 6 5 11 19 14 6 2 6 15 16 -9 35
12 Espanyol 28 8 9 11 34 41 14 7 4 3 21 16 14 1 5 8 13 25 -7 33
13 Rayo Vallecano 27 9 5 13 29 33 14 8 3 3 21 10 13 1 2 10 8 23 -4 32
14 Elche 28 8 8 12 30 39 13 5 5 3 16 14 15 3 3 9 14 25 -9 32
15 Getafe 28 6 10 12 26 32 14 6 4 4 19 13 14 0 6 8 7 19 -6 28
16 Mallorca 28 6 8 14 26 48 15 4 6 5 13 17 13 2 2 9 13 31 -22 26
17 Granada 28 5 10 13 28 44 14 4 4 6 17 22 14 1 6 7 11 22 -16 25
18 Cadiz 28 4 12 12 24 41 14 1 8 5 11 18 14 3 4 7 13 23 -17 24
19 Deportivo Alaves 28 5 7 16 21 45 14 4 4 6 10 15 14 1 3 10 11 30 -24 22
20 Levante 28 3 10 15 30 55 14 2 7 5 17 22 14 1 3 10 13 33 -25 19

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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.