A key match in La Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Sevilla in 6th position and Villarreal placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Sevilla has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in La Liga
- Villarreal has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
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.
Sevilla form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga, Sevilla have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
It's back home for Sevilla, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Valencia away with the result 1-0. Suso found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Real Valladolid that ended 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 five games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sevilla as they are travelling to their away game against Real Betis in the La Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Sevilla are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Sevilla have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Villarreal form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga. In general it has been a productive period now for Villarreal as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Villarreal delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Athletic Club (placed 9th) in their previous match; a La Liga game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Osasuna with the score of 3-1.
The draw against Athletic Club came from a losing position. The Villarreal manager U. Emery Etxegoien brought on Yéremi Pino as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
We have checked recent matches where Villarreal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, zero draws and four defeats.
After this away game Villarreal return home for a La Liga game against Levante. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Villarreal find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Villarreal have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Sevilla, five draws and three wins for Villarreal. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Balaguero 8 goals |  F. Alcácer García 5 goals |   Y. En-Nesyri 4 goals |
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| Sevilla | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 80% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 80% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 40% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 27% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 67% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 13.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.4 | 11.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 40% | 34% |
- Sevilla has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in La Liga
- Sevilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Villarreal has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Atletico Madrid | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 6 | Sevilla | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Granada | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Cadiz | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Getafe | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Real Betis | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
| 13 | Valencia | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Levante | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Eibar | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Elche | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alaves | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Huesca | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 20 | Osasuna | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 12 |