Villarreal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Sevilla.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Villarreal and Sevilla.
Villarreal form and stats
7 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Villarreal have to build on here at Estadio de la Cerámica in the La Liga.
The Villarreal goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo Andres is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 290 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.
A strong away win for Villarreal against Granada the last match, as Gerard Moreno were on target. Before that, Villarreal had a home game versus Mallorca which ended with a victory 1-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Villarreal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Villarreal as a small favourite), we find four games. Villarreal has won three of these, drawn one and lost zero.
Villarreal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de la Cerámica with 27 goals in 14 league matches. Villarreal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sevilla form and stats
7-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sevilla in their La Liga matches away. Sevilla has drawn their two previous away games.
Sevilla played 0-0 against Barcelona in their previous match. A 1-1 draw at Levante's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Sevilla in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Sevilla, zero draws and two defeats.
After this away game Sevilla return home for a La Liga game against Real Valladolid. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Sevilla find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Sevilla have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sevilla - Villarreal 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Villarreal wins - draws - Sevilla wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Balaguero 12 goals |   L. Ocampos 11 goals |  S. Cazorla González 8 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Sevilla missing players
| Villarreal | Sevilla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 47 | 27 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 42 |
| 38 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 73% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | 77% |
| 67% | 64% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 47% | 37% |
| 27% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 67% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 53% |
| 30% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 408 | 205 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 156 | 379 |
| 134 | 72 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 63 | 133 |
| 35% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 32% |
- Sevilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sevilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sevilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 38 | 65 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 35 | 62 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 29 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 49 |
| 5 | Getafe | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 47 |
| 8 | Valencia | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 | -4 | 43 |
| 9 | Granada | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 42 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 11 | Levante | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 29 | -8 | 35 |
| 12 | Deportivo Alaves | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -8 | 35 |
| 13 | Osasuna | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -9 | 35 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -7 | 34 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 33 |
| 16 | Eibar | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 28 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 27 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 31 | -21 | 26 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 24 |
| 20 | Leganés | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 24 |