Sevilla vs Deportivo Alaves: Can Sevilla Retain Their Third Position?

Two teams from the lower part of the LaLiga standings, Sevilla FC ranked 16th and Deportivo Alaves at 15th place, will face each other on Friday at 3: 00 PM ET. The last game that was played at home by Sevilla ended in a loss with the score of 2-0 against Athletic Bilbao on January 4. On the contrary, Deportivo Alaves played their last game on Jan 2nd, where they managed a goalless draw while being away in Real Sociedad. Deportivo Alaves scored their only goal through Luis Rioja.

Matches Statistics and Insights

Here are some statistics and insights about the matchup between Sevilla and Deportivo Alaves:

When it comes to scoring goals, Sevilla is currently the tenth team in LaLiga that has an average score of 1.2 goals per game. 12th Deportivo Alaves is on the defensive side and has an average of 1.3 goals per game.

Finishing the season ranked 19th in LaLiga with only 0.8 goals per match, Deportivo Alaves has been woeful offensively. On the one hand, Sevilla’s defense has let in 1.4 goals per match, ranking them 15th in the league.

Goal differential-wise, Sevilla sits at -4 and is the 11th in the league. On the contrary, Deportivo Alaves is positioned at 16th having a goal difference of -10.

198 shots in 19 matches have been faced by Deportivo Alaves, which ranks fourth among LaLiga teams. On the other hand, Sevilla is ranked third in the league concerning shots made with 281 attempts over 19 matches.

Deportivo Alaves has recorded 240 shots from 19 matches putting them at the seventh spot in the standings of LaLiga, while Sevilla conceded a total of 224 shots over the same number of matches placing them tenth in LaLiga list.

Sevilla stands firmly in the fourth spot of the league in regards to shot differential, having a +57 total and so, +3 per game.

5th in the league, shot differential is that of Deportivo Alaves at an overall +42 which means a +2.2 for each match.

Leaders of Sevilla:

The standout leaders for Sevilla in terms of goals and assists are:

Youssef En-Nesyri, who has been consistently impressive with five goals and one assist.

Another main contributor for Sevilla is Suso, who also has scored one goal and recorded four assists.

He also has three assists to his name.

Lucas Ocampos has scored two goals and one assist for the team.

Leaders of Deportivo Alaves

Here are the notable leaders for Deportivo Alaves in terms of goals and assists:

Deportivo Alaves; Rioja has contributed substantially this season with two goals and three assists.

4 goals Samuel Omorodion has been the goal-scoring punch of the team.

Jon Guridi, although still without goals has also made key plays creating three assists so far.

Javi Lopez, although he could not score goals, has played as a playmaker with three assists. He’s made seven opportunities at an average of 0.4 per game.

Sevila is hot on the board

Currently, the fourth positioned Sevilla seems to be on an impressive third place in the La Liga and have similarly been playing very well in their home turf generating a total of 15 goals which come out as the highest home goal tally within the division.

The dominance over Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium is evident due to the fact that they have won all five of their home games and given only three goals under those matches. With such a good home record, they are very likely to keep this winning run going.

Regarding my forecast, I believe that Sevilla will triumph with more than one goal difference. The fact that six of their eight victories this season under the leadership of Julen Lopetegui were more than two goals, supports this. Furthermore, Sevilla has a good record against teams in the bottom half of the table losing only once from their games with them this season. Summary Sevilla has proven to be an impressive team in La Liga, with a consistent good home record point towards the possibility of maintaining their winning strings and sealing a big victory win margin is more than one goal.