Sevilla and Villarreal meet at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, in a match for the 16th round of LaLiga. The record of direct confrontations played in this stadium indicates a total balance between these two teams, since there were 3 draws and 1 victory for each team in the last 5 matches. But the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 15-12-2019, for LaLiga, which ended with Villarreal’s victory by (1-2). Munir (61 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Sevilla, and K. Toko Ekambi (74’) and Albiol (13 ‘), for Villarreal.
Sevilla:
After 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in 6th position, with 23 points won. In their last match, they beat Valencia away by (0‑1), after having drawn (1‑1) at home in the previous match, in a match against Real Valladolid. For the championship, Sevilla won 10 points out of 18 possible, after 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats in the last 6 matches they played in their stadium. His attack has scored regularly, since he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 17 of the last 26 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 13 matches in the competition, he suffered the first goal 4 times and only managed 1 comeback.
Sevilla enters this match with a victory, 0-1, on the trip to Valencia, thus adding the third consecutive match without losing in La Liga: the only goal of the match was signed by Suso. Usually the coach Julen Lopetegui plays at 4-2-3-1, however, the possibility of playing at 4-3-3 is not ruled out, favoring the maintenance of ball possession and positional attacks, especially in the corridors: Suso is very fast and an expert in the defense-attack transition. It should be noted that Youssef En-Nesyri is Sevilla’s best spiker with 4 goals scored. For this match the home captain will not be able to use Tomás Vaclik, Sergio Escudero and Munir El Haddadi, all of them due to injury.
Villarreal:
After 6 victories, 8 draws and 1 defeat, the visiting team is currently in 4th position, with 26 points won. In their last match, they drew with Athletic Club at home by (1‑1), after having won away in the previous match, in a match against Osasuna, by (1‑3). For the championship, Villarreal won 10 points out of 21 possible, after 2 victories, 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 7 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 6 away matches. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 games in this competition, he only managed 1 comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Villarreal started this game with a draw, on the ball, against Atheltic de Bilbao, thus registering the twelfth consecutive game without losing in this competition: the only goal of the team signed by Yéremi Pino. On this trip to Seville, coach Unai Emery will have to play in the same tactical system as the last game, 4-3-3, favoring the organization of his blocking and counterattacks. It should be noted that forward Gerard Moreno is Villarreal’s top scorer with 8 goals scored. For this game, the visiting coach cannot count on Paco Alcácer, Vicente Iborra, Alberto Moreno and Francis Coquelin, all injured.
PREDICTION: Sevilla to win @ 2,14
