Ace Football previews the LaLiga game between Athletic Club and Sevilla who meet up this coming Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
LaLiga title favourites Athletic Club begin their title challenge this coming Sunday in an opening day encounter with Sevilla at San Mames.
Team form: Athletic Club vs Sevilla
Athletic Club Form
Athletic Club hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Getafe by 0-2, before winning 0-1 against Valencia. The streak ended in a recent 0-3 defeat against Barcelona. Athletic Club won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the LaLiga, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored six and conceded five goals.
Sevilla Form
Sevilla have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 1-0 win against Las Palmas. Unable to follow that up, they went down 0-2 against Real Madrid, before suffering another loss in a 4-2 match against Villarreal. Sevilla managed to win just once in their past six away games in the LaLiga. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 11 time and letting in six.
Betting facts for Athletic Club and Sevilla
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Athletic Club and Sevilla played across all tournaments.
- In 17 of the last 19 Athletic Club matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Athletic Club matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Athletic Club matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Athletic Club home matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 6 Athletic Club home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Sevilla away matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Sevilla away matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Sevilla away matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Sevilla away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players in form: Athletic Club vs Sevilla
It is the beginning of a new LaLiga campaign, and both Athletic Club and Sevilla will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
Popular betting markets: Athletic Club vs Sevilla
Full-time result
Athletic Club won six of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at San Mames. They drew two and lost two as well, while Sevilla won three of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost five. Athletic Club have not lost to Sevilla in 4 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Athletic Club scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Sevilla scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Sevilla managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Athletic Club have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Sevilla.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Athletic Club’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Sevilla’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.
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