Valencia vs Sevilla Match Preview: Spanish Primera Liga

Sevilla travel to the Mestalla this Sunday evening to face Valencia in the Spanish Primera Liga just 3 days after both sides took part in the opening round of the UEFA Europa League.

Valencia lost 3:0 to Swansea on Thursday evening while Sevilla made a short trip to Estoril worthwhile picking up all three points (won 2:1).

Valencia started their season off with a 1:0 victory over Malaga before losing 3 in a row against Espanyol (3:1), Barcelona (3:2) and most recently, Real Betis (3:1).

Sevilla have yet to win in the Spanish Primera this season – they started their campaign off with a 3:1 home defeat at the hands of Atletico Madrid before drawing with Levante (0:0) and Malaga (2:2) and most recently losing 3:2 to Barcelona.

Recent form:

Valencia – L L L L W W W

Sevilla – W L D W D W L

Valencia have lost their last 4 while Sevilla have lost just 2 of their last 7 matches.

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 39 times in recent years and Valencia have come out on top most often (Valencia won 18, Sevilla won 16, 5 Draws).

The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 3:4, 2:0, 1:2, 1:2, 1:0.

Bookmakers favour Valencia in this tie.

Current betting odds: Valencia (10/11) Draw (12/5) Sevilla (3/1)

Gamingtips Prediction – Valencia 2:2 Sevilla 

Valencia finished 5th in the Spanish Primera last season scoring 67 goals in 38 games and conceding 54.

Sevilla finished 9th scoring 58 goals in 38 matches and conceding 54.

Both sides scored and conceded more than one goal per game on average last season and although we can expect goals, it’s impossible to know how Valencia will react to their 3:0 loss at the hands of Swansea on Thursday night and whether or not Sevilla’s trip to Portugal will have an impact on their performance.

This is a game neither side will want to lose given their poor starts to the season.

Sevilla are currently rock bottom of the Spanish Primera after 4 games while Valencia are 15th, just one point ahead.

From a betting perspective, over 2.5 goal is appealing at odds of 3/4 given that Valencia’s last 4 matches have had a combined total of 16 goals while Sevilla’s last 4 have had a combined total of 17 goals.

This game gets underway at 20:00 GMT+1