Sevilla vs Almeria Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th March 2023

The La Liga game at Estadio R. Sanchez Pizjuan on Sunday sees visitors Almeria facing home side Sevilla.

Sevilla rank 17 with 25 points to their name from 24 matches, while visitors Almeria rank 18 in the table on 25 points.

The unsatisfactory results in recent La Liga matches surely left a stain on morale at Sevilla. A win this coming Sunday against Almeria could be key to turning the tide again.

Sevilla are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 14 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.4 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 17 goals, or an average of 1.7 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Almeria hit the target 12 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.2 goals a game. They conceded two goals per match for a total of 20 goals, while claiming one clean sheets as well.

Sevilla claimed a 2-1 win, while Almeria answered back with a 2-1 win in their two most recent meetings.

Sevilla vs Almeria Prediction

Sevilla Form

In their last three games, Sevilla lost 2-3 against Osasuna, got defeated 6-1 by Atletico Madrid before winning 2-0 against Fenerbahce. Sevilla won four of their past six matches on home soil in the La Liga, where they also lost twice but drew none. They scored 13 goals and conceded six times.

Almeria Form

It is all or nothing with Almeria, who only triumphed once in their previous three outings. They were defeated 6-2 against Girona, before beating Barcelona 1-0. Unable to build on that, they lost 0-2 against Villarreal. In their last six La Liga away matches, Almeria failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn two and lost four, scoring six while also conceding 15 times.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Sevilla renew Almeria their acquaintance.

Sevilla won ten points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won three, scored eight and let in four goals. Almeria recorded two wins from their last five games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected nine points. They scored seven goals while conceding five. Sevilla have a record of six wins, seven draws and 11 defeats in the La Liga this season. Almeria put seven wins, four draws and 13 defeats on the board in the La Liga.

Sevilla vs Almeria Squads

Sevilla Squad

The 62-year-old Sevilla manager, Jorge Sampaoli, will select the lineup against Almeria from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the La Liga this season):

Alberto Flores (0/0), Marko Dmitrovic (0/3), Matias Arbol (0/0), Yassine Bounou (0/22), Alex Telles (0/16), Gonzalo Montiel (0/16), Jesus Navas (0/20), Karim Rekik (1/10), Loic Bade (0/6), Marcao (0/4), Marcos Acuna (2/19), Tanguy Nianzou (1/16), Alejandro Gomez (0/13), Erik Lamela (3/20), Fernando (0/15), Ivan Rakitic (1/19), Joan Jordan (0/18), Manu Bueno (0/0), Nemanja Gudelj (3/21), Oliver Torres (3/22), Pape Gueye (0/5), Bryan Gil (1/5), Jesus Corona (0/1), Lucas Ocampos (0/10), Rafa Mir (3/16), Suso (1/13), Youssef En-Nesyri (5/20).

Almeria Squad

Here is the full team squad of Almeria. The 53 year-old Rubi will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Diego Lazaro (0/0), Diego Marino (0/1), Fernando Martinez (0/23), Alex Centelles (0/2), Houboulang Mendes (0/12), Juan Brandariz (1/14), Kaiky (0/9), Lazaro (1/10), Martin Svidersky (0/0), Rodrigo Ely (0/23), Sergio Akieme (0/24), Srdjan Babic (1/21), Alejandro Pozo (0/18), Arnau Puigmal (0/12), Cesar de la Hoz (1/14), Gonzalo Melero (2/15), Inigo Eguaras (1/17), Lucas Robertone (1/23), Samu (1/20), Adrian Embarba (1/20), Dyego Sousa (0/13), El Bilal Toure (6/18), Francisco Portillo (2/15), Largie Ramazani (3/22), Leo Baptistao (3/19), Luis Suarez (2/9), Marko Milovanovic (0/2).

Sevilla vs Almeria Team News

At the time of writing, Sevilla have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Almeria this coming Sunday.

Alex Telles, Marcao and Jesus Corona are all absent from the Sevilla squad that faces Almeria at Estadio R. Sanchez Pizjuan.

Sevilla vs Almeria Lineups

Sevilla vs Almeria H2H

The last time the pair played each other Almeria came away as 2-1 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Sunday. Disappointingly, Sevilla failed to get all three points in their latest encounter with Almeria, as they lost 2-1. That result aside, the former have a strong record against their next opponents. They won eight of their last ten encounters last outings. The bookies have Sevilla to win this match at best price odds of 8/13.

Sevilla vs Almeria Results

Betting on both teams to score in recent matches between Sevilla and Almeria would have made you a decent profit. Both teams found their way to the goal seven times in their previous ten matches. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 10/11 with the bookies.

Sevilla vs Almeria Betting Tips

Luis Suarez shows decent form right now for Almeria, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the La Liga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Sevilla, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Youssef En-Nesyri also look a nice prospect as he scored five goals in his last six La Liga matches.

In their last 10 matches at Estadio R. Sanchez Pizjuan across all tournaments Sevilla won seven times, drew one and lost two times. Almeria claimed zero wins, four draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Both teams hit the back of the net in five of the last 10 matches for Sevilla on home soil. Both scored at least once in five of the previous 10 away games for Almeria.

Both teams scored seven times in the last ten encounters between Sevilla and Almeria, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Sevilla scored 1.8 goals on average, while Almeria pulled 1.1 goals on average. Sevilla scored an average of 1.5 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Almeria, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.