Sevilla vs Valencia 11.08.2023

The Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville will have the honor of kicking off the 2023/24 La Liga season when Sevilla welcomes Valencia this Friday. The home team had a lacklustre season by their standards but they saved some blushes by winning the Europa League title which automatically qualifies them for this season’s Champions League. They had a woeful start to last season and never really got out of 2nd gear all through as they eventually finished 12th when all was said and done. The Andalucians will certainly look to get themselves going early this time if they are to avoid the same predicament. They haven’t had the best of pre-season preparations, but the taste of the pudding will be in the eating when the real action begins

Valencia were worse off in the league last season as they escaped relegation by the skins of their teeth after finishing 16th on the log. A 1-1 draw at Betis on the last day of the season saw them claim the solitary point they needed to stave off relegation fears. Their biggest undoing was their terrible away form which saw them lose 10 of their last 13 games on the road. They will certainly look to address that and this opening game will be a major test. Los Che have looked spry in pre-season winning 4 of their last 5 friendlies. Coach Ruben Baraja will hope to carry over some of the good habits they have built in the off-season into this new campaign.

With both teams looking to get off on the right footing here, we can expect a closely contested opening game. This fixture has also been a snorefest in recent years with just 2 of their last 12 encounters witnessing at least 3 goals. We are backing that trend to hold here and we are picking Under 2.5 Goals our main call for this clash

Main tip: Under 2.5 Goals (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Sevilla vs Valencia

Considering the last 10 meetings between these teams;

• Sevilla dominate with 6 wins, Valencia just once and 3 games were drawn
• These matches scored an average of just 1.90 goals per match
• Their last meetings ended 2-0 in favor of Sevilla

Latest results Sevilla

• 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in their last 5 games
• 5 goals scored in the last 5 matches. Average of 1.00 goals per match
• Drew 1-1 against Atletico Madrid in their last match

Latest results Valencia

• 4 wins and 1 loss in the last 5 games
• 8 goals in their last 5 matches, an average of 1.60 goals per game
• They lost 2-1 to Aston Villa in their last match

2022/23 La Liga Final Table Standings and Latest Results

Sevilla; rank 12th – 38 matches – 13 wins – 10 draws – 15 losses – 49 points
Form Guide (most recent first): D-W-D-L-L

Valencia: rank 16th – 38 matches – 11 wins – 9 draws – 18 losses – 42 points
Form Guide (most recent first): L-W-W-W-W

Possible Sevilla

Sevilla: Dmitrovic; Navas, Badé, Marcão, Acuña; Fernando, Rakitic; Torres, Suso, Ocampos; En-Nesyri

Out: None

Coach: Jose Luis Mendilibar

Possible squad Valencia

Valencia: Mamardashvili; Correia, Paulista, Diakhaby, Gaya; Guerra, Pepelu; López, Almeida, Perez; Duro

Out: de Sousa (meniscus)

Coach: Ruben Baraja

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Under 2.5 Goals

1xBet offers the best odds for the bet “Under 2.5 Goals“
The odd of 1.78 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 56% chance that this game will have no more than 2 total goals scored.

Odds comparison Under 2.5 Goals

1xBet – odd 1.78
Bet365 – odd 1.73

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2) Bet on Over 3.5 Bookings

• Their last five league meetings saw at least 4 cards shown

Odds for this bet

Melbet has competitive odds for “Over 3.5 Bookings”

The odd of 1.60 means that the bookmaker is calculating with a likelihood of approx. 63% chance that there will be at least 4 cards shown in this game.

Odds comparisons for Over 3.5 Bookings

Melbet – odd 1.60
Odibet – odd 1.58

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