Sevilla hosts Alaves in round 38 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Sunday, May 23rd at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (Sevilla)
Sevilla is in 4th place in the standings (74 points after 37 matches). The men of Julen Lopetegui have 23 wins, five draws, and nine defeats. Sevilla had a good season and locked up a spot in the Champions League long before the finish line. The Red-and-Whites could even interfere in the championship race, but the defeat to Athletic Bilbao (0-1) and the missed victory over Real Madrid (2-2) nullified the ambitions of Lopetegui's players. Last Sunday, Sevilla lost with a large score for the first time in this season, failing in an away match against Villarreal (4-0). Carlos Bacca scored a hat-trick, and Gerard Moreno scored one more goal.
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Alaves is in 15th position in the championship standings (38 points in 37 matches). The Glorious Ones have chalked up nine victories, 11 draws, and 17 losses. Alaves has secured a place in the elite for the next season only in recent weeks. This happened thanks to an unbeaten streak of three matches, during which the Basques shared points with Levante (2-2), beat Elche (2-0), and dealt with Granada (4-2). The victory over the Nasrids was brought by goals from Pere Ponce, Ruben Duarte, Josel, and Luis Rioja, and they responded with only two accurate shots from Jorge Molina and Antonio Puertas.
Both teams have no significant tournament goals before the final round. Sevilla's only motivation is to try to squeeze Barcelona from the top three, as the Catalans are two points ahead. Beyond that, the Red-and-Whites will probably want to end the season on a winning note and partially make up for the failure in Villarreal. Alaves has already completed the minimum task and retained the place in La Liga. Sevilla is a favorite of the upcoming game, as it has excellent statistics of games against Alaves, especially at home. Lopetegui's team is the 2nd in the LaLiga standings in terms of home games (13 wins and one draw in 18 matches), and the Basques are in the top five worst away teams (three wins and five draws in 18 rounds). It is unlikely that Sevilla will lose to such an opponent. However, the match does not promise to be rich in goals. In the previous eleven head-to-head matches, the opponents never scored more than three goals.
Prediction for the match: Sevilla to win with +0.5 handicap and Under 3.5 goals scored
