Sevilla welcome the visitors Alaves in the Spanish La Liga – Round 30. The match will be held on Thursday, April, 4th, at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan (Sevilla).
The hosting Sevilla may now concentrate on the domestic league wherein they still have chances to reach a Champions League spot. A few months back, the team were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by the rampant Barcelona. In the first leg, Pablo Machin’s men even registered a 2:0 win, which made them favorites ahead of the trip to the Catalans, but Barca attained a comfortable 6:1 handicap quite easily. Also, Sevilla recently left the Europa League where they traditionally perform well. In 1/16 finals, the side beat Lazio, and no one expected them to have any issues with Slavia Prague, but it did not come that way. Sevilla registered a 2:2 draw at home and featured the identical score in the normal time in Prague. The extra 30 minutes were same entertaining for the fans – first, Damian Vazquez slotted his team ahead, and Slavia had to net yet twice to progress to the next stage, but the Checks fought till the end. They leveled the score in 4 minutes, and Ibrahim Traore made a winner on the 119th minute. This campaign, Sevilla will not win the Europa League. At the same time, relegation from the tournament may help them end 4th domestically. In the new calendar year, Machin’s side are not blistering – they descended to the 6th tier with a tally of 43 points racked up in 28 rounds. Anyways, the Champions League zone is very close – Alaves (44 points) and Getafe (46 points) run ahead, but they are in no way more perspective than the hosts.
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The visiting Alaves play their best to gatecrash to European spots by the final tally, which will be really sensational. The team truly deserve a Europa League place. They don’t leave the European Cups’ zone throughout the season. After they had a successful start to the campaign, they were expected to recede and take their usual lowly place. Now, Alaves are undefeated in 6 matches in a row (3 wins, 3 draws). In light of the international break, they have got a 2-week rest, so, they need to passionately wait the end of the season. The side run 5th in the standings followed by Sevilla and Valencia. Actually, under favorable conditions, the guests may even reach the Champions League, as Getafe take the 4th line and are only 2 points ahead.
The first-term encounter on Alaves’ turf ended level, 1:1. The hosts then were mostly leading, but the draw was logical, as Sevilla deserved one goal at least. Since their comeback to the La Liga in 2016, after a 10-year absence, Alaves faced Sevilla 5 times of which they registered 1 win, 2 defeats, and 2 stalemates. While in the last campaign it was hard to believe that the opponents will neighbor in the standings at the end of the season, this is a reality now. Sevilla cannot drop more points, and they are pretty aware of this. The welcoming team will prepare to clash with the actual rivals for the Champions League, and, given their confident home performance, they are expected to demonstrate the excellence in skills.
Prediction for the match: Sevilla to win home.
