Sevilla vs Villarreal Predictions

• Sevilla won only six of 19 home La Liga games last season, failing to take three points from 10 of their last 15 at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan
• Villarreal avoided defeat in eight of their last nine away league games last term
• Three of the last five meetings between these clubs have finished 1-1

Clash of clubs that tend to draw

Sevilla and Villarreal will each go in search of their first La Liga victory of the season at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Friday, although another draw may be the final outcome.

Both clubs banked a point from their opening match of the campaign with Sevilla pegged back twice by Las Palmas in Gran Canaria while Villarreal suffered the same fate at home to Atletico Madrid on Monday.

Three of the last five meetings between the clubs have finished one goal apiece so a 1-1 draw might be on the cards again, although Villarreal’s away form late last season makes them an intriguing double chance prospect in Andalusia.

Yellow Submarines are rarely defeated on the road

Sevilla were very poor at home last term, by their recent standards, winning only six of 19 La Liga games in front of theirt own fans.  García Pimienta, who took charge in the summer, should have a stronger squad at his disposal than against his former club Las Palmas with Saul Niguez returning from a suspension and Albert Sambi Lokonga back to full fitness.

That will strengthen the midfield, but it is in attack where Sevilla look short on quality with no forward on the books that looks capable of netting double figures this term.

Villarreal, who could lose Arnaut Danjuma in the closing stages of the transfer window, may be vulnerable in defence after Yerson Mosquera’s return to Wolverhampton. But while Danjuma remains there to partner Gerard Moreno, the Yellow Submarines have enough attacking talent to grab a point in Seville.