Sevilla vs Sporting Gijon Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

The international break was much needed for Sevilla who were starting to look really jaded in some of their recent games. After a two week break they ought to be much fresher in this game and we should see a much more lively display as a result and they ought to have no trouble winning the game.

A run of 4 games without a win in all competitions has seen them exit the Champions League and almost certainly fall out of the title race. It’s a harsh lesson for Sampaoli’s men who now face a battle with Atletico Madrid for 3rd place and automatic entry into the Champions League group stage next term. Their overall home record this season though is still very impressive indeed. They’ve won 77% of their home games in La Liga, averaging 2.46 points per home match. Only Real Madrid can better that.

They’d been scoring plenty of goals too until that recent sticky patch and still average 1.92 goals per home game and 1.86 per match overall in La Liga this term. Against a poor Sporting defence, there should be plenty of openings. They are likely to rotate their team over the next week when they also have games against Barca and Depor so their starting eleven is a little hard to predict here. One man who has increasingly grown in stature this term is Pablo Sarabia. He has averaged a goal every 246 minutes in La Liga, which is very good for a midfielder and backing Sarabia to score anytime at 7/4 could be a decent bet here.

Sporting Gijon are in deep relegation trouble but did grab something of a lifeline by beating fellow strugglers Granada 3-1 last time out. They have lost 64% of their away games this term though so it’s virtually impossible to make a case for them getting a result here. However, an away goal does look likely. Both teams have scored in a huge 71% of Sporting Gijon’s league games this term and they’ve only failed to score in 1 of their last 9 outings.

Given both teams have also scored in 68% of Sevilla’s games, backing Sevilla to Win & Both Teams to Score at 6/4 looks to offer great value.