Spain - Primera Division: Sevilla vs Villarreal Last weekend Sevilla easily handled Xerez and closed the gap behind Barcelona to four points. Villarreal handled the starting crisis, so after the win over Malaga, they recorded the second straight win at home, after demolishing Tenerife 5:0
A draw enough for the round of 16
When it comes to the Champions League, Andalusian side have nothing to worry about as they already booked a ticket for the round of 16 and now they can focus on domestic championship. By the middle of the week, Sevilla failed to keep the minimum lead over Stuttgart, but even a point is enough for them to take a place in Champions League round of 16. Sevilla are great at home and the only match when they failed to score was against Espanyol while they were convincing in the rest of the games. Sevilla won the last three games against Villarreal without conceding a single goal, which is why we have no doubts that Sevilla will continue the good form at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan and we suggest that you think about Sporting Bet’s offer of 1.73 for the hosts to score over 1.5 goals.
Coach Manolo Jimenez can’t count on one of team's best strikers, Kanoute, who got a minor injury, so Alvaro Negredo will get a chance, after putting his side up front last weekend against Xerez. Former Real Madrid player is in good form, which is why he was summoned to the Spanish national squad and scored two goals on his debut against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Interestingly this player hasn’t yet scored in front of home fansm which is why we expect him to end the negative run and Bet365 offer 2.40 for Negredo to score.
Yellow submarine finally started sinking their rivals
The big crisis in the team from Valencia suburbs is finally over and Villarreal have found their form. A win over Malaga in the derby of the bottom was the turning point for Villarreal, who beat Tenerife 5:0 after that. Still, that is not all, as the yellow submarine made it to another win by the middle of this week in Europa League 4:1 against Lazio. All in all the crisis is over and we will see good old Villarreal in the future. That is why we expect the visitors, boosted by the three straight wins, to give a hard time in Seville and 888 Sport offer 1.83 for both teams to score.
The most credit for the turnover in Villarreal’s play definitely goes to one of the most experienced players of the team, Robert Pires. The popular Frenchman has scored five goals in the last five games and only in one of them did he fail to get on the score sheet. Even though he is a midfielder, Pires has an excellent kick and does great with set-pieces. Having in mind his excellent form, we think Paddy Power’s offer of 6.00 for Pires to score seems great.
Betting verdict
Sevilla are in great form from the start, unlike their rivals that have found their form two weeks ago. Hosts easily handled the yellow submarine in the past and having in mind that Sevilla players will have a day more to rest after playing in Europe, we think that they will easily continue the good tradition against Villarreal.
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