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La Liga · 2025Estadio Mendizorrotza

Deportivo Alavés 1–2 Sevilla · La Liga

1–2Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Sevilla won 1–2.

Shots
89
Shots on target
53
Expected goals
0.950.48
Possession
48%52%

Full time

What the match recorded

Sevilla beat Alaves 2–1. Recorded in this match (Alaves – Sevilla): shots 8–9, shots on target 5–3, expected goals 0.95–0.48, possession 48%–52%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Both teams have elevated fouls records

moderate

Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline.

16.6 fouls/matchFoulsAlaves · Sevilla15.6 fouls/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

MetricAlavesSevillaBaseline
Fouls16.6 fouls/match15.6 fouls/match12.4 fouls/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots8 shots9 shotsDeportivo Alavés 8 shots, Sevilla 9 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots3 shotsDeportivo Alavés 5 shots, Sevilla 3 shots
  • Expected goals0.95 xG0.48 xGDeportivo Alavés 0.95 xG, Sevilla 0.48 xG
  • Possession48%52%Deportivo Alavés 48%, Sevilla 52%
  • Corners4 corners4 cornersDeportivo Alavés 4 corners, Sevilla 4 corners
  • Fouls20 fouls19 foulsDeportivo Alavés 20 fouls, Sevilla 19 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card7 cardsDeportivo Alavés 1 card, Sevilla 7 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

Facundo Garcés · Alaves · 20′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedAntonio Blanco · Alaves · 37′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedBatista Mendy · Sevilla · 38′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedRubén Vargas · Sevilla · 62′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedLucas Boyé · Alaves · 19′ · 0.03 xG · on targetMarcão · Sevilla · 21′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedRubén Vargas · Sevilla · 47′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedJosé Ángel Carmona · Sevilla · 57′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedPablo Ibáñez · Alaves · 73′ · 0.03 xG · on targetNahuel Tenaglia · Alaves · 80′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedToni Martínez · Alaves · 82′ · 0.03 xG · on targetFacundo Garcés · Alaves · 90′ · 0.03 xG · on targetTanguy Nianzou · Sevilla · 9′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedAlfon González · Sevilla · 8′ · 0.08 xG · on targetRubén Vargas · Sevilla · 10′ · 0.11 xG · goalAlexis Sánchez · Sevilla · 67′ · 0.13 xG · goalCarlos Vicente · Alaves · 17′ · 0.82 xG · goal
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Alaves: 8 shots, 5 on target, 1.00 xG. Sevilla: 9 shots, 3 on target, 0.49 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

00.510′HT90′Carlos Vicente · Alaves · 17′Rubén Vargas · Sevilla · 10′Alexis Sánchez · Sevilla · 67′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Alaves 1.00 xG · Sevilla 0.49 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Deportivo Alavés
2Draws
0Sevilla
Sevilla — Deportivo Alavés · La Liga1–1
Deportivo Alavés — Sevilla · La Liga2–1
Sevilla — Deportivo Alavés · La Liga2–3
Deportivo Alavés — Sevilla · La Liga4–3
Deportivo Alavés — Sevilla · La Liga0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Deportivo Alavés favored in 4 of 11 directional metrics · Sevilla in 5 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Deportivo Alavés5 matchesSevilla5 matches
1 goal/matchGoals scored5/5▲ 1.8 goals/match
1 goal/match ▲Goals allowed5/51.6 goals/match
0.87 xG/match ▲Expected goals5/50.73 xG/match
8.6 shots/matchShots5/5▲ 10.6 shots/match
3.6 shots/matchShots on target5/5▲ 3.8 shots/match
48.6%Possession5/5● 54.2%
4.6 corners/match ●Corners5/53 corners/match
2 cards/matchCards5/53.2 cards/match
16.6 fouls/matchFouls5/515.6 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples5 / 5home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 20 Sept 2025, 20:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in La Liga

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsDeportivo AlavésSevilla
CompetitionLa LigaLa Liga 2025/26
Head-to-headDeportivo Alavés — Sevilla
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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