Extremadura, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 3-1 Copa del Rey triumph over UD Las Palmas.
The only scorer from Extremadura was Sualdea (90'). Valentín Pezzolesi (77') scored for UD Las Palmas.
Matches involving Extremadura have often been entertaining encounters lately with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum of 24 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 8 of these coming from Extremadura. We will find out if that trend can be sustained in this game.
After a losing effort in their last game against Real Betis in La Liga competition, Sevilla and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that game, Sevilla managed 65% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Real Betis had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Fornals (54') and Altimira (68') scored for Real Betis.
Looking at their form, and Sevilla have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. Defensively, Sevilla have some weaknesses to address.
The Extremadura boss Manuel Mosquera will be thankful to have no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash with a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
Sevilla boss Matías Almeyda has to choose a team with limited availability. Tanguy Nianzou (Hamstring injury), Gabriel Suazo (Muscle injury), Rubén Vargas (Hamstring injury), Adnan Januzaj (Hamstring injury) and Marcão (strain) can’t be considered.
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Extremadura should be able to breach the defence of this Sevilla outfit, although one goal is unlikely to prevent defeat.
We’re therefore expecting both teams to score in a 1-2 winning margin for Sevilla at full-time. Expecting it to be very competitive.