Elche vs Sevilla Prediction, 3/6/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 3/2/2021

Game: Elche vs Sevilla

Date: Saturday, March 6, 2021

Location: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in Alicante, Spain

TV: beIN Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Elche (+850) Sevilla (-225)

Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero is the venue where Pere Milla and Elche (4-9-11, 19th in La Liga) will take on Sevilla (15-3-6, 4th in La Liga) on Saturday. The starting goalies are Edgar Badia for Elche and Bono for Sevilla. Sevilla are priced at -225 while the Green-Striped Ones are at +850. The over/under has been set at 2.5.

Elche faced off with Granada in their most recent match and went home with a loss by a final score of 2-1. Elche attempted 9 dribbles in this outing and completed 3 of the tries for a percentage of 33.3%. When talking about passing the ball, they ended with a 79.6% received passes percentage by connecting on 293 of the 368 passing attempts last match. In terms of shooting accuracy, Elche walked away from the pitch at a 33.3% clip by putting 4 shots on target of 12 shots. Elche is averaging 0.87 g/90 (21 goals in total) and are sitting with 14 assists in all matches for the year.

Pere Milla is a player who should impact this matchup for Elche. He has 8 assists while tallying 16 yellow card cautions during his pro soccer career. Milla has started 80 games during his pro soccer career and he has earned 0.19 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Spain has accumulated 15 goals scored in 7,211 minutes. Another player who should impact this match is Lucas Boye, the forward hailing from Argentina. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 10 times during his pro soccer career and he has scored 15 goals. Boye has totaled 7,838 mins in 80 starting assignments and has been given 19 yellow card warnings. He is averaging 0.17 goals per 90 during his career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Elche is Edgar Badia. Badia (54-63-65 record in his career) has accumulated 59 clean sheets, which has earned him a 32.4% clean sheet rate. The goalkeeper hailing from Spain has seen 607 shots attempted at him in 182 career starting assignments. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.1 (197 total goals allowed) and he has a save percentage of 77.4%. Badia has played for a total of 16,380 minutes and has tallied 463 stops thus far in his career.

In their last game, Sevilla took a loss by a final score of 2-0 against Barcelona. They finished the contest by connecting on 433 out of their 480 passes they attempted for a rate of 90.2%. Sevilla ended the game with a 69.2% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 9 out of the 13 dribbles they pursued. Sevilla landed 1 shot on goal out of 3 shots attempted earning them a 33.3% clip in their last match. Having earned a total of 33 goals and 23 assists in all competitions, Sevilla averages 1.37 goals and 0.96 assists per 90 minutes.

Youssef En-Nesyri will need to provide a spark for Sevilla. The forward from Morocco has 7,644 professional minutes while scoring 35 goals. He has accumulated 15 yellow card warnings in his career and has helped on a goal 5 times. He is averaging 0.41 G/90 and has started 74 contests during his career. Make sure to watch out for Luuk De Jong, the forward hailing from Switzerland. He has scored 149 goals in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 59 times. Jong has been given a total of 27 yellow card cautions in 25,567 professional minutes played (287 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average so far in his career is 0.52.

Bono will reside in front of the net for Sevilla. Bono has totaled 50 clean sheets and has defended 616 shots tried against him in 12,923 mins throughout his career. He sports a save % of 74.8 and his shutout rate is 34.7%. He has surrendered 1.18 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a record of 63-34-47. So far in his career, Bono has conceded 169 goals and has racked up 463 stops in 144 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Elche (+850)

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