Elche vs Sevilla Prediction, 8/28/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 8/26/2021

Game: Elche vs Sevilla

Date: Saturday, August 28, 2021

Location: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in Alicante, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Elche (+540) Sevilla (-192)

Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero is the site where Pere Milla and Elche (0-1-1, 17th in La Liga) will play Sevilla (2-0-0, 1st in La Liga) on Saturday. The expected starting goalkeepers will be Kiko Casilla for Elche and Bono for Sevilla. The moneyline on this matchup has Elche coming in at +540 and the Palanganas are at -192. The total opens at 2.5.

Elche faced Atlético Madrid in their last match and took a loss by a score of 1-0. In regard to passing, they ended with a 89.8% rate by connecting on 536 out of their 597 pass attempts in their last game. Elche attempted 17 dribbles in this match and were successful in 9 of the dribbles for a rate of 52.9%.

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In regard to shooting accuracy, Elche ended this match at a 50.0% clip by putting 2 SoT out of 4 shots.

Pere Milla is a guy who should impact this matchup for Elche. Milla has been in the starting lineup in 91 matches so far in his career and has 0.20 goals per 90 mins. The forward from Spain has accumulated 18 goals in 8,085 mins. He has accounted for 10 assists while tallying 19 yellow card warnings during his career.

One more guy who should impact this match is Lucas Boye, the forward who is from Argentina. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 11 times during his pro soccer career while he has scored 17 total goals. Boye has been on the pitch for 9,129 mins during 95 starts and has been given 23 yellow cards. He scores 0.17 goals per 90 minutes for his career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Elche is Kiko Casilla. Casilla (107-68-91 record during his career) has accumulated 84 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 31.6% shutout percentage. The goalkeeper hailing from Spain has had 1,081 shots tried against him in 266 starts. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.3 (332 goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save % of 69.8%. Casilla has defended the goal for 23,914 minutes and is sitting with 754 stops in his career.

The last time they took the pitch, Sevilla earned three points by winning 1-0 against Getafe. Sevilla earned a 60.0% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 6 of the 10 dribbles they attempted. They finished the match by connecting on 441 out of their 491 passing attempts for a rate of 89.8%. Sevilla connected on 3 shots tried out of 9 shots tried earning them a 33.3% rate when they last stepped onto the pitch. Having earned a total of 4 goals and 1 assist in all their contests, Sevilla has an average of 2.00 goals and 0.50 assists per 90 min.

Youssef En-Nesyri will need to provide a lift for Sevilla. He sports an average of 0.42 goals per 90 and has been given a starting assignment in 85 matches so far in his career. The forward born in Morocco has earned 8,723 mins while scoring 41 goals. He has accumulated 15 yellow card cautions in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 6 times. You should also keep an eye on Erik Lamela, the forward hailing from Argentina. He has scored 39 goals in his pro soccer career while helping on a goal 35 times. Lamela has been handed a total of 40 yellow card cautions in 13,913 mins played (148 starts). His G/90 average so far in his career is 0.25.

Bono is expected to look after the net for Sevilla. Bono has earned 56 shutouts while seeing 651 shots attempted against him in 14,093 mins in his career. He is the owner of a save % of 74.7 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 35.7%. He has given up 1.16 goals per 90 minutes and he has a mark of 72-36-49. In his pro soccer career, Bono has surrendered 182 goals while tallying 488 stops in 157 starts.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Sevilla (-192) and under the total goals

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