Sevilla vs Alaves Prediction, 5/23/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/18/2021

Game: Sevilla vs Alaves

Date: Sunday, May 23, 2021

Location: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain

TV: Sky HD

Odds/Point Spread: Sevilla (-143) Alaves (+320)

Lucas Perez and Alaves (9-11-17, 15th in La Liga) travel to Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium on Sunday where they'll take on Sevilla (23-5-9, 4th in La Liga). The starting goalies are Bono for Sevilla and Fernando Pacheco for Alaves. Alaves are priced at +320 while the Palanganas are at -143. The O/U opens at 2.5.

Sevilla stepped onto the pitch against Villarreal in their last game and ended up losing by a score of 4-0. In sharing the ball, they earned a 91.1% passes received rate by connecting on 534 of the 586 passing targets in their last outing. Sevilla tried 22 dribbles in this match and were successful in 20 of those attempts for a percentage of 90.9%. Concerning shot accuracy, Sevilla ended this match at a 35.3% clip by putting 6 shots on target out of 17 total shots. Sevilla sports an average of 1.38 g/90 (51 total goals) and have accumulated 35 assists in all matches for the season.

Youssef En-Nesyri is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Sevilla. En-Nesyri has been a starter in 82 contests during his soccer career and accounts for 0.43 goals per 90 minutes. The forward born in Morocco has earned 40 goals scored in 8,455 professional minutes. He has totaled 5 assists while earning 15 yellow card cautions in his pro soccer career. Someone else who should impact this game is Luuk De Jong, the forward born in Switzerland. Jong has been on the field for 25,926 minutes in 291 starts and has been given 27 yellow card cautions. He has helped on a goal 59 times in his pro soccer career while he has scored 150 total goals. He has an average of 0.52 G/90 so far in his career.

The guy defending the goal for Sevilla will be Bono. Bono (71-36-49 record during his soccer career) has accounted for 55 clean sheets, which has earned him a 35.3% clean sheet percentage. The goalie hailing from Canada has seen 651 shots tried at him in 156 career starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.2 (182 goals surrendered) and his save % is 74.7%. Bono has seen the pitch for 14,003 minutes and has tallied 488 saves during his soccer career.

When they last took the field, Alaves earned three points by winning 4-2 against Granada. Alaves earned a 47.1% successful dribble percentage by completing 8 of the 17 dribbles they pursued. They wrapped up this match by converting 392 out of their 486 passes they tried for a percentage of 80.7%. Alaves had 9 shots attempted out of the team's 14 shots attempted which had them at a 64.3% rate in their last outing. With 35 goals and 21 assists in all their matches, Alaves averages 0.95 goals and 0.57 assists per 90.

Lucas Perez should provide a lift for Alaves. He sports an average of 0.36 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 213 games during his career. The forward born in Spain has played 18,949 minutes while he has scored 75 goals. He has accounted for 35 yellow card warnings in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 42 times. Be sure to watch out for Joselu, the forward hailing from Germany. Joselu has been handed a total of 30 yellow card cautions in 17,449 professional minutes (187 starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average so far in his career is 0.32. He has earned 63 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 15 different times.

Fernando Pacheco will be looking after the net for Alaves. Pacheco has tallied 76 clean sheets while he has seen 1,019 shots tried against him in 22,662 career mins. He has earned a save % of 72.0 and his clean sheet rate sits at 30.0%. He has surrendered 1.24 goals per 90 and he has earned a record of 90-63-99. Thus far in his career, Pacheco has allowed 313 goals and has totaled 728 stops in 253 starting assignments.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Alaves (+320)

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