Alaves vs Sevilla Prediction: Don’t expect a lot of goals

Monday's pool of the second round of the Spanish La Liga will be opened by the match in which Alaves will meet Sevilla. Despite the field factor, the southerners are listed as slight favorites in the pair.

Alaves

The Basques started the season poorly, with an away defeat to Cadiz. San Emeterio scored the only goal in that game in the seventh minute. It should be noted that Alaves had little success in the attack. During the game, the Basques scored only an xG index of 0.27. The possession percentage is 56, with ten shots toward the goal and two shots on goal. The statistics are frankly weak, let's see how the newcomer to the elite will spend the first home match of the season, but something suggests that the Basques will fail in the match against the representative of Spain in the Champions League.

Sevilla

Sevilla has already played two official matches. In the championship of Spain, the South lost on their field Valencia with a score of 1:2. In the match for the UEFA Super Cup in a penalty shootout, they lost to Manchester City, although in that game Sevilla was the first to take the lead. The game against Valencia could be called equal, with Guerra Moreno scoring the winning goal only in the 88th minute. Sevilla had nine and three shots on goal and possessed the ball for 55% of the game time.

Expert Betting Tips

Both teams have not started the season in the best way; it is evident that both teams need time to get in shape, especially since this thesis applies to the future hosts, Alaves. In the match for the UEFA Super Cup, Sevilla looked not bad and gave a fight to the strongest team in Europe. And in the first round, Valencia could not lose; the match was equal. We doubt that the newcomer to the elite, albeit on their field, will be able to beat Sevilla; on the contrary, we expect the first victory in the official part of the season from the winner of the Europa League 2022/23. As for the total, we do not expect a lot of goals; we will not be surprised if the match's fate is decided by just one goal.