Sevilla have played eight league matches this season under Luis García, winning four, drawing two, and losing two. They have scored 13 goals, two of them penalties, and conceded 12.
They created 8.5 non-penalty expected goals (npxG), 1.06 per match, the 12th most in La Liga. Their 11 non-penalty goals put them 2.5 above what those chances were worth. They were most dangerous in their seventh and eighth matches, averaging 1.76 npxG. Robbie Ure has the most npxG in the squad (1.5, one goal), ahead of
Miguel Sierra (1.0, two goals) and Félix Correia (1.0, one goal).
At the other end, they conceded 10.9 npxG (1.37 per match), the 12th fewest in the league. They let in 12 non-penalty goals, roughly what those chances were worth. Their tightest spell was the fifth and sixth matches, when they allowed 0.18 npxG per match.
Their defensive actions (tackles, interceptions, recoveries, clearances and blocked passes) came on average 36.1 meters from their own goal line, sixth highest in La Liga. Their centre-backs received the ball 39.3 meters out on average, ninth highest.
Sevilla’s average field tilt was 49.9%, the eighth-highest in the league. They had the bigger share in four of their eight matches. Of the pitch’s 24 zones, they controlled four over the season. Their PPDA was 11.5— meaning—opponents made 11.5 passes for every defensive action Sevilla made outside their own defensive third. That was the seventh lowest in La Liga, against a league average of 12.3.
Sevilla completes 256 open-play passes per match, 18th in La Liga, but 29.0% of the passes they received arrived in the final third, the highest share in the league. Their most used formation was 4-2-3-1, and their most frequent passing pair was Kike Salas and Andrés Castrín, with 65 passes between them.
Sevilla’s completed passes added 7.8 expected threat (xT) over the season, 0.97 per match, 15th in the league. Gabriel Suazo added the most (1.23), ahead of Lucien Agoumé (0.95) and Juan Iglesias (0.75). They took 93 non-penalty shots, 11.6 per match. Their average shot came from 19.1 m, the 14th shortest distance in La Liga, and was worth 0.09 npxG. Across 821 minutes, including stoppage time, Sevilla were winning for 257 minutes (31.3%), level for 366 (44.6%) and losing for 198 (24.1%). Only six sides spent longer in front.
