Sevilla vs Alaves prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-04-19 16:30.
[p]Sevilla started matchday 32 seven points from both the European places and the relegation zone in La Liga, but recent form has them creeping closer to the latter area of the table and led to head coach GarcĂa Pimienta’s sacking last Sunday. Currently enduring their joint-longest sequence of league losses (L4) since tasting defeat for a fifth straight time in August 2023, Los Nervionenses will also be out to end their longest top-flight H2H losing streak against AlavĂ©s (L3). [/p]
[p]The hosts here went down 3-2 in last season’s corresponding fixture, and while they have never lost consecutive La Liga home H2Hs, there is no guarantee of avoiding unwanted history here. Failures to win at Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán against the likes of Osasuna (1-1), Valencia (1-1), Espanyol (1-1) and Girona (L 2-0) in what is their second-worst 21st-century campaign at this stage provides damning evidence of this season’s shortcomings. [/p]
[p]Alavés began this weekend just one point above the bottom three after a 1-0 defeat at home to Real Madrid, a game that left boss Eduardo Coudet feeling “bitter” after they could not make use of the one-man advantage they had for more than half an hour. It was also the Basque outfit’s tenth loss without scoring in La Liga this season, a number that only Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad have exceeded in the division.[/p]
[p]Despite their attacking deficiencies, Alavés have the opportunity to take points home from five successive La Liga away games for the first time since 2001 after defeating Girona 1-0 earlier this month. That, combined with having already beaten Sevilla once this term (2-1), means that Coudet’s relegation battlers should provide difficult opposition.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: AlavĂ©s could inspire Dodi LukĂ©bakio to end his five-match scoring drought for Sevilla, as he found the net in the reverse H2H. AlavĂ©s forward Kike GarcĂa’s haul of five goals against Sevilla is his equal-most against any single La Liga opponent, while 11 of his 13 goals in all competitions this season have been scored away from home.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: New Sevilla manager JoaquĂn CaparrĂłs has faced AlavĂ©s more times than any other club in the dugout without registering a single draw (W5, L3).[/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]