Raphael Durand
Dailysports's expert
The Sunday program of the 26th round of the Spanish La Liga will conclude with a match in Madrid, where the local Real will host Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Once considered a match of the round without a doubt, now the "Sevillistas" are far from the top of the league table. Will there be any problems for the capital team? Here is the prediction for the match from the experts at Dailysports.
Real Madrid
It seemed like just recently Carlo Ancelotti's team secured a solid lead over their competitors in La Liga and could feel at ease. However, the neighbors from Rayo Vallecano had a different opinion, managing to snatch points from the "Galacticos" last weekend. Real scored as early as the third minute of the match through Joselu's strike, but Raul de Tomas equalized from the penalty spot in the 27th minute. The result was a 1-1 draw, which allowed Barcelona and Atletico Madrid to slightly reduce their lead, but not Girona, who lost their match. It's worth noting that for the "Merengues," this was their second draw in the last three La Liga matches.
Sevilla
In the previous season of the Spanish championship, the "Nervionenses" finished only in 12th place, but they managed to compensate for their failure in La Liga with another victory in the Europa League. Winning in European competitions will not happen this time, while things in the league are even worse, as after 25 rounds, Kike Sanchez Flores's team is only in 15th place. The gap from the relegation zone is seven points, and the tournament position has only improved in the last four rounds when they defeated Rayo Vallecano (away) and Atletico Madrid (home), as well as securing draws at home against Osasuna (1-1) and away against Valencia (0-0) in the previous round.
Interesting facts about the match and head-to-head history
- Surprisingly, even playing poorly this season, Sevilla managed to snatch points from Real in the first round in a home match, drawing 1-1, although before that, Real Madrid had won four consecutive matches.
- Both teams scored in the last six matches between these teams.
- "Total over 2.5" occurred in five out of the last six matches.
Real Madrid - Sevilla Prediction
We believe that this time the teams will once again delight us with a high-scoring game, so our bet is "Total over 3.0" with odds of 1.87.
