Sevilla – Real Sociedad

Sevilla do not look favourites against Sociedad, given their tiredness after Europa League

In the 29th round of La Liga, Sevilla will play at home against Real Sociedad. For Sevilla, the season is effectively over after relegation from the Europa League. The team lost 0-2 to West Ham in an emotional match. The game went into extra time. As a result, Sevilla had no energy left and only negative emotions. It will be difficult to recover for the Spanish championship game against a dangerous opponent. Sevilla have long had a definite decline in results. Too large a group of players are injured. With a difficult schedule, the players are not strong enough. Sevilla previously failed to beat Alaves, snatched a draw against Rayo Vallecano, there was also a defeat against Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League. Without Sevilla's defender Carlos, there is no usual reliability in defence. The situation is even worse in attack. In the last seven meetings, Sevilla have scored five goals, not at all for the second team in La Liga. As a result, the title race is no longer a dream. Sevilla are ten points behind Real Madrid. At the same time, there is no significant threat of relegation from the top four either. Betis are seven points behind. Thus, the next match is not too important for Sevilla. The club has no significant motivation, they are depressed and still are playing amid fatigue and injuries. Real Sociedad were knocked out of the Europa League even earlier. Now the club is trying to finish in the top six. The task will be difficult, but doable. In recent rounds, the Basques have at least started to pick up points regularly against inferior opponents. Nine points have been taken against Osasuna, Mallorca and Alaves. Against Real, however, the Basques fell apart, 1-4. Injuries are also a serious problem for Sociedad. The absence of Silva and Oyarzabal hurts their attacking potential. For Sociedad before this game, there are an extra three days rest, great motivation and the relatively comfortable status of Sevilla. The last head-to-head game ended 0-0. The teams are somewhat similar in style. There will be minimal risk and a very high probability of a peaceful outcome. The bookmakers give odds on Sevilla as if there was no match in the Europa League three days ago. In such a situation, it's worth looking at the odds on the visitors. Above 4.00 is definitely too much for the underdog in this scenario.