Sevilla and PSV should bring a good and fierce matchup this Thursday in the Europa League. These two teams have the ambition to take the trophy, and both come into this event intending to win and eliminate the rivals. Despite the oddsmakers favoring Sevilla in the upcoming clash, PSV comes to Spain with high morale, eager to show its strength and prove quality. As for Rojoblancos, they take every game in Europa League personally because of their history in this competition. Just to remind everyone, Sevilla is the most successful team in Europa League.
Preview
Sevilla (+120) won its latest game, beating Mallorca at home, 2-0. Overall, the Rojoblancos have been posting mixed results recently, winning at home and losing on the road, but altogether, they are playing better than before.
It seems that the team managed to get some rhythm following a disastrous start during which Sevilla performed terribly, mostly due to off-field factors, injuries, forced transfers etc. As time passed, Jorge Sampaoli developed some chemistry on the field, and even though his team didn’t play attractive football, some positive improvements were evident.
Since the World Cup ended, Sevilla has played nine games, winning six and posting three defeats. The past four meetings at home, Rojoblancos ended with them triumphed and scoring at least twice in all but one event. Furthermore, they’ve kept clean sheets in the past three at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan,.
PSV (+210) caught the groove over the past two weeks, winning three times and posting a tie, but on the road at De Kuip against Feyenoord, 2-2, which is a success. The Rotterdamers are the top favorites for the title, and PSV kept its chances for the trophy with that tie and, after that, went on to score nine goals in two events.
Over the previous nine games, PSV won five games, had three ties and one defeat. After a bit slower start, which happened because of all the departures from the team, primarily Cody Gakpo’s.
What frightens their fans are three games in a row on the road without a win. They played 2-2 in Sittard against Fortuna, then lost in Emmen, 1-0, before 2-2 against Feyenoord.
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Alex Telles, Marcao, and Rekik are all questionable for Thursday’s meeting. Corona and Gomez are most definitely out of the picture.
Anwar El-Ghazi is out for this event, Fofafna, as well as Mwene. Meanwhile, Savio is doubtful for this clash.
Head to Head Games
Sevilla and PSV haven’t met before.
Prediction
Sevilla’s performances at home are much better than those on the road. The same is with PSV, but they do tend to attack and try to score regardless of the venue. All but one of their past five events away from Eindhoven saw both teams to score and over 2.5 goals. The guests have enough power to strike at least once, while Sevilla should net without any problems. That’s why both teams scoring and over 2.5 goals are the pick for this event. The odds are fantastic, +125, and there is a value that we simply need to take.
Pick: Both teams to score and over 2.5 +125
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