Sevilla 0-0 Deportivo Alavés: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How the match unfolded

It finished 0-0. Both defences held from the first whistle to the last, and the chances that came were not taken.

The referee, L. Bestard Servera, showed 4 yellow cards: 1 to Sevilla and 3 to Deportivo Alavés. Rubén Vargas missed a penalty for Sevilla in the 32 minute.

Sevilla: L. García Plaza, 4-2-3-1 · Deportivo Alavés: E. Sánchez Flores, 3-5-2.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

The prediction missed. Moneyball's pick on the Match Board was Over 2.25, and on 0-0 it was wrong.

The estimate's most likely result was a Sevilla win at 43%; a draw, at 29%, is what happened. Its single most likely score was 1-1 (14%).

The goals dried up: the estimate expected about 2.4 and the match produced none.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 43%; with 0 goals the under came in, as the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 49%; they did not both score, in line with the estimate.

The pre-match consensus had a Sevilla win at 46%, the same lean as Moneyball.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-11-05, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.41 for Sevilla and 2.01 for Deportivo Alavés.

Deportivo Alavés left about 2.0 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

Deportivo Alavés created the better chances, 2.01 xG to 0.41, and still did not win. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

The run of play itself went against the pre-match reading: Moneyball expected Sevilla to create more, and Deportivo Alavés did.

Sevilla had 3 shots on target, Deportivo Alavés 2.

Sevilla had 60% of the ball.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Sevilla came into it with 12 La Liga matches played, scoring 1.4 and conceding 1.6 a match, with 1.31 expected goals for and 1.37 against, and had won 42% of their matches.

Deportivo Alavés came into it with 12 La Liga matches played, scoring 1.3 and conceding 1.4 a match, with 1.15 expected goals for and 1.41 against, and had won 25% of their matches.

Sevilla vs Deportivo Alavés: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Gabriel Suazo (Sevilla), rated 7.8 by Sportmonks.

Sevilla

• Gabriel Suazo 7.8
• Félix Correia 7.6
• Juan Iglesias 7.4
• Lucien Agoumé 7.1
• Odysseas Vlachodimos 7.1

Deportivo Alavés

• Nicolás Valentini 7.7
• Antonio Sivera 7.4
• Youssef Enríquez 7.3
• Antonio Blanco 7.1
• Pablo Ibáñez 7.0

The lowest-rated starter was Ángel Pérez at 6.1. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Sevilla: Sevilla vs Real Betis Saturday 21 November 2026 · La Liga
• Deportivo Alavés: Deportivo Alavés vs Deportivo A Coruña Saturday 21 November 2026 · La Liga

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Sevilla vs Deportivo Alavés

What was the score in Sevilla vs Deportivo Alavés?

Sevilla 0-0 Deportivo Alavés (half-time 0-0), La Liga, Friday 6 November 2026.

Who scored in Sevilla vs Deportivo Alavés?

Nobody: the match finished 0-0.

Did Moneyball predict Sevilla vs Deportivo Alavés correctly?

The prediction missed. Moneyball's pick on the Match Board was Over 2.25, and on 0-0 it was wrong.

Who was man of the match in Sevilla vs Deportivo Alavés?

Gabriel Suazo, rated 7.8 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Sevilla vs Deportivo Alavés?

L. Bestard Servera.