Osasuna v Sevilla Match Preview, 13/8/22

Match Facts

1. Osasuna have failed to win any of their last 10 LaLiga games against Sevilla (D2 L8), failing to score in the last four - their longest winless run against the Sevillians in the top-flight.
2. Sevilla have avoided defeat in each of their last five visits to Osasuna in LaLiga - winning in three of them (D2) - having won in just one of their previous 13 away games against the Navarrese in the competition (D6 L6).
3. Osasuna have not lost their opening game in any of their last four LaLiga seasons (W2 D2), keeping a clean sheet in the last three, while Sevilla have not lost theirs in any of the last eight campaigns in the competition (W5 D3).
4. Osasuna are winless in their last six LaLiga matches (D3 L3), losing the last two without scoring a goal, after having won four of their previous six in the top-flight (L2).
5. Sevilla have drawn 11 of their last 18 LaLiga games (W5 L2) – indeed, they have drawn the most games of any side in the big five European leagues in 2022 (11).
6. Sevilla conceded just 30 goals in LaLiga in 2021/22, achieving their best defensive record in a single top-flight season. They also ended the campaign as the team with the fewest goals conceded (30) for the first time in their history in a top-flight season.
7. Sevilla have scored four of their last seven LaLiga goals through headers, with two of them assisted by Ivan Rakitic - 19 of the Croatian's 36 assists for the Nervion side in the competition have been for headed goals.
8. Sevilla's Lucas Ocampos has scored three goals in three games against Osasuna in LaLiga, his joint-highest tally against an opponent in the competition (also three against Eibar), while also scoring in each match against the Navarrese.
9. Osasuna's Chimy Avila has scored in two of his three LaLiga home games against Sevilla - one goal with Huesca in March 2019 and another with his current side in December 2019.
10. Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate has managed nine LaLiga games against Sevilla without a win (D3 L6), more than he has against any other opponent without a top-flight victory.