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La Liga10/18/2026, 07:00 PM

Real Madrid – Sevilla4 : 1

Why the model thinks so

Real Madrid
2.84
Total xG
3.53
Sevilla
0.69
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorReal MadridSevilla
Attack strength (1.53x league average)+0.71
High-scoring league (3 goals/match)+0.51+0.51
Small sample (4 matches) - regression to mean−0.38
Attack weakness (0.77x league average)−0.25
Defensive strength (1.5 conceded vs 1.3 league avg)+0.21
Small sample (4 matches) - regression to mean+0.15
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2.6 goals/match)+0.11
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.4 goals/match)+0.02
Vinicius Junior not in squad (1 goals, 3 assists)
Miguel Ángel Sierra Ortega not in squad (2 goals, 0 assists)
24% of goal output missing (only 88% available)

Key factors

  • Home/Away: Real Madrid score 3.25 goals per game at home in the league this season and concede 0.5 per game
  • Form: Real Madrid won 4 of their last 5 matches, while Sevilla managed 2 wins in that period
  • Head-to-head: Real Madrid won the last 5 meetings against Sevilla since 2016

Risks

  • Away: Sevilla score 2 goals per game away from home in the league this season
  • Defense: Real Madrid conceded 1.6 goals per game across their last 5 matches

All probabilities

Result
Real Madrid81%
Draw14%
Sevilla6%
Double chance
Real Madrid or draw94%
Sevilla or draw19%
No draw86%
Goals
Over 1.587%
Under 1.513%
Over 2.568%
Under 2.532%
Over 3.547%
Under 3.553%
Both teams score
Yes48%
No52%

Most likely scores

3:0
11%
2:1
8%
4:0
8%
3:1
8%
4:1
5%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Real Madrid: 10 wins in 11 games with xG above 1.0 (91% win rate)
  2. Sevilla: 3.2 cards per game (36 yellows, 3 reds in 12 games)
  3. Real Madrid: first goal in 9 of 12 games (75%)
  4. Real Madrid: 4 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  5. Real Madrid: 10 goals from minute 80 onwards in 12 games. Against Roma: 3 goals (83', 85', 90')
  6. Sevilla: 6 goals from minute 80 onwards in 12 games. Against Espanyol: 2 goals (82', 90+1')

Lineups

Real Madrid 4-2-3-1 · Sevilla 4-2-3-1

Real Madrid
  • 1 T. Courtois
  • 8 F. Valverde Dipetta
  • 16 I. Konaté
  • 4 D. Huijsen
  • 17 M. Cucurella
  • 15 A. Guler
  • 14 A. Tchouaméni
  • 9 E. Moreira de Sousa
  • 5 J. Bellingham
  • 25 Y. Diomande
  • 10 K. Mbappé
Sevilla
  • 1 O. Vlachodimos
  • 2 J. Iglesias Sánchez
  • 5 A. López Gallo
  • 4 Kike Salas
  • 17 G. Suazo Urbina
  • 6 L. Agoume
  • 24 Y. Fofana
  • 11 R. Vargas
  • 10 G. Fernández Castellano
  • 20 F. Sanches Correia
  • 9 R. Ure
Substitutes
  • 19 C. Espí Escrihuela
  • 18 A. Carreras
  • 6 E. Camavinga
  • 21 B. Abdelkader Diaz
  • 3 É. Gabriel Militão
  • 22 A. Rüdiger
  • 13 A. Lunin
  • 12 T. Alexander-Arnold
  • 20 B. Silva
  • 24 D. Dumfries
  • 27 T. Pitarch Pinar
  • 31 J. Navarro Jiménez
  • 12 A. Sangante
  • 21 C. Ejuke
  • 15 F. Rodrigues Cardoso
  • 7 A. González Martínez
  • 22 José Ángel Carmona
  • 14 M. Bueno Sebastián
  • 8 G. Kochorashvili
  • 33 R. Romero
  • 13 F. González Pérez
  • 3 J. Del Romo
  • 19 L. Stassin
  • 27 N. Guillén Peguero

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