Levante vs Sevilla Prediction: Big win down the bottom for Levante

Levante and Sevilla, both mired in La Liga’s relegation battle, face off against each other at the former’s Estadi Ciutat de Valencia on Thursday (18:00 BST, Premier Sports 1).

Below are my Levante vs Sevilla predictions, alongside all the latest team news and match odds.

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Team News

Roger Brugue and Unai Elgezabal (both knee) are out injured for Levante.

Football Odds

Sevilla are also missing two players due to injury, Cesar Azpilicueta (hamstring) and Marcao (leg).

Levante vs Sevilla Odds

Levante stunned Sevilla 3-0 in January’s reverse fixture, and Luis Castro’s side are 7/5 to do the double, implying a 41.7% probability of success, with Matias Almeyda’s visitors 15/8, or a 34.8% chance, to exact their revenge.

The draw is priced at 23/10, both teams to score at 5/6, and over 2.5 total goals at 11/10.

Player to Receive a Card - Juanlu Sanchez (SEV) @ 23/10

Sevilla right-back Juanlu Sanchez, who was shown six yellow cards and one red card in 32 La Liga appearances last season, is backed to match that tally on Thursday, having picked up five and one in 26 games this term.

The 22-year-old was shown his fifth yellow of the campaign in Sevilla’s last game, a 2-1 victory over Atletico Madrid on April 11, making it four yellows and one red in his last seven matches.

Today's Football Fixtures

Sanchez is averaging a foul every 90 minutes in La Liga this season, and on Thursday, he’s likely to be in close quarters with the competition’s third-most fouled player, Levante forward Ivan Romero, who has been taken down 64 times in 27 appearances at an average of 2.9 per 90.

The former Sevilla man was fouled seven times in Levante’s last match, a 1-0 home win over Getafe on April 13, with visiting right-back Kiko Femenia booked for upending him in the 80th minute.

Match Result - Levante @ 7/5

No club has picked up fewer points at home in this season’s La Liga than Levante (17), but they’re unbeaten in their last four games at the Estadi Ciutat de Valencia, winning three, including the last two.

Sevilla, meanwhile, have lost three of their last five away matches (W1, D1), including their last two, even going down 1-0 at bottom-of-the-table Real Oviedo last time out on their travels.

Levante made light work of Sevilla in January, winning 3-0 at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, and their recent home form, coupled with Sevilla’s recent away form, should give them extra confidence that they can beat them again on Thursday.