As we embark on the start of the 2024/25 Premier League season, West Ham United have grabbed the headlines with their ambitious recruitment- both on and off the pitch. Having guided the Hammers to Europa Conference League glory in 2023, David Moyes’ tenure in East London finally drew to a close...
Wolverhampton Wanderers had a difficult start to the 2022-23 campaign, earning just 11 points from their opening 16 games. That run of form had Wolves stranded in the Premier League relegation zone leading to the dismissal of manager Bruno Lage. Spaniard Julen Lopetegui replaced the Portuguese. Lopetegui, appointed in November,...
The Manager of the Season award is almost a certainty to fall onto the lap of Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta. Despite all the jeers and heckling from opposition fans for the Gunners’ recent drop-off in form, which has almost certainly handed the Premier League title to Manchester City, the Spaniard...
At the beginning of October, Sevilla’s board made the difficult decision to part ways with Julen Lopetegui after just over three years in charge of the La Liga club. The now-Wolverhampton Wanderers boss certainly left his mark in Andalusia, guiding the Seville-based side into the UEFA Champions League in three...
Saturday night saw Sevilla vs Barcelona in La Liga. We've broken down all the key stats for you to digest in this tactical analysis and provide insights around; * shot maps * pass flow * heatmaps * defensive actions * average positions and much more! We also try to answer some...
From 2010/11 to 2018/19, Sevilla finished in the top four on just one occasion in those nine separate campaigns. The Andalusian club had been in the UEFA Champions League several times in that period but had qualified by winning three Europa League titles on the bounce under Unai Emery from...
As the La Liga 2021/22 was proceeding to the final stage of the season, Real Madrid secured the title and Barcelona were able to move into second place. Sevilla still had a lot to fight for because they were trying to finish above Atlético Madrid. However, this week with two...
After beating West Ham United, Sevilla travelled to Madrid as Rayo Vallecano awaited. Before the game, Andoni Iraola’s side had not won in the last eight La Liga games and they were still looking for the first league win in 2022. However, things did not go easily for the guests,...
Sunday brought one of the most anticipated El Gran Derby’s in recent times as 2nd place Sevilla hosted 3rd place Real Betis at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. With Sevilla looking to keep alive their title challenge and close the gap on Real Madrid, Real Betis were looking to cement their...
In this La Liga midweek fixture, Valencia took on Sevilla at the Mestalla. The guests were without their head coach, Julen Lopetegui, who had COVID-19 symptoms on Wednesday, and also six players were out of the game due to injury. While Sevilla are chasing Real Madrid and establishing their top-four...
Sevilla have officially announced the signing of Rafa Mir, a player with both LaLiga and Premier League experience who will be joining Julen Lopetegui's talented squad. In a season where the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid may struggle, quality depth is essential. This tactical analysis will provide you with...
The transfer window season is well underway now - even Chelsea have awoken from their slumber. £222m of spending last season has preceded a few months in pursuit of Erling Haaland this summer. No sign of making an actual signing in sight until news broke that Sevilla and Chelsea had...
Sevilla are a fascinating club for a variety of different reasons. It is rare for a director of football to be more synonymous with the club than any coach but this is the case here as Monchi has become one of the most respected and interesting people in football when...
This UEFA Champions League match ended with a 0-0 draw. Both sides created some chances but weren’t of high quality in the open play. Sevilla’s set-pieces created great threat but they didn’t take their chance. In this tactical analysis, we shall examine the tactics of both sides, with the emphasis...
Even though the first rumours had started years ago, Ivan Rakitić’s transfer away from Barcelona was finally confirmed yesterday afternoon. The Croatian will return to his beloved Sevilla and continue playing his football in La Liga for the upcoming 2020/21 season. And even though he’s on the wrong side of...
For the first time in many years, 4-4-2 has returned as La Liga's formation of choice in 2019/20. After years of domination from 4-3-3, which is still the case in the big teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid, only two La Liga sides did not use 4-4-2 as one of...
Dismissed after a disastrous spell at Real Madrid which humiliated him, Julen Lopetegui’s stock was pretty low come the turn of 2019 in Spain. Having progressed through his career with a specific philosophy, he found himself abandoning his World Cup dream and then being chased out of Real Madrid after...
The summer of 2018 has been an eventful one for Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo finally departed the Spanish capital for a new challenge at Juventus, and Florentino Perez surprisingly decided against dipping into his chequebook to replace the five-time Ballon d'Or winner, while earlier in the year, Zinedine Zidane also...
Summer of 2018 is an end of an era at Los Blancos, and also a big change for them. It started with winning the Champions League three times in a row and followed with the announcement of Zinedine Zidane. Suddenly, Zizou declared his leaving. Then the other great member of...
