Almeria vs Sevilla Prediction and Betting Tips | January 5th 2025

Almeria will host Sevilla at the Estadio del Mediterraneo on Saturday evening in the round of 32 of the 2024-25 Copa del Rey campaign. The hosts will be confident to go through to the next round despite being up against stronger opposition.

Almeria picked up 2-1 wins in their two previous Copa del Rey matches against UD Sanse and, more recently, Cultural Leonesa. The hosts were knocked out last season by Segunda Federación side Unión Deportiva Barbastro in the second round of the domestic cup.

Sitting atop La Liga 2, La Union are currently unbeaten in their last 14 games across all competitions with 11 wins and three draws and will hope to continue that remarkable form on Saturday.

Sevilla opened their Copa del Rey campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over Las Rozas CF in October before following it up with a 3-1 victory over Olot in the second round. Currently sitting in 14th place in the Spanish top flight, the visitors have been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the last two editions of the domestic cup and will be looking to get at least that far this season.

Almeria vs Sevilla Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

Saturday's fixture will mark the 18th meeting between the two teams. Almeria have won only four of those fixtures. One has ended in a draw while Sevilla have won the remaining 12.
Almeria have won only one of their last 10 matches in this fixture.
The visitors have scored an impressive 11 goals in the last five matches against Saturday's hosts.
The hosts’ highest-ever finish in the domestic cup is getting to the semifinals in the 2010-11 season.
Sevilla have won the Copa del Rey on five previous occasions, most recently in the 2009-10 season.

Almeria vs Sevilla Prediction

Almeria are slight underdogs due to the superior quality of the visitors but should put up a good enough fight to take the game to penalties. The hosts will rely on their impressive recent form and their solid home record to earn a draw when they host Garcia Pimienta's side.

Los Nervionenses will need to be at their absolute best if they are to come out with a win within full-time. The visitors have struggled on the road domestically and will need to improve on that going into the weekend.

Prediction: Almeria 2-2 Sevilla

Almeria vs Sevilla Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Five of the last six games between the two teams have featured more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in five of their last six matchups)