With a season featuring two coaching changes, Sevilla suffered a really poor season finishing in twelfth place of La Liga. Despite this, the Europa League win allows Sevilla direct entry to the Champions League Group Stage. With a good squad, Sevilla has a few players with above average performances in their respective positions. To understand their individual impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4 and in a Back 5 since the team used both types of defense. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
Sevilla’s eleven with the most minutes played this season.
Sevilla’s players in a Back 5 Defense – La Liga (Minimum 450 minutes played in this competition).
Star Player:
- É. Lamela (W – Back 4) – 6.69
- N. Gudelj (CB – Back 5) – 7.17
With the highest average rating in this squad, Sevilla’s W – Lamela – was one of the main reasons for the few positive results archived this season. When playing in a Back 5 type of defense, Gudelj archived the highest average rating considering the minimum minutes played in the season.
Other Key Players:
- M. Dmitrović (GK – Back 4) – 6.43
- L. Badé (CB – Back 4) – 6.30
- J. Jordán (M – Back 5) – 7.04
With only a few players having above average seasons, we need emphasise the average rating obtained by Paquetá in his first season as a Hammer.
Additional information regarding the team (La Liga).
With more positive results at home than away (7 Home Wins & 6 Away Wins), it is possible to consider Sevilla a stronger team at home than away. Besides that, the negative goal difference highlights the ability to score goals (1,24 goals per game) with a poor defensive steup (1,42 goals per game).
Sevilla’s players with the most minutes played in the Champions League (Minimum 200 minutes played in this competition).
With a poor performance in the Champions League Group Stage, these were the players who served, at least, 200 minutes in one of the types of defense.
Sevilla’s players in a Back 4 Defense – Europa League (Minimum 220 minutes played in this competition).
Sevilla’s players in a Back 5 Defense – Europa League (Minimum 220 minutes played in this competition).
In the 2022-2023 Season, Sevilla used the Back 5 and the Back 4. In each of the types of defense taken into account, it is possible to observe players that have played more than 220 minutes. The obvious key player from the Europa League matches goes to Ivan Rakitić, a player that obtained an average rating in the range of the best players in the competition.
Position most in need of strengthening:
- FB
With ratings below the 6 mark, Sevilla’s Full-Backs (FBs) had a lot of difficult times. Right now, Sevilla needs to sign FBs to compete for the starting spot and to surpass the players already in this squad.
Meaning of the used abbreviations:
- G – Games
- W – Wins
- D – Draws
- L – Loses
- P – Points
- GS – Goals Scored
- GA – Goals Against
- GD – Goal Diference
- HW – Home Wins
- AW – Away Wins
Data from FBref.