Comments and predictions for Sevilla vs Villarreal: Fierce from the first minute

The two sides who drew 2-2 in their opening matches of the 2024-25 La Liga season will meet at the Estadio Ramon on Friday evening, with Sevilla hosting Villarreal in an entertaining encounter.

The hosts shared the spoils with Las Palmas in their opening game, while the visitors held Atletico to a draw in their first game of the new season at the Estadio de la Ceramica.

Latest Sevilla vs Villarreal team information

Sevilla will continue to be without Suso and new signing Albert Sambi Lokonga due to injury, but the home side still have a full squad for the second match of the new season.

Head coach Garcia Pimienta could give Saul, who was suspended for the previous game, his debut, and the midfielder on loan from Atletico Madrid could replace Dodi Lukebakio in the starting line-up.

Most of the players who started against Las Palmas are expected to keep their places, with Juanlu Sanchez again expected to feature in the attacking areas, while Isaac Romero, who scored four goals last season in 14 appearances, will lead the line.

For Villarreal, Luiz Junior is expected to make his debut, having joined from Famalicao recently, and the goalkeeper is expected to replace Diego Conde in Friday's game.

The rest of the line-up is likely to be unchanged from the Atletico game, with Yeremy Pino and Alex Baena expected to continue in wide positions, allowing Danjuma to play in the middle with Gerard Moreno.

Danjuma scored against Atletico and the striker will be looking to continue his good form at Villarreal after recent loan spells in the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.

Villarreal were without Denis Suarez, Juan Foyth and Alfonso Pedraza in their season opener against Atletico, and all three players were absent again for this game.

Latest expected lineup Sevilla vs Villarreal

Seville: Nyland; Carmona, Nianzou, Gudelj, Pedrosa; Agoume, Sow; Ocampos, Saul, J Sanchez; Romero

Villarreal: Junior; Femenia, Albiol, Bailly, Cardona; Pino, Parejo, Comesana, Baena; G Moreno, Danjuma

Latest match analysis Sevilla vs Villarreal

Garcia Pimienta's reign at Sevilla began with a 2-2 draw against Las Palmas last Friday; the visitors twice took the lead at Gran Canaria, but the points were eventually shared, with Sandro Ramirez scoring the fourth goal of the game in the 71st minute after Juanlu Sanchez had put Sevilla 2-1 up shortly after the break.

Los Nervionenses finished the previous La Liga season in 14th place, their worst season since being relegated in 2000, so there is plenty of room for improvement this season.

Sevilla have been active in the transfer market this summer, with seven new players arriving, including Saul Niguez on loan from Atletico Madrid, while Kelechi Iheanacho has been a notable addition in attack.

The Andalusian side have won just one of their last five La Liga games against Villarreal, but the points were shared in a 1-1 draw when the two sides met in the reverse fixture last season.

Sevilla will be desperate to return to the Champions League for the 2025-26 season, but there are big questions about whether the current squad is strong enough to challenge for the top four this season.

Meanwhile, Villarreal twice took the lead against Atletico on Monday night, with Arnaut Danjuma putting the Yellow Submarines 1-0 up in the 18th minute, before a Koke own goal in the 37th minute made it 2-1 after Marcos Llorente had equalised two minutes after opening the scoring.

However, Alexander Sorloth scored against his former club to equalise at 2-2 late in the first half, and there were no further goals at the Estadio de la Ceramica, with the scores shared.

Villarreal finished eighth in La Liga last season, which was disappointing, as it was the second time they had not finished in the top seven since being promoted back to the top flight for the 2013-14 season.

The Yellow Submarine have made seven signings this summer, with the most recent addition being goalkeeper Luiz Junior from Famalicao, while Willy Kambwala, Ayoze Perez and Nicolas Pepe are among those to have joined.

Sorloth is their biggest departure this summer, with the striker scoring 26 goals in all competitions in 2023-24, but goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen has also moved to Chelsea. The points were shared in the corresponding fixture last season, and we could see a similar scoreline here. Both teams feel they can hurt each other in attack, but a tight game should end in a draw.

Sevilla vs Villarreal score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Sevilla vs Villarrealas follows:

• Sportsmole:Sevilla 1-1 Villarreal

• WhoScore:Sevilla 0-1 Villarreal
• Our newspaper predicts:Sevilla 2-2 Villarreal

When and where to watch Sevilla vs Villarreal live?

To watch the Sevilla vs Villarreal match live in La Liga at 2:30 a.m. on August 24, viewers can watch it onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.