Deportivo La Coruna
Sevilla
Match summary
Sevilla won 1-0 away at Deportivo La Coruna. It was goalless at half-time.
Miguel Sierra put Sevilla ahead in the 52nd minute.
The chances backed that up: Sevilla created 0.87 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Deportivo La Coruna's 0.19 from 4. Deportivo La Coruna had a player sent off.
Deportivo La Coruna hosted Sevilla in La Liga on matchday 6, with the visitors securing a narrow one-nil victory despite a scoreless opening half. Sevilla controlled the attacking impetus throughout the contest, registering eleven total shots compared to just four for the home side, along with fourteen eight attacks to eighty-two. The visitors also generated a higher expected goals total of zero point eight seven against Deportivo La Coruna's zero point one nine. Both teams recorded four corners, while discipline proved costly for the hosts as they accumulated fifteen fouls and a red card, alongside one yellow card, while Sevilla received four yellow cards from sixteen fouls.
Following a goalless first period, the breakthrough arrived six minutes after the restart when Miguel Ángel Sierra Ortega opened the scoring for Sevilla with a right-footed shot in the fifty-second minute. Deportivo La Coruna made three substitutions at the beginning and early stages of the second half, bringing on Bil Nsongo, Yeremay Hernández, and Riki Rodríguez, but suffered a severe setback in the fifty-ninth minute when Angeliño received a red card following a VAR review for a foul. Further bookings were issued to Kike Salas, Lorenzo Amatucci, Jon Guridi, Isaac Romero, and Juan Iglesias as the match concluded with no further goals.
