Deportivo de A Coruña – Sevilla

Recent form · Written before the match

Deportivo are unbeaten in their last four Liga matches before September 16: a 3-2 win at Villarreal on September 5, a 3-1 win against Valencia on August 30, a 1-1 draw at Málaga on August 24, and a 1-1 draw against Elche on August 17. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 5, with eleven days of rest before Sevilla.

Sevilla have two wins, one draw, and one defeat: a 1-1 draw at Espanyol on September 6, a 1-3 defeat against Atlético on August 29, a 3-1 win at Athletic Club on August 22, and a 2-1 win against Rayo Vallecano on August 15. They have scored 7 goals and conceded 6.

Chance quality, xG, and pressing data are not available in a reliable and comparable manner.

Head-to-head · Written before the match

No recent verifiable meeting between the two first teams is documented in the official sources consulted. Contradictory secondary data, some of which appears to concern women’s football or another competition, has been discarded.

The usable historical record is therefore insufficient to establish a prédictive signal.

Absences and returns

Sevilla indicated on 9 September that Rubén Vargas and Arouna Sangante had physical issues; their availability on 16 September is unconfirmed. Kike Salas missed a training session for workload management, with no major issue reported.

Any suspensions following Valencia remain unknown. For Deportivo, no official list of absentees, pre-match press conference, goalkeeper availability, or suspension information is available in the sources consulted.

Context & news

Deportivo can make progress down the flanks and attack the spaces behind the full-backs: Antonio Hidalgo confirmed after Villarreal that there were numerical advantages in certain areas and exploitation of the wide spaces, while also acknowledging excessive retreating in the second half. The opposite scenario favors Sevilla if this retreat becomes persistent: Sevilla won 3-1 away against Athletic Club and scored in each of its first four matchdays.

Its transitions can punish Deportivo, but Luis García Plaza also pointed out a need for defensive intensity and poor box defending on the equalizer against Espanyol. The potentially short rest after Valencia is another Sevilla vulnerability.

The verified stakes are limited to La Liga: after four matchdays, Deportivo have 8 points and Sevilla 7; the positions appear as 5th and 7th in the match sheet, without an independent full table. No qualification, cup, or first-leg score stakes are documented.

Lineups and squad

Confirmed LALIGA EA SPORTS 2026-27 fixture, Matchday 6, on 16 September 2026 at 17:00 UTC, at Estadio ABANCA-RIAZOR in A Coruña, with Deportivo at home and no neutral venue indicated. The starting lineups, goalkeepers, and uncertain starters have not been announced.

Sevilla may rotate due to the match against Valencia five days earlier, but this remains unknown.