LAST SEASON'S POINTS TALLY EQUALLED WITH FIVE GAMES TO GO

We can now celebrate that the main objective of the season has been achieved. Sevilla FC are in the Champions League, but whoever says that the team will stop there does not know the idiosyncrasies of the club from Nervión. With fourth place secured, there are still fifteen points up for grabs and Julen Lopetegui and his players will go for all of them to win as many as possible. The team have won the last fifteen points available to them in the league, a run starting with a win against league leaders Atlético Madrid at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. That win, with the three straight away wins in Vigo, San Sebastián and Valencia, with last evening's win, put the team on 70 points.

The tally is impressive in itself without considering that the season has not even ended. Looking into the numbers, the average points tally for the team in the 21st century had been 61.1 points. The team have also equalled their points tally from last season which saw an excellent end to the season in order to secure Champions League qualification. That said, there are still some records the team can look to break in the last five matches, and that's not taking into account what can happen with the other three teams around them in the league.

Until last summer, the average points tally in the 21st century had been 61.1 

Competing against themselves, Sevilla FC have three seasons to beat. This year, joint with last year and 08/09 under Manolo Jiménez, is the fourth highest points tally in the 21st century for the team. The next season is the historic 06/07 under Juande Ramos when the team finished on 71 points. Not only did they win the UEFA Super Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Copa del Rey, but they also had a chance to win the league heading into the last day of the season. The team picked up one point more, 72, in 16/17 under Jorge Sampaoli as they once more qualified for the Champions League, but fell away at the end of the season when it appeared they went break the record for points in a season.

And the best ever season almost did not have its reward in the league. With Unai Emery in charge, the team finished on 76 points in 14/15. A tally that had the team fighting until the last day for a place in the Champions League. However, it was not in Sevilla's hands and their win in La Rosaleda was not enough. Valencia came back in Almería and ended up securing fourth spot and pushing Sevilla down into fifth. However, the team would lift the Europa League three days later in Warsaw to do justice to a season that, as things stand, stands as the record points tally in La Liga for the Club.