A difficult night for Berizzo's men in the Mestalla, falling to a 4-0 defeat. Valencia got their first through Guedes on the stroke of half-time. Zaza scored the second just after the restart and with Sevilla looking for a reply, Valencia scored twice through Mina and Guedes again on counter-attacks.
Given Valencia's matches in the past weeks, the frantic start came as no surprise. With the first ten minutes packed with end-to-end stuff, Marcelino's men already looked dangerous, looking for spaces in behind Sevilla's centre-backs. But Sevilla had their chances too. Muriel made Neto work after three minutes, unfortunately he could find an opener. Not long after, Banega tried his luck from outside the box. The Sevilla defense initially dealt with the Valencian attacking threat well.
Lenglet was forced to come off for Corchia on half an hour with an injury
Unfortunately, the first setback came on half an hour in the form of an injury. Lenglet, who not long before had picked up a knock from Soler, was forced off the field for Corchia, with Mercado moving to centre-back. The game entered a period of comparative calm, where chances dried up and Sevilla did not look to be struggling. However, two minutes from half-time, 1-0 came on the counter-attack. A fine run from Guedes was finished with an shot that gave Sergio Rico no chance whatsoever.