UNBEATEN IN 77.8% AWAY MATCHES UNDER JULEN LOPETEGUI

Last Saturday, Sevilla FC managed to win their fourth game away from home against Getafe, as Julen Lopetegui equalled a feat he had set last season. Even leaving out the COVID-19 modified Europa League matches, which did take place on neutral ground, things have been going quite well for the Nervionenses away from their traditional fortress. Of Lopetegui's 36 matches away from home, in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Champions League and the Europa League, he has led the team to 19 wins, 9 draws and 8 defeats. In percentages, that is a win rate of 52.7%, with the team unbeaten in 77.8% of all away matches.

Breaking it down into each competition, La Liga is where the team has the lowest success rate, but they still sit on a healthy total of 48% of games won with 12 wins, 7 draws, and 6 defeats in 25 games. The rate moves up to 50% in the Europa League, with two wins, two draws and one loss. In the Champions League, the team has won two and drawn one, unbeaten with a win rate of 66.6%. In the Copa del Rey, Lopetegui's Sevilla have three victories and one defeat, giving a win rate of 75%. With last night's victory in Lucena, the team have now won their last five matches away from the Sánchez-Pizjuán, beating Lopetegui's run last season and equalling Unai Emery's run in 13/14.

Lopetegui's run equals Sevilla FC's best away run this century. Unai Emery's Sevilla managed the same in 13/14, when between 10 November and 21 December 2013 they beat Espanyol and Granada in La Liga, Racing in the Copa del Rey, Freiburg in the Europa League and Villarreal in La Liga. To beat this record, Lopetegui's team will have to win their next away match at the Mestalla. The match against Valencia CF will be played on 22 December.