It cost sweat and almost tears, but Sevilla FC de Pimienta was able to secure a new victory at the Sánchez-Pizjuán (1-0), this time against a Rayo team that refused to give up until the end, playing with one less player due to the expulsion of Unai López before the break. The fact is that the red-and-white team added three new points at home by making Djibril Sow’s goal count. In regards to the home games, this Sevilla FC is much stronger than in the last two seasons, in which the team had a hard time adding at certain times of the calendar.
Without going any further, defeating Rayo Vallecano means having achieved four victories in the last five duels played in the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. With the exception of the previous duel at home against Real Sociedad, the team has just beaten Getafe CF (1-0), Real Valladolid (2-1), Real Betis (1-0) and now the Rayista team, too for 1-0.
The club highlights in a study published in its media that «75% of those wins were without conceding a goalwhich demonstrates the team’s defensive growth compared to the beginning of the season. Although everyone in the locker room is aware that pieces must continue to be adjusted, the team is acquiring a base that allows it much greater qualifying relief than in the previous two seasons.”
Both in 2022-23 as in the 2023-24the poker of league wins at home became much more difficult. Specifically, last season it occurred on matchday 27, on March 2. A year earlier, although the time reference is not valid due to the World Cup break, the team did not achieve its first victory at home until matchday 16, although it linked four in a row to reach that mark in matchday 21.
The most immediate thing is to receive within a week the CA Healtha team that has started the season strongly and is in European positions, although with only four points more than García Pimienta. An opportunity to add 15 of 18 that would catapult the team even further up the table. Then, before stopping for Christmas, RC Celta de Vigo will visit Nervión, with whom the white and red team are tied on 18 points. Two rivals, then, with whom there is no choice but to fight so that the loot stays at home. Looking ahead to 2025, the first to arrive at the Sánchez-Pizjuán will be Valencia CF, at the close of the first round, as well as RCD Espanyol, already past the mid-point of the calendar.
