Sevilla have shown themselves to be the friendliest rival in the new San Mamés of the eight teams that have appeared in every season since it opened in September 2013. With 18 points out of 21 possible added by the lions. The parenthesis, breaking the streak of six consecutive victories, came last season. Next chapter, this Saturday.
Last year, in one of the clashes played after the confinement, specifically on July 9, Sevilla won the victory (1-2) with goals from Banega and Munir tracing the initial of Ander Capa. In addition, the Andalusians put an end to a series of nine consecutive defeats in Bilbao, opened with the 2-0 of the 2010-2011 season, with goals from Fazio, at own door, and Iraola, from penalty.
Later, Athletic won 3-1 in three seasons, 2013-2014 (Susaeta, Muniain and Herrera / Gameiro), the 2015-2016 (Aduriz 2 and Raúl García / Juan Muñoz) and 2016-2017 (San José, Balenziaga and Aduriz, from penalty / Nasri). He did it 1-0 in three others, 2011-2012 (Llorente), 2014-2015 (Aduriz) and 2017-2018 (Vesga). With a score of 2-1 in 2012-2013 (From Marcos and Susaeta / Negredo, penalty). And with a 2-0 in 2018-2019 (Williams two).
Although it is also true that five seasons ago, on April 7, 2016, the Sevilla squad visited the new San Mamés in the Europa League and in that scenario they did achieve victory. Those then trained by Unai emery won (1-2) in the first leg of the quarterfinals, with the goals of Kolodziejczak and Iborra tracing that of Aduriz.
The balance of the 76 Athletic-Sevilla in the League played in Bilbao is 49 local wins, 17 visitors and 10 draws. On the other hand, Celta (15 points), Villarreal (14), Valencia (10), Real Sociedad (9), Barcelona (7), Real Madrid (6) and Atlético de Madrid (5) are the other seven teams of the who currently compete in the highest category that have appeared in all the campaigns in the new San Mamés.
Although, for the moment, the Seville team is not thinking about their match against those of Garitano. Those of Lopetegui They have exercised today preparing their Champions League clash against the Stade de Rennes at the Sánchez Pizjuán. Its central Kooundé He is about to end his isolation after testing positive for coronavirus. Idrissi and Escudero have returned to the group and Jesús Navas and Sergi Gómez they work apart due to overloads.
The Sevillians with that European appointment and the visit to Athletic on Saturday face a difficult week. Although they got a good draw in their Champions League debut against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, the truth is that they have lost the last two league games against Granada (1-0) and Eibar (0-1). They sail in the thirteenth position of the table, with seven points, only one more than the lions.