Deportivo la Coruna vs Sevilla: Preview, h2h, predictions & more as Ejuke eyes rare start

⚡ Quick Predictions
🔮 Prediction	Deportivo 2-1 Sevilla
✅ Best Bet	Over 1.5 Match Goals (1.47)
💰 Value Pick	Over 2.5 Match Goals (2.45)

Deportivo A Coruña host Sevilla at the Estadio Abanca-Riazor on Wednesday, September 16, in a La Liga meeting between two sides who have started the season better than most expected.

Sevilla arrive fifth on 10 points from five matches, one place and one point above their hosts, who sit sixth after five games unbeaten in their first season back in the top flight.

Super Eagles winger Chidera Ejuke, who joined Sevilla from CSKA Moscow in the summer of 2024, is available for selection and will be looking to get a start under coach Garcia Plaza Luis who apparently likes him.

Deportivo La Coruna vs Sevilla Match Preview

Deportivo are in fine form under Antonio Hidalgo, who led the club up from Segunda Division last season and has barely slowed since.

💪 Work in progress for #DeporSevilla pic.twitter.com/Pvjenb2plH

— Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC_ENG) September 14, 2026

The Galician side drew 1-1 with Elche, drew 1-1 at Málaga, beat Valencia 3-1, won 3-2 away at Villarreal, then drew 1-1 at Getafe on September 13, a run that leaves them unbeaten through five matchdays.

Hidalgo has a 51% win rate across 47 matches in the Riazor dugout, a record built on an expansive, front-foot style that has produced nine goals in five games this season, most of them down to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Sevilla have been almost as reliable. Luis García’s side opened with a 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano, backed it up with a 3-1 win at Athletic Club, then lost 1-3 at home to Atlético Madrid before a 1-1 draw at Espanyol and a 1-0 win over Valencia on September 11.

García’s win rate has climbed from 44% last season to 60% this term, and his squad also carries roughly double the transfer-market value of their hosts, a gap that makes Deportivo’s start all the more striking.

Head-to-Head: Deportivo vs Sevilla

This is the first meeting between the clubs since Deportivo’s relegation in 2018, with eight seasons in the lower divisions having kept them apart until now. The two sides last met in the league in April 2018, a goalless draw at the Riazor.

Sevilla have not lost to Deportivo in 14 meetings across all competitions, winning eight and drawing six of them, and Deportivo’s last league win over their visitors came back in October 2009.

The wider history offers context rather than a basis for this prediction, given how long the two clubs spent apart and how different both squads look now.

Team News: Deportivo vs Sevilla

Deportivo A Coruña

Hidalgo has a near-full squad to choose from. Winger Noé Carrillo is a doubt with an ankle problem that has kept him out since mid-August, but Luismi Cruz, Adama Traoré and David Mella are all available to cover that area of the pitch.

There are no suspensions to navigate, and Marc Casadó, who started alongside Lorenzo Amatucci in the double pivot at Getafe, should keep his place in midfield.

Probable Deportivo line-up (4-4-2): Román; Navarro, Giménez, Noubi, Quagliata; Cruz, Amatucci, Casadó, Soriano; Aubameyang, Nsongo. Manager: Antonio Hidalgo.

Sevilla

García is without Rubén Vargas, who is out with a knee problem, while Arouna Sangante is a doubt after an ankle sprain sustained on September 8. That leaves a slight question mark at centre-back, though Andrés Lopez, better known by his playing name Castrín, deputised well against Valencia and should continue there alongside Kike Salas.

Ejuke has started only once in five league games this season, with Félix Correia currently preferred on the left of the front line, so the Super Eagles winger looks more likely to be introduced from the bench than to start.

Probable Sevilla line-up (4-4-2): Vlachodimos; Iglesias, Salas, Lopez, Suazo; Sierra, Agoumé, Fofana, Correia; Stassin, Romero. Manager: Luis García.

Star Player Watch: Aubameyang vs Ejuke

⭐ Star Player Watch
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Deportivo · Striker	VS	Chidera Ejuke Sevilla · Right Winger
5	Goals (2026/27)	1
2.77	Cumulative xG	0.34
8.15	Average Rating	6.74
Outperforming xG	Signature Stat	Limited to 179 mins

Figures via La Liga 2026/27 season stats, as of matchday six.

Aubameyang has been directly involved in seven of Deportivo’s nine league goals this season, a remarkable return for a 37-year-old still setting the pace for a newly-promoted side.

Ejuke’s numbers tell a different story. The Super Eagles winger has been used mostly from the bench, but his goal at Athletic Club in August showed the finishing instinct that first earned him a recall to the Nigeria squad, and a strong cameo here would do his case no harm.

The Managers: Hidalgo vs García

Hidalgo took Deportivo up from the second tier last season and has kept the same attacking principles intact in the top flight, an approach reflected in his 51% win rate across 47 matches in charge.

García, sometimes listed by his fuller name Luis García Plaza, is enjoying a similar upward curve at Sevilla, with his win rate climbing from 44% last season to 60% this term as his squad rebuild starts to bed in.

Neither man has faced the other before in La Liga, so this meeting arrives without any personal history between the two dugouts.

Tactical Preview: Deportivo vs Sevilla

Deportivo set up in an assertive 4-4-2, with Cruz and Soriano tucking infield from wide areas to support Aubameyang and Nsongo, while Quagliata’s overlapping runs down the left add a further attacking outlet.

That aggression can leave space in behind, which is where Sevilla’s pace on the counter, whether through Correia or Ejuke off the bench, could cause problems.

García’s side prefer patient build-up through Agoumé and Fofana in a double pivot before releasing the front two into the channels, a method that worked well against Valencia but was picked apart early by Atlético Madrid’s high press three weeks ago.

Deportivo vs Sevilla Betting Tips and Prediction

Deportivo vs Sevilla Score Prediction

🏆 Final Score Prediction

Deportivo 2-1 Sevilla

⚽ Likely scorers: Aubameyang, Romero or Stassin

Deportivo’s home form, Aubameyang’s involvement rate and Sevilla’s absentees at the back point to a narrow win for the hosts rather than a comfortable one.

Sevilla have enough quality in Correia, Stassin and Romero, plus Ejuke’s pace in reserve, to get on the scoresheet themselves, but Deportivo should have just enough to see out the win at the Riazor.