Sevilla are staring into the abyss. Four straight defeats have dragged them into the relegation zone with just five games remaining, and the data paints an increasingly bleak picture for a side now fighting to avoid the drop.
The team led by Luis Garcia Plaza still cling to hope, but both results and performances suggest a downward trend that is becoming difficult to reverse. Survival now depends on a dramatic improvement in the closing weeks of the campaign.
Analysis from BeSoccer Pro underlines the scale of the problem. Unless Sevilla significantly raise their level, relegation to the second tier is no longer a distant threat but an imminent reality.
Record-breaking slump
Between the spells under Matias Almeyda and the current management of Garcia Plaza, this Sevilla side has already set an unwanted record. They have registered more league defeats than any other Sevilla team in the 21st century, a stark contrast to the club’s recent history among Spain’s elite.
The Nervionenses have suffered 17 defeats this season, matching their totals from both the 2023/24 and 2024/25 campaigns. On those occasions, they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing eight points and one point clear respectively. This time, the margin for error has all but disappeared.
The decline becomes even clearer when comparing recent seasons with the club’s previous cycle of success. Between 2018 and 2022, Sevilla were among the most competitive sides in Spain, ranking fourth for total victories in La Liga during that period.
Since 2022, however, a combination of financial strain and boardroom instability has triggered a dramatic decline. Over the last four seasons, Sevilla have accumulated 66 defeats in La Liga, more than any other club.
From competing with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, they have slipped to the bottom of the standings.
Statistically, this is one of the weakest Sevilla sides on record. Their current figures place them firmly in relegation territory, whether measured by points, total defeats or percentage of losses.
They have lost 51.52 per cent of their league matches this season, their worst ratio in the modern era. Since La Liga adopted its current 20-team format, only the 1999/00 campaign produced a higher defeat rate for Sevilla, and that season ended in relegation.
The disastrous 1996-97 campaign, still the worst in the club’s history, recorded an even higher percentage, albeit in a larger league format.
The combined records under Almeyda and Garcia Plaza now rank among the poorest in Sevilla’s history, highlighting the depth of the crisis.
With five matchdays left, Sevilla’s task is clear. Either they engineer a late revival to turn a disastrous season into a narrow escape, or the numbers will confirm what form already suggests: a fall into the second tier.
