Sevilla secure dramatic late winner for third consecutive La Liga victory

Sevilla came from two goals down to beat Villarreal 3-2 on Wednesday, extending their best league run of the season to three straight wins. Akor Adams scored the winner in the 72nd minute at Estadio de la Cerámica after Oso and Kike Salas had pulled Sevilla level before and just after halftime. The result followed home wins over Real Sociedad on May 4 and Espanyol on May 9, giving Luis García Plaza’s side nine points from their last three league matches. La Liga’s official results page lists Sevilla on 43 points after 36 matches. ### How did Sevilla turn a 2-0 deficit into a win at Villarreal? Villarreal led 2-0 inside 20 minutes through Gerard Moreno in the 13th minute and Georges Mikautadze in the 20th, according to La Liga’s match report. Sevilla cut the deficit when Oso scored in the 36th minute, and Kike Salas made it 2-2 at the start of the second half. Adams then completed the comeback with Sevilla’s third in the 72nd minute. (laliga.com) Estadio de la Cerámica hosted a match that swung quickly. La Liga recorded an attendance of 17,325 for the Matchday 36 fixture, which kicked off on May 13. Sevilla’s official match center also lists the game as a 3-2 away win and shows the team arriving on the back of two consecutive league victories. (laliga.com) ### Which players decided the match? Akor Adams delivered the decisive goal for Sevilla after replacing Neal Maupay as the central attacking figure in the second half, according to match data carried by multiple results services. Oso’s goal gave Sevilla a route back before the break, and Kike Salas’s equalizer immediately after halftime reset the match. For Villarreal, Gerard Moreno and Mikautadze supplied the early goals that had put the home side in control. (laliga.com) Kike Salas has now appeared prominently in Sevilla’s recent results. Sevilla’s official site reported a 2-1 home win over Espanyol on May 9 and a 1-0 victory over Real Sociedad on May 4 before the trip to Villarreal. Those results formed the sequence that set up Wednesday’s third straight win. ### Where does the win leave Sevilla in the table? (en.as.com) La Liga’s official standings page says Sevilla had completed 36 matches after Wednesday’s round, while the club’s official match center lists them on 43 points after the Villarreal win. That total moved Sevilla further clear of the relegation places with two rounds left in the season. (sevillafc.es) Independent standings services showed Sevilla in the lower half of the table after Matchday 36, though outside immediate danger. A team page indexed on May 15 listed Sevilla with 12 wins, seven draws and 17 defeats from 36 league matches. ### How unusual is this run for Sevilla this season? Sevilla’s official results list shows no other three-match league winning streak in the 2025-26 campaign before this sequence. (laliga.com) The club had previously mixed isolated wins with draws and defeats, including losses to Levante, Osasuna and Valencia in recent weeks. The current run therefore stands as Sevilla’s longest winning stretch in La Liga this season. (classementlaliga.com) May has been the key month in that run. Sevilla beat Real Sociedad 1-0 on May 4, Espanyol 2-1 on May 9 and Villarreal 3-2 on May 13, all on La Liga’s official calendar. ### What comes next after Villarreal? La Liga’s fixture listings show Sevilla’s next league match is at home against Real Madrid on May 17 in Matchday 37. (laliga.com) Villarreal’s next game is away to Atletico Madrid on the same date, according to the same round schedule. (365scores.com)