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Girona v Sevilla: Leaders' stars can land 7/1 Bet Builder

Girona and Ukraine striker Artem Dovbyk
Only three players have scored more La Liga goals this season than Artem Dovbyk

La Liga leaders Girona face struggling Sevilla on Sunday and our football props column has a 7/1 Bet Builder based on the hosts continuing their fine form...


Girona v Sevilla
Sunday 21 January, 20:00
Live on Viaplay Sports 1

Arsenal scoring five and Bukayo Saka not scoring or assisting any of them wasn't really something I'd envisaged yesterday.

But that only sums up half the pain. Saka did actually have a hand in one of the goals - his corner was headed home by Garbiel but because it went in off the keeper's head, our bet went down.

Still, despite the omnipresent near-misses, we could still end the week in profit if Girona keep up their impressive La Liga form tonight.

The surprise package of the season find themselves top going into Sunday's action when they entertain a Sevilla side who sit just one place and one point outside the relegation zone.

With 46 goals scored, Girona have netted six more than any other side in the Spanish top flight which given the talent at Real Madrid and Barcelona's disposal is quite a feat.

Leg 1: Yan Couto anytime assist

I'm picking out two players for goal contributions in this one, starting with the real value play which is Yan Couto for an anytime assist at 5/16.00.

The Brazilian has been pushed into a wide midfield role often of late, rather than playing at full-back, and he's now had five assists this season - only two La Liga players have more. Four of those have come in home games.

With Sevilla arriving here on the back of three straight league defeats and in the bottom six in terms of goals conceded, Couto looks a decent pick at the price.

Leg 2: Artem Dovbyk to score or assist

I'm going to double him up with top scorer Artem Dovbyk to score or assist.

The Ukrainian sits fourth in the Primera Division's scoring charts with 11 goals. In his 15 starts, Dovbyk has netted 10 times.

I considered putting him in our Bet Builder via the anytime scorer market but the score-or-assist play looks better given he's also delivered five assists so far.

Taking the latter option - which has landed in 10 of those 15 starts - doesn't affect the price massively, so let's go with that at just over 7/18.00.

Back Couto anytime assist & Dovbyk to score or assist @ around 7/18.00

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