Euro-Alaves pile misery on Sevilla on wet Friday night at Mendizorrotza

Sevilla's woes continued on a wet Friday night in the Basque Country as they crashed to a 1-0 defeat at Deportivo Alaves in La Liga.

Lucas Perez scored the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute, as Alaves moved up to 15th in the table, while Sevilla remained in 12th place.

Sevilla have now won just one of their last six league games

While Alaves have won three of their last four at home.

The defeat leaves Sevilla with just one win from their last six league games, and they have now dropped to 12th in the table.

Alaves, meanwhile, have moved up to 15th place with their victory.

The game was played in wet and windy conditions, and both teams struggled to create clear-cut chances.

However, Alaves made the most of their chances, and they could have won by a bigger margin.

Sevilla will be looking to bounce back when they host Valencia on Thursday.

While Alaves will be looking to continue their good form when they travel to Real Betis on Sunday.

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Alaves coach Asier Garitano was delighted with his team's performance.

"We played very well tonight," Garitano said.

"We were very solid defensively, and we created a lot of chances going forward."

"I'm very happy with the three points."

Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui was disappointed with his team's performance.

"We didn't play well tonight," Lopetegui said.

"We were too slow in possession, and we didn't create enough chances."

"We need to improve our performance."