THE BEST SEVILLA FC POINTS TOTAL IN LA LIGA AFTER 20 GAMES

Only a point off equaling their best start to a season at the halfway mark but Sevilla FC don't stop and now it is has made the best start at this stage of the season. Thanks to the three points gained yesterday at home to Getafe, Sevilla start the second half of the season with 44 points in the table. Don't forget that last season Sevilla FC set their record points total in the first division with 77, five fewer than they would be projected to get if they manage to replicate their current numbers from the first half of the season in the second half. 

These are numbers that speak to the incredible level the team is showing this season despite the countless setbacks they are encountering, both in the form on injuries and positive covid cases. Despite this the changing room has continued setting records in Nervión. In fact the three points yesterday allowed the team to pass the highest points tally after twenty games, which was also the season in which they achieved their record points total at the half way stage of a season. It was in 2016/17 with Jorge Sampaoli, who reached matchday 20 with 42 points, two fewer than now. They have also surpassed the 41 points from the glorious 2006/07 season under Juande Ramos.

At the other end of the spectrum, since Spain introduced three points for a victory, the 17 points from 1999/00 and 18 from 1996/97, are points totals which have both been more than doubled. It is worth noting the improvement of the statistics of the team in the last few years not only with Julen Lopetegui. Since that 2017/18 season after Sampaoli, the team has managed to increase year on years its points tally after 20 games. From 32, to 33 in 2018/19 and then with Julen Lopetegui as coach from 35 in 2019/20, to 39 last season and now 44 this season.