A CORUÑA, Spain, September 16, 2026: Deportivo de La Coruña reached Matchday 6 without a league defeat. Miguel Sierra needed seven second-half minutes to change that record and leave Sevilla with another valuable 1-0 victory.
Sierra scored in the 52nd minute at the ABANCA-Riazor before Deportivo were reduced to 10 men when Angeliño was sent off seven minutes later. Sevilla protected the advantage through the remaining half-hour to move onto 13 points, while Deportivo suffered their first defeat of the 2026-27 La Liga season.
The final score suggests a straightforward away win. The match itself was considerably tighter.
Deportivo finished with 52% possession, completed 464 passes at 87% accuracy and matched Sevilla with four shots on target. Sevilla attempted only seven shots in total, two more than the hosts, but Sierra converted the moment that separated the teams.
Deportivo vs Sevilla Result: Miguel Sierra Decides a 1-0 Win at Riazor
| Match detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Competition | La Liga 2026-27 |
| Matchday | 6 |
| Result | Deportivo de La Coruña 0-1 Sevilla |
| Venue | ABANCA-Riazor, A Coruña |
| Goal | Miguel Sierra 52′ |
| Red card | Angeliño 59′ |
| Shots | Deportivo 5-7 Sevilla |
| Shots on target | Deportivo 4-4 Sevilla |
| Possession | Deportivo 52%-48% Sevilla |
| Passes | Deportivo 464-453 Sevilla |
| Pass accuracy | Deportivo 87%-84% Sevilla |
| Corners | 4-4 |
The official La Liga match listing identified this as a Matchday 6 meeting between two teams that entered the night separated by only one point.
Deportivo had taken nine points from their opening five matches without losing. Sevilla arrived with 10 after winning three of their first five, including a narrow victory over Valencia in their previous league outing.
The Sports Encounter had already examined how Juan Iglesias delivered Sevilla’s 1-0 win over Valencia. Five days later, another single goal was enough.
How Did Deportivo vs Sevilla Unfold Before Miguel Sierra’s Goal?
The first half developed without either side establishing a clear attacking advantage.
Deportivo carried enough threat to make Sevilla defend carefully, while the visitors produced the cleaner early efforts. Leo Román saved from Sierra in the 17th minute and was required again shortly afterward as Sevilla looked for openings around the edge of the penalty area.
Deportivo also appealed for a penalty in the 20th minute when Yeremay went down after contact inside the area. Referee Alejandro Hernández Hernández allowed play to continue and VAR did not overturn the decision.
The teams therefore reached halftime at 0-0 with the contest still balanced.
That type of match has already become familiar during the early weeks of La Liga. Real Sociedad’s scoreless draw with Celta showed how possession and attacking volume can remain disconnected from the final score, while Sevilla have increasingly shown an ability to survive games that stay unresolved deep into the second half.
Who Scored for Sevilla Against Deportivo?
Miguel Sierra supplied the breakthrough in the 52nd minute.
The 22-year-old reacted after Leo Román could not fully clear the danger, converting the rebound to give Sevilla the lead seven minutes after the restart.
It was Sierra’s latest contribution to an increasingly prominent role in Luis García Plaza’s side. The official La Liga player profile lists him as a regular starter for Sevilla this season, and he has already been involved in several of their strongest early performances.
Sierra also featured during Sevilla’s impressive 3-1 victory at Athletic Club, which The Sports Encounter highlighted in its early La Liga weekend analysis.
His importance at Riazor went beyond the goal.
Seven minutes later, another action involving Sierra changed the tactical shape of the entire match.
Why Was Angeliño Sent Off Against Sevilla?
Angeliño was shown a red card in the 59th minute following a VAR review of a challenge on Sierra.
The dismissal left Deportivo chasing an equalizer with 10 men for more than half an hour.
From that point, the central challenge changed. Deportivo had to maintain enough attacking ambition to rescue the match while protecting against the spaces Sevilla could exploit with an extra player.
The surprising part is how competitive their numbers remained.
| Statistic | Deportivo | Sevilla |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | 5 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 4 |
| Possession | 52% | 48% |
| Passes | 464 | 453 |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 84% |
| Fouls | 15 | 16 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 4 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |
| Corners | 4 | 4 |
Those figures show why the final half-hour was more about Sevilla’s control than overwhelming attacking dominance.
Deportivo continued circulating the ball and finished with 11 more completed pass attempts overall. Four of their five shots tested the goalkeeper. Sevilla still prevented those moments from becoming an equalizer.
How Sevilla Protected Another One-Goal Lead
Sevilla are beginning to make narrow victories part of their early-season identity.
They beat Valencia 1-0 five days earlier after spending much of that game searching for a breakthrough. At Riazor, the sequence was reversed. Sierra scored relatively early in the second half, leaving Sevilla with almost 40 minutes to defend the advantage.
The visitors did not need to chase a second goal recklessly after Angeliño’s dismissal.
They kept their defensive distances compact, avoided giving Deportivo a steady supply of high-quality opportunities and forced the home side to work through structured possession rather than repeated transitions.
That ability to collect points in different game states has strengthened Sevilla’s early position.
The Sports Encounter identified the same trend after their Valencia win, while our Matchday 5 La Liga review showed how tightly packed the early race had become behind the leading clubs.
Deportivo’s First La Liga Defeat Ends an Encouraging Unbeaten Start
For Deportivo, the defeat ends one of the more encouraging starts among the league’s promoted and rebuilding clubs.
They entered Matchday 6 with two wins, three draws and no defeats, having scored nine goals and conceded six.
The loss should therefore be viewed in the context of the wider opening month rather than as evidence that their progress has disappeared.
Deportivo competed evenly with a Sevilla side sitting above them in the table, retained more possession and still created four shots on target despite playing with 10 men from the 59th minute.
The larger concern will be discipline.
Angeliño’s dismissal transformed a match that remained only 1-0 and reduced Deportivo’s ability to commit numbers forward during the period when an equalizer was still realistic.
Other early La Liga games have shown how dramatically dismissals can change the tactical balance. Sevilla themselves benefited from Athletic Club going down to 10 men during their August victory, while Osasuna’s narrow victory over Getafe demonstrated how quickly discipline and isolated moments can determine close matches.
What Does Deportivo 0-1 Sevilla Mean for the La Liga Table?
Sevilla’s victory takes them to 13 points from six matches.
That represents four wins, one draw and one defeat during an opening stretch that has already included victories over Athletic Club, Valencia and Deportivo.
The result placed Sevilla fourth immediately after the match, level on points with Atlético Madrid as the remainder of Matchday 6 continued.
Deportivo stay on nine points after their first league defeat.
The broader La Liga picture remains fluid. Real Madrid needed a stoppage-time winner to beat Elche 3-2 in another Matchday 6 game, covered in The Sports Encounter’s report on Carlos Espí’s late intervention.
Rayo Vallecano also collected an important 2-1 win over Espanyol, with Adrià Pedrosa scoring against his former club, while Valencia finally recorded their first victory of the season through Luis Rioja’s winner at Deportivo Alavés.
Those results are creating a congested early table where even a single narrow victory can shift several positions.
Who Do Sevilla and Deportivo Play Next?
Sevilla’s next assignment is considerably larger.
They return to the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán to face Barcelona on September 19, only three days after this win. The club’s official fixture announcement confirms the rapid sequence of Valencia, Deportivo and Barcelona during the same week.
Four points from the first two games of that sequence would already have represented useful progress. Sevilla have collected all six.
Deportivo remain at Riazor and host Real Betis on September 20.
Betis have already shown they can win difficult away and high-pressure matches this season, including a victory over Real Sociedad examined in The Sports Encounter’s report on Rodrigo Riquelme’s decisive goal.
Miguel Sierra Gives Sevilla Another Result Built on Fine Margins
Sevilla did not leave Riazor with a statistical landslide.
They left with the only statistic that decides the table.
Sierra reacted first when his opportunity appeared, Angeliño’s dismissal changed Deportivo’s options seven minutes later, and Sevilla managed the remaining phase without allowing the hosts to turn respectable possession into an equalizer.
For Deportivo, the unbeaten run ends after six matches, but the performance contained enough resistance to suggest their strong start was built on more than early results alone.
Sevilla’s story is increasingly about accumulation.
Three points against Athletic Club. Three against Valencia. Three more at Riazor.
Barcelona now provide the next measure of how far that progress has travelled.
For more Spanish football coverage, The Sports Encounter is also following the developing La Liga race through reports including Málaga’s late draw against Celta Vigo and the wider Matchday 6 picture across Spain.