Levante blanks Sevilla 2‑0 as Iván Romero scores twice in Thursday’s home La Liga match

VALENCIA, Spain (Interstat) — Iván Romero scored two goals and added an assist as Levante defeated Sevilla 2-0 in a La Liga match Thursday at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia.

Romero opened the scoring in the 38th minute and added a second in stoppage time, three minutes into added time. Djibril Sow, Ugo Raghouber, Oriol Rey and Akor Adams each recorded an assist. Adams also received a yellow card in the 10th minute, as did Rey in the 23rd, Raghouber in the 59th, Lucien Agoume in the 60th, Sow in the 77th, Isaac Romero in the 88th and Iván Romero in the 90th+1 minute.

Levante improved its La Liga record to 8 wins, 15 losses and 8 draws, while Sevilla fell to 8 wins, 16 losses and 7 draws. In all competitions, Levante is 9-16-8 and Sevilla is 10-17-7. The result avenged a 3-0 loss at Sevilla on Jan. 4.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 1-1 draw, while its ELO system gave Sevilla a 65.10 percent probability to win.