Sevilla vs. Valencia – Spanish La Liga Match Preview
Sevilla will be hosting Valencia at Sanchez Pizjuan on Saturday. Both the teams have made an impressive start in La Liga.
Valencia are currently second in La Liga and they have drawn one and won three games. Sevilla are fifth in La Liga and they have won two and drawn two fixtures.
Team News: Sevilla
Sevilla are still to lose a game at home in La Liga. Los Rojblancos are currently sitting at the fifth position on the points table.
Sevilla have won two and drawn two fixtures. They were able to win both their home fixtures and drew both the away games.
Sevilla’s last game was against Osasuna away from home. The game ended in a goalless draw.
Last season, Sevilla were able to win against Valencia in both the legs. They won the first fixture 2-0 and the second, 1-0.
Sevilla will be playing Javi Varas in between the two posts. A 4-4-2 formation is expected to be played by the home side.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javi-Varas-c18024 will be aided by four defenders. Caceres, Spahic, Escude and Navarro are expected to be in Sevilla’s defence line.
The midfield will include the Spanish winger Jesus Navas along with Medel, Trochowski and Perotti.
The home team will call upon their outstanding two-man strike force of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Negredo-c5294 and Frederic Kanoute. The two have been outstanding for Sevilla this season and they will definitely cause problems to Unai Emery’s defence line.
Team News: Valencia
Valencia were able to impress during the midweek as they faced the Spanish Champions Barcelona. Even though the score line was 2-2, it didn’t tell the whole story.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 were the better side by a mile and they deserved to win the game. They made life hard for the Catalan Giants and they are going to try and do just the same against Sevilla.
Valencia are currently second in La Liga. The only points Valencia have lost were against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604. Valencia are now going to try and take all three points from this tricky away trip to Sanchez Pizjuan.
Valencia are going to be without their captain David Albelda as he is suffering from a back injury which he picked up against Barcelona on Wednesday.
The Argentinean midfielder Tino http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Albelda-c10417 in the midfield.
Unai Emery is going to field his favourite 4-2-3-1 formation against Sevilla.
The shot-stopper Guaita is expected to stand between the two sticks and he will be aided by four defenders. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-c8098, Ruiz, Rami and Mathieu are expected to form the back four for Valencia.
The five-man midfield will consist of Ever Banega, Tino Costa, Piatti, Pablo Hernandez and the young Spaniard http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Canales-c33052.
Canales will be given a chance in the attacking midfield and he will be supporting the sole striker and the highest goal scorer in La Liga – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-Soldado-c31367.
Predictions:
Valencia are going through an impressive phase in La Liga. However, Sevilla are determined to take back the Champions League spot this season.
Even though Valencia are having a better patch of form in La Liga, Sevilla have been equally impressive at home.
As both the sides are impressive, this game is going to be intriguing for a football fan. There will be goals and lots of excitement.
The expected score line for this fixture is 2-2.
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