Levante vs Sevilla - prediction, team news, lineups

Relegation-threatened Levante volition beryllium looking to boost their endurance hopes erstwhile they big Sevilla astatine the Ciutat de Valencia connected Thursday evening successful a important La Liga encounter.

Both sides find themselves embroiled successful the bottommost fractional of the table, and with the play entering its last stages, the stakes could hardly beryllium higher for 2 clubs hopeless to debar the driblet to LaLiga2.

Match preview

Levante caput into Thursday’s fixture showing encouraging signs of a late-season revival, having amassed 3 wins from their past six La Liga outings to connection genuine anticipation that their top-flight presumption tin inactive beryllium preserved.

The astir caller of those victories came narrowly, arsenic Carlos Espi’s 83rd-minute onslaught secured a 1-0 triumph implicit Getafe - a effect that encapsulated the battling qualities Luis Castro has worked hard to instil successful his broadside during the 2nd fractional of the campaign.

Castro’s tactical adjustments look to beryllium bearing fruit, with Levante displaying an improved organisation and antiaircraft committedness that were mostly absent during the much hard stretches of their season.

Their wide grounds of 7 wins, 8 draws and 16 defeats reflects however hard beingness successful the apical formation has been for a broadside promoted arsenic Segunda Division champions past season, yet the caller upturn suggests a squad opening to find its individuality astatine precisely the close moment.

At home, Levante person managed 4 victories from 16 attempts, alongside 5 draws and 7 defeats, and they transportation the second-worst location grounds successful La Liga - 17 points from 16 games - meaning the Ciutat de Valencia has offered small of the fortress-like extortion their endurance bid demands.

Currently rooted successful 19th spot with 29 points, Levante beryllium six points down 14th-placed Valencia, and portion the spread to information remains surmountable connected paper, each constituent from present carries tremendous value with lone a fistful of fixtures remaining.

The archetypal gathering betwixt these sides this play volition connection Levante immoderate encouragement, with the hosts having claimed a 3-0 triumph implicit Sevilla successful January - their archetypal triumph successful 9 attempts against Los Nervionenses, a series that underlines conscionable however ascendant Sevilla person historically been successful this fixture, with 8 wins and 1 gully from their past 10 meetings anterior to that result.

Sevilla, meanwhile, get astatine the Ciutat de Valencia having endured their ain turbulent campaign, sitting 16th successful the array with 34 points and facing the precise existent imaginable of a archetypal relegation since 1999-2000.

Luis Garcia Plaza’s broadside person mislaid 3 consecutive league fixtures against Barcelona, Valencia and Real Oviedo successful caller weeks, but they arrested that descent past clip out, defeating Atletico Madrid 2-1 astatine the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan done an Akor Adams punishment and a Nemanja Gudelj strike.

That triumph volition person provided a important boost to morale, yet Sevilla’s distant signifier remains a pressing concern, with Garcia’s broadside having won conscionable 4 of their 15 roadworthy fixtures portion suffering 8 defeats - a travelling grounds that hardly inspires assurance heading into a crushed wherever the hosts volition beryllium hopeless to perform.

With Levante six points from information and Sevilla lone marginally much comfortable, this fixture carries the consciousness of a six-pointer; a location triumph would resistance Sevilla deeper into the relegation fight, portion a Sevilla triumph would propulsion Levante person to the 2nd tier with precious small clip to respond

Levante La Liga form:

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Team News

Levante volition beryllium without Roger Brugue, who remains a large uncertainty with a ligament injury, portion Unai Elgezabal is besides sidelined with a musculus occupation and is not expected to instrumentality until aboriginal May.

Twenty-year-old Espi has been 1 of the brightest sparks successful an different hard campaign, contributing 10 goals successful 20 La Liga appearances, and the guardant is expected to clasp his spot aft netting the victor against Getafe.

Pablo Martinez and Ugo Raghouber are some successful contention to commencement successful midfield, with 20-year-old Kareem Tunde acceptable for what would beryllium his 16th La Liga quality of the play from the close flank.

Ivan Romero is expected to pb the attack, the 25-year-old having scored 5 times successful 27 La Liga appearances this season.

Sevilla volition beryllium without Marcao (knee) and Cesar Azpilicueta (hamstring), the second not expected to instrumentality until aboriginal May.

Lucien Agoume returned from suspension successful the triumph implicit Atletico Madrid and is acceptable to proceed successful midfield alongside Nemanja Gudelj and Manu Bueno.

Levante imaginable starting lineup:

Ryan; Toljan, De la Fuente, Moreno, Sanchez; Tunde, Martinez; Raghouber, Olasagasti; Espi, Romero

Sevilla imaginable starting lineup:

Vlachodimos; Oso, Salas, Castrin, Sanchez; Bueno, Gudelj, Agoume, Vargas; Adams, Romero

We say: Levante 1-1 Sevilla

Levante’s caller signifier and the backing of a location assemblage warring for endurance marque them a unsafe proposition, suggesting the hosts are susceptible of uncovering the backmost of the nett against a Sevilla broadside that has looked fragile connected the road.

However, Garcia’s broadside showed existent quality successful defeating Atletico Madrid and volition beryllium determined to physique connected that result, making a hard-fought gully the astir apt result successful what promises to beryllium a tense, nervy encounter.

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