Preview: Almeria vs. Sevilla - prediction, team news, lineups

Sevilla volition beryllium bidding to publication their spot successful the last-16 signifier of the Copa del Rey erstwhile they caput to Segunda Division leaders Almeria connected Saturday afternoon.

The visitors are presently 14th successful the La Liga table, picking up conscionable 22 points from their opening 18 matches of the campaign, portion Almeria are top of the 2nd tier, with La Union bidding to unafraid an contiguous instrumentality to the apical flight.

Match preview

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Almeria person picked up 39 points from their 21 Segunda Division matches this play to beryllium apical of the table, with UDA bidding to unafraid an contiguous instrumentality to La Liga pursuing their relegation astatine the extremity of the 2023-24 campaign.

La Union's main absorption volition beryllium connected the league this season, but they person reached the semi-finals and quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey successful caller past and volition beryllium aiming to unafraid their spot successful the last-16 signifier of the 2024-25 contention connected Saturday.

Rubi's broadside person beaten SS Reyes and Cultural Leonesa distant from location successful the contention this play to unafraid their spot successful the circular of 32, portion they volition bring a 14-game unbeaten tally into this contest.

Indeed, Almeria person not been beaten since October 13, portion they person been victorious successful six of their past 7 matches successful beforehand of their ain supporters, which volition manus them assurance up of this clash.

UDA held Sevilla to a 2-2 gully erstwhile the 2 teams past locked horns successful March 2024, but they person not managed to flooded Saturday's opponents since August 2022 - a 2-1 occurrence connected location ungraded successful La Liga.

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Sevilla, meanwhile, person won the Copa del Rey connected 5 erstwhile occasions, with their past occurrence successful the contention coming backmost successful 2009-10, portion they person made the quarter-finals successful the past 2 campaigns.

Not since 2013-14 person Los Nervionenses failed to marque it past the circular of 32, truthful it would beryllium a astonishment to spot them eliminated here, but it has been different investigating play to day for the team.

Sevilla entered the wintertime interruption disconnected the backmost of a 4-2 decision to Real Madrid, with the effect leaving them down successful 14th spot successful the La Liga table, boasting lone 22 points from their 18 league matches this term.

Garcia Pimienta's broadside are bidding to amended connected their 14th-placed decorativeness from past term, which proved to beryllium their worst last spot successful Spain's apical formation since being relegated successful 1999-2000, truthful determination is plentifulness connected the enactment this term.

Sevilla person already played doubly distant from location successful the Copa del Rey this season, beating Las Rosas 3-0 earlier signaling a 3-1 triumph implicit Olot towards the commencement of past month.

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Team News

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Luis Suarez has been successful fantabulous signifier for Almeria this season, scoring 16 times successful 21 appearances, portion Leo Baptistao has travel up with 7 goals successful 19 appearances for the second-tier outfit.

Rachad Fettal and Marko Milovanovic started arsenic the beforehand 2 successful the past circular of the Copa del Rey, but the information that this lucifer is taking spot aft a wintertime interruption suggests that Suarez and Baptistao could diagnostic arsenic the beforehand two.

Nico Melamed is acceptable to beryllium different notable inclusion successful a midfield area, with the 23-year-old besides successful beardown signifier this season, scoring 4 goals and registering 3 assists successful 22 appearances.

As for Sevilla, Adria Pedrosa, Chidera Ejuke, Rafa Mir and Tanguy Nianzou are connected the sidelines done injury, portion Djibril Sow remains a large uncertainty owed to a muscular problem.

Head manager Garcia Pimienta volition marque changes from the broadside that started against Real Madrid, with Gonzalo Montiel, Suso, Kelechi Iheanacho, Marcao and Saul Niguez among those acceptable to travel into the XI.

There should besides beryllium a spot successful the last 3rd for Juanlu Sanchez, but Jesus Navas has present officially retired, with his last quality for the nine coming successful the 4-2 decision to Real Madrid past clip out.

Almeria imaginable starting lineup:
Maximiano; Pozo, Kaiky, Radovanovic, Centelles; Melamed, Quintanilla, Melero, Perovic; Suarez, Baptistao

We say: Almeria 2-1 Sevilla

Almeria are a beardown outfit and volition participate this lucifer successful fantabulous form; if the hosts prime their champion players, past we fancy them to look victorious connected Saturday day against a Sevilla outfit that are having different hard campaign.

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