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

Two underperforming giants of Spanish shot volition fastener horns successful La Liga connected Saturday night, with Sevilla welcoming Valencia to Estadio Ramon, and some teams are hopeless for the points owed to their struggles this term.

Sevilla are presently down successful 14th spot successful the La Liga table, lone picking up 22 points from their 18 league matches this season, portion Valencia beryllium 19th, with Los Che collecting conscionable 12 points from their 18 games successful Spain's apical formation this term.

Match preview

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Sevilla finished 4th successful 3 consecutive seasons betwixt 2019 and 2022, but they person been 12th and 14th successful their past 2 campaigns and are again successful the bottommost fractional of the array aft 18 games of 2024-25.

Last season's 14th-placed decorativeness proved to beryllium Sevilla's worst last presumption successful Spain's apical formation since being relegated successful 1999-2000, but caller caput manager Garcia Pimienta has besides recovered it hard to get the squad going this term.

Los Nervionenses person a grounds of six wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their 18 league matches this season, with a full of 22 points leaving them successful 14th spot successful the table, 7 points supra the relegation zone.

Sevilla's past La Liga lucifer ended successful a 4-2 decision to Real Madrid connected December 22, earlier suffering a daze 4-1 nonaccomplishment to Almeria successful the last-32 signifier of the Copa del Rey past clip out.

The hosts person been comparatively beardown astatine Estadio Ramon this season, though, picking up 16 points from 9 matches, and they volition beryllium welcoming a Valencia outfit that person not won a azygous La Liga crippled connected their travels successful 2024-25.

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Valencia volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 2-0 triumph implicit Eldense successful the Copa del Rey, and they volition present instrumentality connected Ourense CF adjacent week for a spot successful the quarter-finals of the competition.

Los Che opened their 2025 with a 2-1 location decision to Real Madrid successful La Liga, though, with the reigning champions scoring doubly successful the second stages to crook the crippled around, and Valencia were near wondering conscionable however they managed to lose.

Carlos Corberan's broadside are presently 19th successful the La Liga table, boasting a grounds of 2 wins, six draws and 10 defeats from 18 matches, which has seen them cod 12 points - the aforesaid fig arsenic basement broadside Real Valladolid.

It is not rather clip to deed the panic button, with Valencia lone 4 points down 17th-placed Getafe connected the aforesaid fig of matches, but determination is simply a existent interest that Los Che could driblet retired of La Liga for the archetypal clip since 1986-87.

Valencia recorded a 2-1 triumph implicit Sevilla successful the corresponding lucifer past season, but 3 of the past 5 top-flight contests betwixt these 2 teams person ended successful a stock of the spoils.

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Team News

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Sevilla welcomed Adria Pedrosa backmost into their squad against Almeria successful the Copa del Rey aft a caller wounded problem, but Kelechi Iheanacho, Djibril Sow, Chidera Ejuke, Rafa Mir and Tanguy Nianzou are each doubts for the hosts.

Head manager Garcia Pimienta volition marque changes to the broadside that started against Almeria, with Jose Angel Carmona, Alvaro Fernandez and Lucien Agoume acceptable to instrumentality to the side.

Juanlu Sanchez played further guardant against Real Madrid successful Sevilla's past league match, and that is expected to beryllium the lawsuit this weekend, with Isaac Romero besides featuring successful the last 3rd of the field.

As for Valencia, Fran Perez, Jose Gaya, Mouctar Diakhaby and Thierry Correia are retired of the lucifer done injury, but Pepelu is disposable aft serving a league suspension against Real Madrid.

Head manager Coberan named a beardown broadside against Eldense successful the Copa del Rey, and it volition beryllium a akin broadside here, but Andre Almeida, Luis Rioja, Yarek Gasiorowski and Enzo Barrenechea are expected to beryllium introduced.

Hugo Duro has scored 5 times successful 15 La Liga appearances during the 2024-25 campaign, and the Spaniard is acceptable for different commencement successful the last 3rd of the tract connected Saturday night.

Sevilla imaginable starting lineup:
Fernandez; Carmona, Bade, Gudelj, Salas; Lukebakio, Agoume, Lokonga, Idumbo; Sanchez, Romero

We say: Sevilla 1-1 Valencia

Valencia are yet to triumph connected their travels successful La Liga this season, but they person picked up 3 draws, and we fancy Los Che to assertion a constituent here; Sevilla volition person location advantage, but they person lone scored 8 times astatine Estadio Ramon successful the league this term, and a low-scoring gully looks to beryllium the astir apt result connected Saturday night.

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