Eibar Y Valladolid They will be measured this Saturday in Ipurua, both diminished by casualties in a match that acquires dramatic tints for the team that is defeated, which would be in relegation places.
The Valladolid team occupies a relegation place since last weekend, while the Eibar, with the same points after falling on Sunday by the minimum against Osasuna in El Sadar, is only one place above the places that suppose the loss of category.
Eibar seeks, in addition to the three points, to maintain an advantageous situation in its particular coefficient against the Castilians, which can be very useful at the end of the League given the tight classification in the lower zone.
In the few duels that the two teams have had in First, equality is maximum, with two victories for each and a draw. The last confrontation, in the first round, ended with a victory for Eibar in Valladolid by 1 goal to 2.
Casualties of Jose Luis Mendilibar They are full-back Rober Correa, who no longer played last week due to quadriceps discomfort, and Kevin Rodrigues, who has suffered a triceps injury for several weeks, from which he has not fully recovered.
During the week he also planned the doubt of the central Pedro Bigas, who withdrew at halftime of the last game against Osasuna due to a blow to the ankle, but in the end the Mallorcan defender has entered the call, with which the coach in principle did not he will have to rebuild his rear, a line in which Bigas is the undisputed starter.
In the opposite ranks Sergio Gonzalez he does not stop seeing how the problems accumulate in his team, since he is left with few options in defense before the number of absences.
Thus, he will be forced to have Luis Pérez or the subsidiary player, Miguel Rubio, in the center of the defense, to accompany Bruno, in the face of the losses of Joaquín – due to accumulation of cards -, El Yamiq and Javi Sánchez, due to injury. Everything indicates that Hervías and Olaza will occupy the wings.
Roque Mesa has become a fundamental piece in the Catalan coach's game scheme, who also loses Alcaraz in the center of the field, so Míchel seems that he will start in that double pivot, and that he could give prominence to Toni Villa to ensure the game of creation, before the loss of Óscar Plano.
González is aware that his ability at the head of the Blanquivioleta bench is in question, not for the board, which has shown his support, but for the fans, and his tactic will be looked at with a magnifying glass. He could surprise and opt for Guardiola and Weissman up front, and go back to 4-4-2.
He also now has the option, in attack, of Kodro, but in the previous one the technician warned that the newcomer “likes to go up to receive” and must learn to adapt to the team's scheme, with which he would not aim as a starter in Ipurúa.
Valladolid have accumulated five days without winning and, what is more serious, offering a bad image in the last two games against Huesca and Alavés: that of a team without ideas and without hope. Sergio has stood up for his players and assured that they are “committed and eager” to get out of this situation.