Levante seeks to get out of the descent at the expense of Granada
MADRID, 31 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Rayo Vallecano hopes to take advantage of the momentum of the weeknight victory against FC Barcelona this Monday to stay in European positions against RC Celta (6.30 pm), in a twelfth day of LaLiga Santander in which Levante aspires to get out of relegation to cost of getting Granada into trouble (9pm).
In Vallecas, the same scene where last Wednesday they defeated the Catalans with a goal from Radamel Falcao and forced the dismissal of Ronald Koeman, Andoni Iraola’s men are looking to win their second consecutive victory to grab the fifth place, access to the League Europe.
Currently, the Rayista team has 19 points, five behind the co-leadership of Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Sevilla FC and with the same as the first of the contenders for continental positions. In addition, he has added all the points that have been put into play in the Vallecano Coliseum (15).
With that trick and with the only loss of Martín Merquelanz, he receives a Celta who needs to react after falling on the last day against Real Sociedad (0-2), which was his third defeat in the last four games.
Except for the victory against Getafe (0-3) last weekend, those of ‘Chacho’ Coudet have been unable to find a goal in that time, and now they hope to reconcile with the goal to move away the burning zone, two units below his 10. For this, the Argentine coach will have all his men.
For their part, Levante and Granada meet in the Ciutat de València with relegation as a great threat. The Granota team, penultimate with 6 points, two from the permanence that its rival marks this Monday, has not yet managed to win this course -6 draws and 5 defeats-, and is the team that concedes the most goals in the category.
Meanwhile, the Nasrid (8) seem to have taken some air after adding in the last three dates, although the draws against Osasuna (1-1) and Getafe (1-1) partially extinguished the euphoria of the victory against Sevilla (1 -0), the only one they have so far.
The absences of the injured Neyder Lozano, Maxime Gonalons, Yan Brice Eteki, Domingos Duarte and Isma Ruiz weigh down Robert Moreno’s plans, and the locals will have to deal with the casualties of Róber Pier, Nemanja Radoja, Shkodran Mustafi and Gonzalo Melero and remain pending the state of the headdresses Roger Martí, Sergio Postigo and José Campaña.
– MONDAY PROGRAM IN LALIGA SANTANDER.
Rayo Vallecano – Celta. Cuadra Fernández (C. Balear) 18.30.
Levante – Granada. Sánchez Martínez (C. Murciano) 21.00.