Sevilla and Real Sociedad face in the LaLiga Santander matchday eighteenth, in a duel between applicants to occupy European positions at the end of the season, especially that fourth place that gives access to the Champions League and that the Seville team already achieved last season.
He Seville comes from drawing in the Sevillian derby against him Real Betis, in a meeting in which the team of Julen lopetegui he was overtaken by his citizen rival, but was able to save a point that allows him to remain placed in the classification. The goal of Suso, shortly into the second half, was quickly matched by Sergio Canales, who scored a penalty and put the final 1-1 on the scoreboard. However, Nabil Fékir forced a second penalty, but in this case his shot was stopped by Bond, the goalkeeper of Seville.
He Seville adds 27 points and occupies the sixth position, although it must be taken into account that he has only played 15 games, the same as the Atlético de Madrid and Elche. Ahead of the set of Nerve, is the Real society with 30 points, but with 18 games played, the Villarreal is fourth with 29 points, but two more games, and the Barcelona occupies the fifth position with 28, but a game played more than the team of Lopetegui.
The most worrying thing for him Seville It is the lack of goals at the moment, with only 18 goals in 15 games, although he has barely conceded 11 goals, since his reliability in short scores has been demonstrated. The work of En-Nesyri in this sense it seems very important, as well as that of Luuk De Jong.
The Real society, for his part, comes from drawing at home against him Osasuna (1-1), in a match that seems to be a symptom of the downfall of the team, which has only won one match of the last nine played. Except for the victory in the Basque derby played in San Mamés (0-1, both of For your), the rest have been solved in draws or defeats.
Now visit the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán seems complicated, despite the presence of Mikel Oyarzábal in the eleven, which has already returned in the last two games. The San Sebastian team has not been able to count on David Silva since he relapsed from his injury, it remains to be seen if he can recover from his grade I tear for this match. It has also greatly weighed down the Aritz elustondo in defense.
Imanol Sheriff has chosen to carry out many rotations to give entry to the homegrown players and that everyone has minutes, in a very loaded calendar to which they also have to add the Spain Supercup and the Copa del Rey final from last season, who will play against him Athletic Bilbao, now with Marcelino Garcia Toral on the bench.
When do you play Sevilla – Real Sociedad?
The game is played today, Saturday 9 January, at 14.00 hours
Where to see Sevilla – Real Sociedad?
The encounter can be seen by Movistar LaLiga (46) and Movistar LaLiga 1 (47), platform dials Movistar Plus. You can follow all the information about the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.