MADRID, Jan. 18 (SportsFinding) –
Valencia, Real Sociedad and Athletic Club, in their respective matches against Mallorca, Betis and Celta de Vigo, will want to extend their persecution on Getafe this Sunday, whose victory in the derby served to open this twentieth day of LaLiga Santander as main candidate to fight the highest positions.
The 0-3 that the 'azulones' endorsed the Leganés was a warning to the rest of the competitors. The pupils of José Bordalás began the second round of the championship with a pleasant image and thus reached 33 points, to be provisionally fifth in the table.
For this reason, Valencia should not relax from 12.00 on his visit to the Son Moix stadium. The 'che' team accumulates 31 points and now returns to the league routine after the Spanish Super Cup, in whose semifinals it was rented because of Real Madrid.
Thus, the judgments of Jaume Doménech could cost him the position of holder in the goal, facing an 'eleven' even with many absences due to injury. Central Ezequiel Garay is ruled out and striker Rodrigo Moreno continues to recover from a knee sprain, which has already prevented him from playing the Super Cup through Saudi lands.
On the part of Mallorca, the performance of Yannis Salibur, Josep Señé and Joan Sastre in this meeting is an unknown because of physical discomfort, in a team that has not won in LaLiga since last November 10. In between, yes, the vermilion team has passed two rounds of the Copa del Rey against lower-level rivals.
From 14.00 hours, it will be the turn of the Royal Society in the field of Betis. Also with 31 points in his locker, the Donostiarra team seeks to recover in the league tournament the image he had before Christmas. In the newly released new year, only his win in the Cup against Ceuta (0-4) stands out as a positive note.
On the Betic side, Zouhair Feddal will be a sensitive casualty by penalty. Likewise, Nabil Fekir will miss this appointment for completing the yellow card cycle and after the refusal of the Court of Sports Arbitration (TAD) to grant him the precautionary. With 24 points, his team pursues the victory so as not to get into trouble.
Who is in trouble is Celta, who has the same 15 points as Mallorca to define the area of descent. Without winning in league competition since November 24, the vigueses are weathering their bad dynamics while still alive in the Cup and entering the transfer market.
Already without Claudio Beauvue or Stanislav Lobotka in their ranks, the celestial call to visit Athletic did include Colombian defender Jeison Murillo, who could debut with his new shirt against an opponent that adds 29 points and that just before Halloween began a streak of 11 commitments in which he only has one defeat among all official competitions.
Their result against Celta will be very pending in the duel of Villarreal against Espanyol (4 pm). While the Castellón team has 28 points and looks more and more up, the 'parakeets' are colistas with 11, so the reaction is forced if they do not want to be evicted in the middle of January.
– SUNDAY PROGRAM AT THE 20TH DAY OF LALIGA SANTANDER.
Mallorca – Valencia. Melero López (C. Andalusia) 12.00.
Betis – Real Sociedad. Lamb Vega (C. Cantabrian) 14.00.
Villarreal – Espanyol. González Fuertes (C.Asturiano) 16.00.
Athletic – Celtic of Vigo. I measured Jiménez (C. Catalán) 18.30.
FC Barcelona – Granada. Pizarro Gómez (C. Madrileño) 21.00.