Sevilla vs Levante preview

December 13, 2017
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

Fifth-placed Sevilla will be eager to show some improvement after the embarrassing 5-0 loss to Real Madrid, whereas Levante will be happy if they somehow manage to avoid defeat at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Los Rojiblancos have enjoyed a decent start to the new campaign, taking 28 points from 15 matches, but they, nonetheless, remain outside Champions League positions.

Chances are that Sevilla will be vying Atletico Madrid and high-flying Valencia for two remaining top 4 places, and they are now behind their rivals.

Team’s three-match winning run in La Liga came to an abrupt end as they were hammered 5-0 by Real Madrid last time out, so they will be looking to show a response against Levante.

Having won last six league fixtures at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, los Rojiblancos can be backed at 1.25 (1/4) to return to winning ways.

Daniel Carrico has resumed light training after a three-month lay-off, but he is unlikely to feature in 2017, with fellow defender Nico Pareja also sidelined.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-3): Rico – Mercado, Kjaer, Lenglet, Escudero – Krohn-Dehli, Pizarro, Banega – Sarabia, Ben Yedder, Nolito.

Levante did well to return to the elite division after a one-year absence and now the main task is to try and avoid the drop.

Les Granotes enjoyed a pretty good start to the new campaign, taking 15 points from first 12 games, but they are now going through a rough patch.

Namely, Levante suffered defeats to Atletico Madrid (0-5) and Athletic Club (1-2) in their last two home games, although they did well to bring one point from La Rosaleda (0-0).

However, les Granotes could find it hard to match the wounded lion that is Sevilla, meaning that goalkeeper Oier will have his work cut out for him.

Colombian midfielder Jefferson Lerma could return from a muscle injury, but Enis Bardhi is doubtful through a similar problem.

Meanwhile, the likes of Roger Marti, Ivan Lopez and Cheick Doukoure are still recovering from injury and will not be in contention.

Probable starting line-up (4-1-4-1): Oier – Moore, Postigo, Chema, Tono – El Id – Jason, Campana, Bardhi, Morales – Unal.

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