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February 5, 2012 5:00 PM GMT
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán — Sevilla
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande
Attendance: 45000
February 5, 2012 5:00 PM GMT
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán — Sevilla
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande
Attendance: 45000
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| Sevilla | 1.75 | 21.00 | 1.75 | 26.00 | 1.80 | 75.00 | 1.82 | 1.80 |
| Draw | 3.60 | 4.33 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 7.50 | 3.70 | 3.40 |
| Villarreal | 4.75 | 1.18 | 4.75 | 1.22 | 4.50 | 1.06 | 4.70 | 4.50 |
La Liga Preview: Sevilla - Villarreal
Los Rojiblancos will hope to find their first win in six against a visiting side looking to continue their recent upturn in form which has seen them draw against Barcelona
By Daniel Quinton-Navarro
Jesus Navas - Sevilla
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SEVILLA  Varas Coke, Escude, Fazio, Navarro Medel Navas, Rakitic, Trochowski, Manu Negredo |
VILLARREAL
 Lopez Gaspar, Musacchio, Gonzalo, Oriol Perez, Bruno, Valero, Cani Joselu, Martinuccio |
Sevilla's loss against Malaga in the Andalusian derby last time out has left Marcelino's side languishing in a lowly 11th place when they welcome Villarreal to the Sanchez Pizjuan. Their conventional defensive pairing of Federico Fazio and Emir Spahic will be missing the latter after he picked up his 10th yellow card of the season against Malaga, whilst the Argentine returns after suspension.
Sevilla's attacking duo of Jose Antonio Reyes and Manu del Moral are both facing late fitness tests but are still expected to be part of Los Rojiblancos' squad. However, Reyes, who was substituted early in their last match after an ineffective 37 minutes, may have to come to terms with an appearance off the substitutes' bench.
The Yellow Submarine celebrated an unlikely point against current La Liga champions Barcelona as Villarreal continue to struggle at the foot of the table. Jose Molina's side are missing several players through injury for their trip to Andalusia, including long-term absentee duo Giuseppe Rossi and Javier Camunas.
To further the coach's attacking conundrum, Marco Ruben has been ruled out for two weeks with a shoulder injury, whilst Nilmar's future remains a doubt after the striker has been linked to a move back to his native Brazil. Molina brought in striker Martinuccio during the transfer window and he could make his debut against Sevilla, but the Yellow Submarine are without Wakaso and Catala.
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- Should Sevilla fail to win, it will be their worst run since 2001-02 when they went without a victory for a period of seven matches.
- Los Rojiblancos have won all but one of their top-flight home matches against Villarreal.
- Sevilla fell into the second half of the La Liga table for the first time this season after their 2-1 defeat against Malaga last time out.
- Villarreal have lost just once under Molina since the B-team coach took charge of the senior side. He has lead them to a record of W1 D2 L1 in his opening four matches.
- However, Molina's one loss came in his only match so far away from El Madrigal, when they were comfortably beaten by Atletico Madrid.
- The Yellow Submarine have had a man sent off in each of their last two league meetings against Sevilla, including Diego Lopez (pictured above).
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Sevilla 2-1 Villarreal
- 18.61 %
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Sevilla 1-1 Villarreal
- 11.63 %
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Sevilla 2-0 Villarreal
- 10.47 %
| Spain - Primera Division (LIGA) | Feb 5, 2012 | Sevilla 1 - Villarreal 2 |
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| Spain - Primera Division (LIGA) | Sep 10, 2011 | Villarreal 2 - Sevilla 2 |
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| Spain - Primera Division (LIGA) | Apr 24, 2011 | Sevilla 3 - Villarreal 2 |
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| Spain - Copa del Rey (ESPC) | Jan 18, 2011 | Sevilla 3 - Villarreal 0 |
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| Spain - Copa del Rey (ESPC) | Jan 12, 2011 | Villarreal 3 - Sevilla 3 |
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Sevilla
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| May 13, 2012 | Espanyol 1 - Sevilla 1 | LIGA |
| May 5, 2012 | Sevilla 5 - Rayo Vallecano 2 | LIGA |
| May 2, 2012 | Sevilla 1 - Betis 2 | LIGA |
| Apr 29, 2012 | Real Madrid CF 3 - Sevilla 0 | LIGA |
| Apr 21, 2012 | Sevilla 1 - Levante 1 | LIGA |
Villarreal
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| May 13, 2012 | Villarreal 0 - Atletico Madrid 1 | LIGA |
| May 5, 2012 | Valencia CF 1 - Villarreal 0 | LIGA |
| May 1, 2012 | Sporting de Gijon 2 - Villarreal 3 | LIGA |
| Apr 28, 2012 | Villarreal 1 - Osasuna 1 | LIGA |
| Apr 22, 2012 | Real Sociedad 1 - Villarreal 1 | LIGA |
| Returns: | Sevilla £260.00 |
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| Returns: | Draw £50.00 |
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| Returns: | Villarreal £47.00 |
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| 13 | Javi Varas | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Federico Julián Fazio | Defender |
| 3 | Fernando Navarro | Defender |
| 14 | Julien Escudé | Defender |
| 23 | Coke | Defender |
| 7 | Jesús Navas González | Midfielder |
| 8 | Gary Medel | Midfielder |
| 11 | Ivan Rakitic | Midfielder |
| 9 | Negredo | Striker |
| 12 | Fred Kanouté | Striker |
| 20 | Manu Del Moral | Striker |
| 1 | Andrés Palop | Goalkeeper |
| 28 | Cala | Defender |
| 15 | Piotr Trochowski | Midfielder |
| 16 | Campaña | Midfielder |
| 21 | Reyes | Striker |
| 24 | Tom de Mul | Midfielder |
| - | Baba Diawara | Striker |
| 13 | Diego López Rodríguez | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | Defender |
| 3 | Joan Oriol | Defender |
| 4 | Mateo Musacchio | Defender |
| 6 | Ángel | Defender |
| 10 | Cani | Midfielder |
| 17 | Javi Camuñas | Midfielder |
| 19 | Marcos Senna | Midfielder |
| 20 | Borja Valero Iglesias | Midfielder |
| 21 | Soriano | Midfielder |
| - | José Luis Moreno Barroso | Striker |
| 1 | César | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Carlos Marchena | Defender |
| 12 | Cristian Zapata | Defender |
| 8 | Jonathan De Guzmán | Midfielder |
| 11 | Hernán Arsenio Pérez | Midfielder |
| - | Gonzalo Castellani | Midfielder |
| - | A. Martinuccio | Striker |
| Julien Escudé | |
| Position: | Defender |
| Squad Number: | 14 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
With Emir Spahic suspended, Julien Escude is expected to be drafted in alongside Federico Fazio and, with Sevilla scoring in four of their last five matches but conceding two on each occasion, Los Rojiblancos must be stronger in defence if they are to finally end their poor form.
| Borja Valero Iglesias | |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Squad Number: | 20 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 36 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
One of Villarreal's key players this season, Borja Valero is the single individual who could help lift his side to safety. He has shown spirit throughout the season and possesses a creativity that otherwise the Yellow Submarine lack.
A much-improved Villarreal side will struggle against Marcelino's men, who will be desperate to end their recent poor form, and, with the attacking talent that Sevilla possess, it should be enough to do precisely that.
Results
Times In GMT
Match News
Top Scorers
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Lionel Messi
Striker Barcelona |
50 | 10 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Striker Real Madrid |
46 | 12 |
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Radamel Falcao
Striker Atl. Madrid |
24 | 5 |
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Gonzalo Higuaín
Striker Real Madrid |
22 | 0 |
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Karim Benzema
Striker Real Madrid |
21 | 0 |
