Sevilla vs Real Sociedad Prediction, Betting Tips & Preview

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Joel Amorim Apr 01, 2016 @ 12:56 pm

Next Sunday, 3rd of April 2016, a somewhat fragilized Sevilla will measure forces with Real Sociedad at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán for Round 31 of the Spanish Liga BBVA.

After a solid home win over Villarreal and a top quality first-half performance against FC Basel for the UEFA Europa League, Sevilla weren’t able to withstand Real Madrid’s attacking display of power and ended up defeated on their visit to Santiago Bernabéu last time out. In the first-half, however, the Andalusia team managed to counter the home side superiority and have only themselves to blame for not clawing the equalizer when Kevin Gameiro missed from the penalty spot. After the break, the match was completely different and Sevilla ended up by conceding two goals in just a couple of minutes. The final score, 4-0, was nevertheless, an extremely heavy defeat for the Sevillistas.

The upcoming fixture against Real Sociedad is of the utmost importance for Sevilla, if they don’t want to drop some places in the league table. For that particular match, Unai Emery will still not be able to rely on the services of the Ukrainian versatile winger Yevhen Konoplyanka and with Marco Andreolli, who are both sidelined due to injury.

As for Real Sociedad, the Basque team is once again going through an extremely complicated moment after failing to win any of their last five competitive matches. After a narrow 1-0 win defeat at Los Balaídos against Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad succumbed at Anoeta at the expense of a mighty UD Las Palmas to concede their 13th defeat of the season. Life is not easy for Eusebio Sacristán at San Sebastian as his team continues to reveal great signs of inconsistency. Next Sunday’s match will surely be extremely complicated for them since Sevilla are a very strong team when playing at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. For that particular fixture, Eusebio Sacristán will not be able to count on the services of Canales and Capilla, who remain sidelined because of injury. Agirretxe, who is the team’s top scorer with 13 goals so far, is not yet fully recovered from an ankle injury and is in doubt out there.

Sevilla

Stats: W-2 L-1 D-2

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Athletic

Stats: W-0 L-3 D-2

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Possible Line-ups

Sevilla (4-2-3-1) - Rico - Coke - Rami - Kolodziejczak - Tremoulinas - Cristoforo - Krychowiak - Banega - Escudero - Iborra - Gameiro

Real Sociedad (4-3-3) – Rulli - Elustondo - Reyes - I. Martinez - Berchiche - Illarramendi - Pardo - Oyarzabal - Vela - Prieto - Jonathas

Injury List / Suspended Players

Sevilla - Andreolli (inj) - Konoplyanka (inj)

Real Sociedad - Imanol Agirretxe (in doubt) - Canales (inj) - Capilla (inj)

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League Positions