MADRID, 29 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Sociedad and Real Betis will fight this Sunday (9:00 p.m.) for fourth place in LaLiga Santander, the last access to the Champions League, on a twelfth day in which Athletic Club and Villarreal will also face each other for sixth place (6:30 p.m.) and in which Osasuna aspires to continue looking up in the visit of the grown Real Valladolid (2:00 p.m.).
At the Reale Arena, San Sebastian (22) and Betis (20) will try to forget their latest league setbacks, something that they already began to channel during the week with their victories in the Europa League against Omonia (0-2) and Ludogorets (0-1) , respectively.
Imanol Alguacil’s team broke last weekend in Pucela (1-0) a series of eight consecutive wins between all competitions, five in the domestic tournament, and fell to fourth place, which is now at risk against the visit of the Andalusians, two points below.
The losses of Merquelanz, Oyarzabal, Sadiq, Martín, Ali Cho, Aihen and David Silva, as well as the doubts of Barrenetxea, Alex Sola Alexander Sörloth, weigh down the ‘txuri urdin’ team, who will be able to count on Take Kubo after requesting the change on Thursday in Nicosia for a blow to the shoulder. At eleven men like Brais Méndez, Le Normand, Zubimendi or Gorosabel will return, after resting in Europe.
The Verdiblanco team, fifth, will try to put behind their defeat against Atlético de Madrid (1-2), the fourth setback in their last five league games -one win, two draws and one defeat-. Manuel Pellegrini will have to deal with the absence of Luiz Felipe, who joins those of Juanmi and Víctor Camarasa.
The sixth place, the last one for access to European competitions, will also be up for grabs this Sunday, in this case at San Mamés. Athletic Club, which currently occupies that position, will try to defend it against Villarreal, who enter the match in seventh place with the same 18 units.
The severe correction at the Camp Nou (4-0) confirmed the poor run of Ernesto Valverde’s men, who have only added two points from the last 12 after having won the previous three games. In addition, they lost Ander Herrera and Dani García in Barcelona, ??both due to injury.
Meanwhile, Quique Setién will debut in LaLiga with the Castellón team after signing a 2-2 win against Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Conference League. Álex Baena and Manu Morlanes, suspended, and Gerard Moreno, Juan Foyth, Étienne Capoue and Alfonso Pedraza, due to injury, will miss the duel.
Attentive to what happens in Bilbao will be Osasuna, who in the morning game will face a euphoric Real Valladolid who are looking for their third win in a row.
The Navarrese (17), eighth one point behind the European positions, could take sixth place if they win and the Basques and Castellón tie. Thus, the injured without Abde, Sergio Herrera or Kike Saverio hopes to score points for the third consecutive day.
Pacheta’s team, which will be without Luis Pérez, Kenedy, Anuar or Mickaël Malsa, yearns for another victory after beating Celta (4-1) and Real Sociedad (1-0) in their last matches, all to continue escaping from the danger zone, now five points below his 14.
CA Osasuna – Real Valladolid CF. Fernandez Square (C.Balear)
Real Madrid – Girona FC. Melero López (C. Andaluz) 16.15.
Athletic Club – Villarreal CF. Ortiz Arias (C. Madrid) 18.30.
Royal Society – Real Betis. Villanueva Churches (C.Galician) 21.00.
