MADRID, 27 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Betis will try to return to the path of victory to continue aspiring to fight to be in the next Champions League on their visit to a needy Getafe, a team from the bottom of the table in which Sevilla and Cádiz have duels Key directs against Elche and Mallorca, respectively, in matches corresponding to matchday 19 of LaLiga Santander 2022-2023, the last of the first round.
The Saturday activity will close at the Coliseum (9:00 p.m.) where Getafe, sixteenth ranked, and Betis, sixth, will face off with both needing points and immersed in poor results dynamics.
Quique Sánchez Flores’s team has not yet had any joy in this recently started 2023, with four defeats in their four games, three league games, and continues to flirt dangerously with relegation.
Manuel Pellegrini’s man started better, with two victories, one in the Cup, but since then he has been denied success in the penalty shootouts of the Super Cup semifinals (FC Barcelona) and a Copa del Rey (Osasuna) where he defended the title , and last weekend they lost to Espanyol to see how third place (10 points) moved away, although they are still close to fourth in the power of Atlético and that they can make their own if they win in the South of Madrid and also the next Wednesday his postponed with Barça.
The two teams are somewhat erratic on the offensive side, despite both having good forwards, although the ‘azulones’ seem to transmit worse feelings than the verdiblancos, who continue to miss the goals of a Borja Iglesias who is going through one of those droughts that sometimes hit the scorers.
Sánchez Flores has Munir and Mauro Arambarri absent due to injury and it seems that he will repeat the eleven that competed well at the Spotify Camp Nou, while Pellegrini has the good news of the return of midfielder Nabil Fekir and defender Luiz Felipe.
For their part, Sevilla will try to forget the wear and tear and disappointment of their elimination in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey against Osasuna as soon as possible to continue leaving behind the relegation zone to LaLiga SmartBank from which they left last day for the first time. once in a long time.
The Sevillian team will want to show their strength again at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, taking advantage of the visit (6:30 p.m.) from the bottom of the table, an Elche that has less and less room to hold on to salvation.
Jorge Sampaoli’s men have managed to get their last two games at home against two other direct rivals such as Getafe (2-1) and Cádiz (1-0) and now they hope to repeat against the French-greens, who need to add their first victory of the season in the return of Pablo Machín to one of his ‘houses’ and from which he was dismissed.
Sevilla will face the game with the extra fatigue of the more than two hours of intense clash that they experienced on Wednesday at El Sadar, in a duel that ended already at dawn on Thursday, so it is likely that they will make changes with the entry of players like Jesús Navas, Oliver Torres, Youssef En-Nesyri, Suso and the recovered Fernando.
For its part, Elche continues to search for that first great joy that can cause a change in the dynamics. The Elche team could not carry out Osasuna’s visit last Sunday (1-1) and salvation is already more than ten points away.
Machín’s men will have to improve their offensive performance to have options in a ‘cursed’ Sánchez-Pizjuán, in which not only has they never won in their 20 visits, but they have also lost in the last five. The goals of Lucas Boyé, who sounded in the summer to be a Sevilla player, are still very much needed in a team where the main novelty will be in the right lane, where the suspended José Ángel Carmona will not be able to be, given precisely by Sevilla and whose position should be for josan
There will also be a direct duel at the Nuevo Mirandilla (2:00 p.m.) between Cádiz, penultimate ranked with 16 points, and Mallorca, who live much more relaxed in the middle zone of the qualifying table with 25 that have them closer to Europe.
The Cadista team is still hard-fought at home and needs to start being more reliable in front of its public to strengthen its chances of saving itself. For now, getting his second victory of the season at his stadium would allow him to aspire to close the first round out of relegation.
In front, they will have a Mallorca willing to take another step towards permanence and face the second part of the season with a good distance from danger, although in case of winning they would provisionally equal Betis in points. To do this, after beating Celta 1-0, they will have to transfer their strength at home to their homes, since they have lost and have not scored in their last three outings, including the Copa to San Sebastián.
Sergio González loses Iván Alejo and Rubén Sobrino due to suspension, but recovers Fali for defense and San Emeterio, suspended last day, for midfield and could debut one of his winter reinforcements as the experienced Argentine midfielder Gonzalo escalante. For his part, Javier Aguirre has his entire squad available and the South Korean Kang-in Lee, suspended against Celta, should regain his place in the eleven.
Cadiz – Majorca. From Burgos Bengoetxea (C. Vasco) 14.00.
Girona – FC Barcelona. Muñiz Ruiz (C. Galician) 16.15.
Seville – Elche. Soto Grado (C. Riojano) 18.30.
Getafe – Betis. Cuadra Fernández (Balearic Islands) 21.00.