On Sat Jan 28th, Sevilla hosts Elche in a clash of the La Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 15th placed Sevilla is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Cádiz. Ivan Rakitić scored the first goal for Sevilla in the 89th minute on a penalty, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Cádiz was frustrated by Sevilla’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sevilla ended the match with the shutout victory. Sevilla is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 20th placed Elche, recorded a 1-1 draw against Osasuna. Chimy Ávila struck first for Osasuna in the 20th minute on a feed from Kike Barja, then J. Carmona Navarro tied it up for Elche in the 67th minute on a feed from Fidel squeezing out at least the one point for Elche. Elche looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Sevilla won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Elche is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ezequiel Ponce and J. Carmona Navarro each only have 1 goal in their last five. Youssef En-Nesyri has been the most effective weapon for Sevilla lately. The attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches
Jesús Corona, Marcão Teixeira and Karim Rekik are unavailable to play for Sevilla, while Elche will be without Domingos Quina, Álex Collado, Josan and Nicolás Fernández Mercau.