La Liga 2025-2026: Espanyol-Sevilla, the likely lineups.
Monday night’s postponement between Espanyol and Sevilla closes the 13th day of La Liga: an interesting challenge on the left side of the standings, which can confirm the European ambitions of the white-and-blue club from Barcelona or reinvigorate those of the Andalusians, struggling with a seesaw start to the season.
L’Espanyol faces the challenge of the RCDE Stadium with only one unavailable player, Javi Puado, stuck since October with a knee injury. Coach Manolo Gonzalez is asking Kike Garcia and Roberto Fernandez Jaen to lift from the doldrums an attack that has struggled in the last two games, lost to Alaves and Villarreal. The last success in the league was on Oct. 25: 1-0 against Elche, scored by defender Carlos Romero.
As for Sevilla, the injured Azpilicueta, Nianzou and Isaac Romero will be absent, while Carmona will not be in the match due to disqualification for added cautions. The Andalusian club’s coach, Matias Almeyda (an old acquaintance, as a footballer, of our Serie A with the shirts of Lazio, Parma, Inter and Brescia) will rely in front of the Nigerian Akor Adams, supported by Peque Fernandez along with the Swiss duo Sow-Vargas on the three-quarter.
Probable lineups
ESPANYOL (4-4-2): Dmitrovic; El Hilali, Riedel, Cabrera, Romero; Dolan, Lozano, Exposito, Milla; Kike Garcia, Fernandez Jean. All. Gonzalez.
SEVILLE (4-2-3-1): Vlachodimos; Sanchez, Cardoso, Marcao, Suazo; Agoume, Mendy; Peque Fernandez, Sow, Vargas; Adams. All. Almeyda.
