Sevilla vs Girona Prediction & Betting Tips (1 September)

Sevilla FC is going through the same difficult start to the season as last year which subsequently prevented it from playing the leading roles in the race for Europe. Sevillian supporters expect much more from their team, which, as a reminder, holds the record for 7 Europa League titles. During the week, traveling to Mallorca, the Andalusians only brought back the bare minimum, a small 0-0 point, with the added bonus of an expulsion of Saul Niguez at the end of the match. Before that, Sevilla suffered their first home defeat of the season against Villarreal 1-2. During J1, the Rojiblancos failed to do better than share the points at Las Palmas 2-2. Girona had a glorious season last year, finishing in 3rd place in LaLiga ahead of Atlético Madrid or Athletic Bilbao and will play in the Champions League this season.

The big downside is that this type of club does not experience stability, players leave if offers are attractive and the club cannot afford to refuse a certain amount. In short, we can clearly announce that the Blanquivermells are currently in a transition phase with new players. During the week, more precisely on Thursday evening, Girona hosted Osasuna in the league and launched their new campaign by winning with a clear score of 4-0. Note that the first two days went badly with a draw against Real Bétis 1-1 and a heavy defeat against Atlético Madrid last Sunday 3-0. 

Loaned by Atlético Madrid, Saul Niguez was already suspended on the first day due to a suspension from the end of last season to be served, he will return to the suspended bench (red against Mallorca at the end of the match). These are clearly not the dream debut but it is the same for the returning loanee and world champion Montiel (injured), his Argentine compatriot Ocampos (ex-OM) and Suso (absent since the start of the campaign) also injured . Midfielders Joan Jordan and Manu Bueno were not called up to La Palma during the week. This summer, the important ones: Lamela (free), Delaney (contract termination), Rafa Mir (Valencia, loan), Veliz (free), Drammeh (10 goals with the reserves last year), Soumare (Leicester, return from loan ), Mejbri (return from loan, United), Sergio Ramos (captain), Mariano Diaz, Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri (Fenerbahce), Januzaj (Las Palmas), Oliver Torres, and goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic (Leganes) deserted Andalusia. Carmona has returned from loan and aspires to establish himself at the club. Ejuke (free, rookie) signed as did the Frenchman Agoume (permanent signing from Inter). The striker Ihenacho (Leicester, free) also took his ticket to join Andalusia while in recent days, the Argentinian full-back and world champion Acuna returned to the country, while his young compatriot Barco signed from Brighton (ready). The usual absentees should do it again this evening for Girona.

In this case Artero, Jastin and Valery (reported ill). For the rest, we should find a complete group or at least one similar to that of Thursday evening against Osasuna. The recruits were hard at work against Osasuna with Abel Ruiz (Braga) at the head of the line-up, who scored a gem under the bar while Bryan Gil (Tottenham, loan) also struck. The Ukrainian international winger Tsygankov slammed his pawn in the same way as the legendary Stuani, the last scorer of the match on a cake from Donny van de Beek. Oriol Romeu (FC Barcelona, ​​loan) and Asprilla (rookie, Watford) also took part in the party, goalkeeper Pau Lopez (OM, loan) did not. Let us nevertheless note that this summer, important elements like Dovbyk (AS Roma), Aleix Garcia (Leverkusen), Yann Couto (City then Dortmund) and Savio (Troyes then City) left Catalonia and will leave, in the long term , a big void. Also leaving Barcelona are Eric Garcia and Pablo Torre (return from loan) while the crack Victor Pau followed in their footsteps.