The 13th round of the Spanish league will continue tomorrow (Sunday) with four matches, with the focal point being the derby between Betis and Sevilla and Atlético Madrid’s home game against Espanyol.
Atletico Madrid – Espanyol (15:00)
After being eliminated from the Champions League in the last round, Atlético Madrid suffered another hard blow last Tuesday, when the 2:0 loss to Porto dropped them to last place at home and left them without even a ticket to the Europa League.
For the Colchoneros it will be the first time in the Diego Simeone era that they do not take part in a knockout of a European establishment, and they will begin the new journey with a home game against the bottom team from Barcelona. Marcus Llorente, Koke and Toma Lamar will be absent from the thin line of the host, who hopes to break a streak of three games without a win in all formats.
Villarreal – Mallorca (19:30)
Kika Stein has already counted three games without a win since taking up his position at the Yellow Submarine, when the last game, a 3:0 defeat to Lech Poznan in the Conference League, led to Hapoel Beer Sheva’s elimination from the factory. Now the former Barcelona coach will hope to record a first victory in the new position, and record a fifth home victory in a row against the red guest.
Betis – Sevilla (22:00)
In the main game of the cycle, Betis will arrive at the derby in a position it is not used to – favorite. The cup holder is ranked fourth in the league, while her bitter rival is floundering below the red line and ahead of only Elche. The Chilean Manuel Pellegrini will hope to record his first victory in the Andalusian derby after four failed attempts, and will try to come out with the upper hand in the first meeting of his career against the coach who led his native Chile to the first and historic victory in the Copa America – Jorge Sampaoli.
Another game
Real Sociedad – Valencia (17:15)
The cycle will end on Monday when Real Madrid will be hosted by Rayo Vallecano (22:00).