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Played
February 26, 2012 10:30 PM IST
Estadio de Mestalla — Valencia
Referee: Fernando Teixeira
Attendance: 40000
February 26, 2012 10:30 PM IST
Estadio de Mestalla — Valencia
Referee: Fernando Teixeira
Attendance: 40000
Valencia - Sevilla Preview: Hosts look to get payback at Mestalla in the clubs' fourth meeting this season
Riding high after knocking out Stoke City in the Europa League, Unai Emery's men look to avoid their third defeat of the season to Sunday's 11th-placed visitors
By Roger Gonzalez
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PROBABLE LINEUPS |
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VALENCIA
 Alves Bruno, Rami, Dealbert, Mathieu Albelda, Tino Costa Feghouli, Jonas, Piatti Soldado |
SEVILLA  Palop Coke, Spahic, Fazio, Navarro Navas, Medel, Rakitic, Reyes Kanoute, Negredo |
For the Europa League contenders, Roberto Soldado, fresh from his first call-up to the Spain national team since 2007, will likely be in the starting XI after coming on as a substitute on Thursday.
On the injury front, Sergio Canales and Hedwiges Maduro are still recovering from serious problems and will not feature, while Miguel is set to miss a month after suffering an injury to his right leg last weekend. With the recent bizare damage to Ever Banega, the Argentine will miss the rest of the season and Tino Costa looks to replace him.
For Sevilla, the team looks fairly healthy entering the contest, though Gary Medel, Ivan Rakitic, Frederic Kanoute and Federico Fazio practiced separate from the rest of the team early in the week, but they are all expected to be fit for the contest.
However, the mid-table side will be without the services of defender Alexis, who was sent out on loan to Getafe until June.
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DID YOU KNOW? |
- Valencia currently sit in third place in La Liga with 40 points, seven ahead of Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao.
- On Thursday, a goal from Jonas saw Los Che defeat Stoke City in the second leg of their Europa Leage round-of-32 clash. The Spaniards advanced 2-0 on aggregate.
- In their last four games, Emery's side have kept three clean sheets, two coming against the English side in cup play.
- Sevilla, who sit in 11th place in the league with 29 points, are only four away from fourth.
- The visitors have beaten Valencia twice this season, 1-0 in their first league match and 2-1 in a Copa del Rey clash
- Before beating Osasuna 2-0 last week in league play, the visitors had gone eight La Liga fixtures without a win.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Valencia 2-0 Sevilla
- 23.02 %
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Valencia 2-1 Sevilla
- 13.49 %
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Valencia 3-1 Sevilla
- 12.7 %
| La Liga (LIGA) | 13-Jan-2013 | Valencia 2 - Sevilla 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | 26-Feb-2012 | Valencia 1 - Sevilla 2 |
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| Copa del Rey (ESPC) | 12-Jan-2012 | Sevilla 2 - Valencia 1 |
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| Copa del Rey (ESPC) | 06-Jan-2012 | Valencia 1 - Sevilla 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | 24-Sep-2011 | Sevilla 1 - Valencia 0 |
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Valencia
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| 18-May-2013 | Getafe 0 - Valencia 1 | LIGA |
| 12-May-2013 | Rayo Vallecano 0 - Valencia 4 | LIGA |
| 04-May-2013 | Valencia 4 - Osasuna 0 | LIGA |
| 29-Apr-2013 | Real Sociedad 4 - Valencia 2 | LIGA |
| 21-Apr-2013 | Valencia 5 - Malaga 1 | LIGA |
Sevilla
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| 19-May-2013 | Sevilla 1 - Real Sociedad 2 | LIGA |
| 13-May-2013 | Malaga 0 - Sevilla 0 | LIGA |
| 05-May-2013 | Sevilla 3 - Espanyol 0 | LIGA |
| 28-Apr-2013 | Valladolid 1 - Sevilla 1 | LIGA |
| 22-Apr-2013 | Sevilla 0 - Atletico de Madrid 1 | LIGA |
| 13 | Guaita | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Bruno | Defender |
| 4 | Adil Rami | Defender |
| 18 | Jordi Alba | Defender |
| 18 | Víctor Ruiz | Defender |
| 22 | Jérémy Mathieu | Defender |
| 6 | Albelda | Midfielder |
| 8 | Sofiane Feghouli | Midfielder |
| 24 | Tino Costa | Midfielder |
| 7 | Jonas | Striker |
| 9 | Roberto Soldado | Striker |
| 1 | Diego Alves | Goalkeeper |
| 12 | Barragán | Defender |
| 5 | Mehmet Topal | Midfielder |
| 11 | Pablo Hernández | Midfielder |
| 21 | Parejo | Midfielder |
| 23 | Aritz Aduriz Zubeldia | Striker |
| 14 | Pablo Piatti | Striker |
| 1 | Andrés Palop | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Fernando Navarro | Defender |
| 5 | Emir Spahic | Defender |
| 14 | Julien Escudé | Defender |
| 23 | Coke | Defender |
| 7 | Jesús Navas González | Midfielder |
| 8 | Gary Medel | Midfielder |
| 11 | Ivan Rakitic | Midfielder |
| 21 | Reyes | Striker |
| 9 | Negredo | Striker |
| 12 | Fred Kanouté | Striker |
| 13 | Javi Varas | Goalkeeper |
| 27 | Luna | Defender |
| 28 | Cala | Defender |
| 15 | Piotr Trochowski | Midfielder |
| 16 | Campaña | Midfielder |
| 20 | Manu Del Moral | Striker |
| - | Baba Diawara | Striker |
Results
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Lionel Messi Striker Barcelona |
46 | 4 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo Striker Real Madrid |
34 | 6 |
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Radamel Falcao Striker Atlético de Madrid |
28 | 8 |
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Roberto Soldado Striker Valencia |
21 | 5 |
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Negredo Striker Sevilla |
20 | 3 |