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Hang on, are Sevilla going to get relegated from La Liga?! Inside the Spanish club's battle to beat the drop

Most Spanish football fans are caught up in the title race right now, and that's hardly surprising, of course.

Barcelona and Real Madrid aren't just the two biggest clubs in La Liga, they're arguably the two biggest clubs in the world, and there are just three points between them at the top of the table.

However, the battle to beat the drop could be just as fascinating this season. Indeed, if you cast a glance at the other end of the standings, you'll find a very surprising name: Sevilla FC.

That's right, unbeknownst to most casual football fans, the team that finished fourth in La Liga last season are in real danger of relegation.

On Saturday night, in fact, the 19th-placed Andalusians will face Cadiz, a side sitting one spot and one point above them in the table.

So, how did it come to this? How did a team that won the Europa League just under three years ago, beating Inter in the final, find themselves in a real six-pointer at the halfway point of the 2022-23 campaign?

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