Villarreal vs Sevilla ( WON )

Team News

Villarreal

• Alfonso Pedraza will continue at left wing-back for the home side after some strong showings since Javi Calleja’s return to management at Villarreal.
• Daniele Bonera is expected to be preferred to Victor Ruiz in the Yellow Submarine’s newly instated back three, as Calleja experiments with his defensive options.
• Miguelon should continue at right wing-back, while Gerard Moreno and Karl Toko Ekambi feature as a strike partnership up top.

Team News

Sevilla

• Ever Banega is suspended for the home side after getting sent off against Eibar last time out in LaLiga action.
• Roque Mesa should partner Franco Vazquez in the middle of midfield as a result, with Quincy Promes and Jesus Navas expected to feature as the wide options for Pablo Machin.
• Munir is expected to get a chance in attack, while Daniel Carrico has been passed fit after carrying a knock and should be deployed in the back three.

• Villarreal got a long-awaited win last time out in the Europa League, beating Sporting CP after a run of 10 games without a victory. Javi Calleja’s side’s last win had come in the group stages of the very same competition back in mid-December versus Spartak Moscow.
• The hosts have kept clean sheets in consecutive games, which tells the story of improvement given their general defensive problems over the course of the last year or so.
• Sevilla have won just one of their last four games, dropping points in LaLiga against the likes of Celta Vigo and Eibar in recent weeks. Machin’s men are struggling to pick up momentum and stay on track for a challenge at the top three.