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Struggling Deportivo La Coruna travel to Seville

Gerry Johnston ,

Deportivo La Coruna will make the trip to Andalusia on Saturday evening to take on Sevilla with both sides desperate for the points but for very different reasons. Sevilla are currently fifth in La Liga on 25 points from their 13 games so far this season. They have been excellent at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan with five wins and a draw in their six home league fixtures. Morale should be high among the Sevilla players after a great result last weekend when they came back from 2-0 down against Villarreal to…

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Carlos Bacca La Liga News 

Villarreal host Sevilla in a key battle for European football

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Sevilla will travel to Vila-real on Sunday evening to take on Villarreal in a game that could end up playing a key part in deciding which teams qualify for Europe from La Liga for next season. At the moment these sides are sixth and fifth in La Liga and are separated by just one point with Sevilla holding a slight edge at the moment. Villarreal come into the game in excellent form with just one defeat in their last 11 games. The sole defeat came in the Copa del Rey…

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Alaves 1-2 Eibar: Eibar win increases pressure on Alaves

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Eibar picked up an important three points on Saturday as they beat fellow strugglers and Basque rivals, Alaves, 2-1 at the Mendizorrotza Stadium. Eibar took a first half lead through Joan Jordan and Charles doubled their advantage midway through the second half after Alaves had been reduced to ten men when Christian Santos was dismissed. Charles was sent off late on and Burgui scored for the hosts in injury time but it was too little too late and Eibar managed to hold on for the three points which saw them…

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La Liga News 

Two of La Liga’s strugglers go head to head at La Rosaleda

Gerry Johnston ,

Malaga will host Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday morning in a game that sees two sides who are currently in a relegation battle at the bottom of La Liga square off in what could end up being a real six pointer. Malaga are currently rock bottom of the table with just four points from their 11 league games. All four of those points have come at La Rosaleda with them beating Celta de Vigo 2-1 at the end of October and drawing 3-3 with Athletic Club in September. As well as…

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La Liga News 

Deportivo La Coruna announce new partnership with Ecoalf

Gerry Johnston ,

Deportivo La Coruna have announced a new partnership with sustainable fashion company, Ecoalf. The deal was announced during a presentation that was held in the port area of A Coruna with the club and the fashion chain announcing that Deportivo players will wear some of the companies clothing whilst travelling with and representing the club. Ecoalf specialise in creating clothes using recycled materials and the event was largely focused on how much plastic is currently in the world’s seas and oceans and Depor have got on board to do their…

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Sevilla defender attracting interest from Barcelona

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Sevilla’s 22 year old French centre back, Clement Lenglet has become the latest name to be linked with a move to Barcelona as the Catalan giants look to improve on their defensive options. Lenglet signed for Sevilla last January after impressing for Nancy in Ligue 1 whom the defender has been at since his teenage years. He spent six years with Les Chardons and represented the club at youth, B team and senior level. Since moving to Sevilla he has become a regular in the side and he has been…

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La Liga News 

Mel out, Cristobal in for struggling Deportivo La Coruna

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Deportivo La Coruna have made a change in the dugout on Tuesday afternoon with Pepe Mel getting sacked and replaced by Fabril coach, Cristobal Parralo. The news was confirmed via a statement made on the clubs official website which also said Cristobal would be in charge until the end of the season. The final straw in Mel’s reign in at Riazor came on Monday night when they lost 2-1 at home to newly promoted Girona. That result saw Depor slide to 16th in La Liga and the board have decided that enough…

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La Liga Match Centre 

Valencia v Sevilla: Los Che look to extend winning streak to five against Sevilla

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Valencia meet Sevilla at Mestella on Saturday evening in a game that looks set to be one of the most exciting of the weekend. Valencia come into the game in great form and sit second in La Liga with 18 points from their first eight games. They are one of only three teams who remain unbeaten in Spain’s top flight and only Barcelona have scored more goals than Los Che. At home they have won three and drew one of their four league games. They have now won four games…

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Spartak Moscow 5-1 Sevilla: Promes masterclass helps Spartak past Sevilla

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Sevilla suffered a shock defeat in Moscow on Tuesday night as Spartak Moscow ran out emphatic 5-1 winners to bring themselves right into contention in Group E. Quincy Promes put the hosts ahead in the first half before Simon Kjaer levelled before half time. Second half goals from Lorenzo Melgarejo, Denis Glushakov, Luiz Adriano and a second from Promes saw Spartak pick up what was an excellent win for the Russian side. After a slow start to the game it was the hosts who took the lead on 18 minutes…

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Sevilla travel to Moscow to face Spartak test

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Sevilla will travel to Russia to take on Spartak Moscow at the Otkrytiye Arena on Tuesday evening in their third game in Group E of the Champions League. Spartak haven’t been having a great season to date and find themselves fifth in their domestic league, eight points behind Zenit St Petersburg who are the early pacesetters. In the Champions League Spartak have started with successive 1-1 draws against Maribor (away) and Liverpool (home). Spartak have a few injury problems for this game with Jano Ananidza, Artem Timofeev, Roman Zobnin, Ze…

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