The first match of the new La Liga season takes place on Friday at La Rosaleda where Malaga play host to Europa League winners Sevilla. The visitors finished fifth last season and they are hoping for a better spot this year while Malaga are looking to earn their return to European football. The two teams have met on the final day of last season and Sevilla secured a 3-2 win. They have also won the reverse fixture 2-0 with goals from Carlos Bacca and Denis Suarez.
Malaga finished ninth last season and earned a surprising 1-0 victory over Barcelona at Camp Nou in February. A few key players have left the club this summer, including Juanmi, Samuel, Samu Castillejo, Francisco Portillo and Sergio Sanchez. The club have bought some decent names though during the summer transfer window, like Duje Cop, Adnane Tighadouini and Nordin Amrabat.Brazilian defender Weligton is suspended while Flavio Ferreira, Ignacio Camacho and Recio could miss out through injury.
Sevilla are expected to challenge for a Champions League spot this season after having won two consecutive Europa League titles. They missed out on the fourth spot last season but they earned qualification to the Champions League after beating Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Europa League final. Their season started with a spectacular 5-4 extra time defeat at the hands of Barcelona in the UEFA Super Cup. They have signed quite a few players this summer: Adil Rami and Mariano in defence, Steven N'Zonzi and Michael Krohn-Dehli in midfield plus Ciro Immobile and Yevhen Konoplyanka in attack. They did lose their star striker though as Carlos Bacca moved to AC Milan.
Probable line-ups:
Malaga: Kameni - Boka, Angeleri, Torres, Rosales - Filipenko, Amrabat, Guerra, Tighadouini - Cop, Horta
Sevilla: Beto - Coke, Rami, N'Zonzi, Tremoulinas - Krohn-Dehli, Iborra, Vitolo, Banega, Reyes - Gameiro
My prediction: Sevilla to win 3-2.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Malaga win - 3.30 Draw - 3.30 Sevilla win - 2.25
seculla 8 years ago
I can say that I'm "happy" that I didn't manage to comment on this preview yesterday, because I've expected much more from this match, especially from Sevilla's players. The pitch was in very bad condition, but that is not the only reason that we've watched a goalless draw yesterday, both teams didn't played on their level,...
I can say that I'm "happy" that I didn't manage to comment on this preview yesterday, because I've expected much more from this match, especially from Sevilla's players. The pitch was in very bad condition, but that is not the only reason that we've watched a goalless draw yesterday, both teams didn't played on their level, but it's only first round, so lets hope that we will watch much better football in La Liga this season.
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rikimartin4444_115925 8 years ago
Great match expect us tonight. Two great teams will fight for first points in Primera Liga 2015/2016. I expect fantastic football and lot of goals. Both teams prefer attacking style of football and that is fantastic. Tonight, I think that Sevilla will win. They are in great form and my prediction for tonight is 2-1 win...
Great match expect us tonight. Two great teams will fight for first points in Primera Liga 2015/2016. I expect fantastic football and lot of goals. Both teams prefer attacking style of football and that is fantastic. Tonight, I think that Sevilla will win. They are in great form and my prediction for tonight is 2-1 win for Sevilla.
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
It is very nice to see that Primera is finally starting and it is starting with very itneresting match,Sevilla is great team,they play very good football and their ambitions are always high.They will even play in Champions League this season.On the other side,Malaga was always very hard to beat at their home.I predict...
It is very nice to see that Primera is finally starting and it is starting with very itneresting match,Sevilla is great team,they play very good football and their ambitions are always high.They will even play in Champions League this season.On the other side,Malaga was always very hard to beat at their home.I predict 1 1 draw,because it is first match in the season.
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advoghado 8 years ago
Malaga had some significant losses on players, and it seems at first a weaker team than last season, I think the Sevilla a great team currently have a good time, if I were to make a bet think it would be 2 x 0 to Sevilla, but not much risk
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GREGJO 8 years ago
Johnny is very good at correct score betting but I think 2:3 is too high. Yeah, last year this was the result and the previous year 3:2. But Malaga lost a couple of creative players during the transfer window and they couldn't replace them. I like very much Sevilla's all out tactic but in my opnion this match will be a...
Johnny is very good at correct score betting but I think 2:3 is too high. Yeah, last year this was the result and the previous year 3:2. But Malaga lost a couple of creative players during the transfer window and they couldn't replace them. I like very much Sevilla's all out tactic but in my opnion this match will be a one side one and Sevilla will win easily (2:0 or 3:1).
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sharpe 8 years ago
Last season was amazing for Sevilla after they clinched yet another Europa League cup and if they really wish to be one of top European clubs, they have to concentrate in La LIga and earn a spot in the Champions League. Malaga finished in the top half of the standings last year but like Johnny mentioned in the above preview...
Last season was amazing for Sevilla after they clinched yet another Europa League cup and if they really wish to be one of top European clubs, they have to concentrate in La LIga and earn a spot in the Champions League. Malaga finished in the top half of the standings last year but like Johnny mentioned in the above preview many key players left the team and with some new names in the squad will be very tough for them to start the season on full steam.
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