Sevilla looks for more green shoots in Palma and Valencia wants to embitter Almirón's premiere

MADRID, 14 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Sevilla will try to continue this Saturday with its apparent footballing and mental improvement to get out of relegation in LaLiga Santander 2022-2023 in its visit to RCD Mallorca, while Valencia wants to settle in the upper zone and embitter Jorge Almirón's debut with a Elche needed, and Girona and Cádiz have a direct duel, in matches corresponding to the ninth day of the championship.

The arrival of Jorge Sampaoli on the Sevilla bench seems to have had a positive effect on the locker room, although it has not yet translated into a victory that seems necessary and that he will look for at the Visit Mallorca Estadi (6:30 p.m.) against a Mallorca team that hopes to return to the path of victory to get away from relegation.

The Argentine coach made his debut last Saturday against Athletic Club at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, signing a draw that despite everything left better feelings than in the last clashes with Julen Lopetegui. Days later, in the Champions League and in a difficult place like Signal Iduna Park, he took another step forward and left his best European game, although the victory was also denied (1-1).

Players like the Argentine 'Papu' Gómez have already warned that they need to start winning to free themselves from this negative start to the campaign that currently has them in relegation places and a foot and a half out of the Champions League.

Now, in Palma, he will try to confirm that he is still in time to straighten his course because anything that stumbles again would set off alarms with a calendar that will soon take him to duels with Valencia and Real Madrid.

Sampaoli will still not be able to count on midfielder Fernando Reges and Karim Rekik, but he can count on central defender Marcao, who should be the new leader of the defense, for an eleven where there could be rotations with respect to Dortmund.

RCD Mallorca, for its part, also arrives with a certain need for this match against a rival currently in decline that they surely did not count on. The vermilion team is out of danger with nine points, three ahead of Sevilla, and hopes to become strong in their stadium to remain 'comfortable'.

Javier Aguirre's team enters the game after two games with only one point added, last Monday at the Martínez Valero (1-1), where the worst news was the expulsion of Vedat Muriqi, which will reduce the local attack.

In this sense, it is most likely that the Mexican coach will opt for Ángel Rodríguez as a substitute for the Kosovar striker, author of four of the nine goals for his team, in what will be the main novelty of Mallorca in his eleven.

For its part, in Mestalla (16.15), Valencia will look for three points that will strengthen them at the top and make their first victory away from home good, although they will face an urgent Elche who hopes to have the revulsion of the arrival of Jorge Almiron.

The Argentine coach has been chosen by Christian Bragarnik to replace Francisco in what will be his return to a franjiverde club that needs to add to its first victory of the season so as not to sink further in a scenario where Gennaro Gattuso's men have shown themselves more solids.

The 'che' team returns to its fiefdom after two consecutive outings where it has added four points against Espanyol and Osasuna and after chaining three days without losing. At Mestalla he has won three of his four games, losing only to Atlético, and he will not want to let his rival's delicate situation pass him by to win the fourth and confirm his ambitions.

Gattuso will be without Samuel Castillejo, due to injury, and Mouctar Diakhaby and Marcos-André due to suspension, to form an eleven that will be very similar to the one from the victory in Pamplona and with Hugo Guillamón surely as the starter after overcoming some discomfort.

For its part, Elche will try to open its winning locker with the arrival of Almirón, who left the club in February 2021 after chaining 16 league days without winning. The team from Elche is at the bottom and although their direct rivals are still close, they need to win as soon as possible to get a boost of spirits.

The franjiverdes were close to getting their first win last Monday in their draw against Mallorca and now they will try to do it away from home, where they present poor numbers with defeats in their four outings and only one goal scored.

Almirón will have the significant loss of his compatriot Lucas Boyé, sent off in the last game when he had barely been on the field for a couple of minutes. Pere Milla and Pol Lirola could be the novelties in the eleven compared to Monday.

Finally, the Saturday day is completed with the direct duel for the permanence that opens the day at 2:00 p.m. in Montilivi between the 'touched' Girona, which is in a poor dynamic of results, and a lively Cádiz.

The Girona team accumulates three consecutive defeats, and adjusted, against Betis, Real Sociedad and Atlético de Madrid, a bad moment that has them out of relegation anyway, but that they hope to stop against a rival that has three games without losing , with five points added, but still in the relegation zone.

Two points separate those led by Miguel Ángel Sánchez, 'Michel', and those led by Sergio González before a clash in which the visitors hope to provisionally sleep off the burn, for which they need their second consecutive away win against a more solid rival like local.

Míchel, who is still missing the Brazilian Reinier, could modify his scheme somewhat and must decide whether to opt for a second striker (Stuani) or a midfielder (Herrera), while Sergio González could return Iza Carcelén to the right side and Lucas Pérez, scorer of the equalizer last matchday against Espanyol, went on the attack.

Girona FC - Cadiz CF. From Burgos Bengoetxea (C. Vasco) 14.00.

Valencia CF - Elche CF. Pulido Santana (C.Las Palmas) 16.15.

RCD Mallorca - Sevilla FC. Villanueva Churches (C.Galician) 18.30.

Athletic Club - Athletic. Figueroa Vázquez (C.Andaluz) 21.00.