Celta Vigo will travel to Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán this Friday to face Sevilla in the 28th Round of the 2022/23 La Liga season.
Sevilla will hope to make it two wins in two games under new manager José Luis Mendilibar when they host Vigo in this game. Mendilibar took over from former boss Jorge Sampaoli last month and became Sevilla’s third permanent manager this season, given that current Wolves coach Julen Loptegui began the season for the hosts.
The new coach will hope that he can steer his side towards a consistent push for a top-half finish–a feat his predecessors couldn’t achieve. His side come into this tie sitting in 13th position, thanks to a 2-0 away win last time.
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The result was Sevilla’s first clean sheet in five league games and moved them four points from 19th-placed Almeria ahead of this round of matches. So, they will know they aren’t clear of danger yet and will be desperate to continue their positive start to life under their new coach.
They will fancy their chances here because they have not lost to Celta Vigo in their last five head-to-heads. However, Celta Vigo are a team in solid form, having not lost in their last six league games (W3, D3).
Like Sevilla, they also had a change of manager this season, with former Eduardo Coudet replaced by Carlos Carvalhal in November. But unlike their hosts, Celta has enjoyed a positive turn of events under their new manager. Carvalhal took over when Celta Vigo was sitting in 16th position, but he guided the team into the top half, just two points behind the top seven places.
Therefore, they should be confident of taking a point home from Seville just as they did last season (2-2), especially after conceding just one half-time lead from their last ten La Liga games. However, they have not recorded a win away at Sevilla since a 2-1 win in September 2015 and have not defeated a Mendilibar-led side in five attempts (D3, L2).
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