La Ligo tonight

Sevilla - Real Zaragoza

Hopefully Sevilla have rested enough from their midweek efforts in the champions league. They lost 3 – 2 to Fenerbache but in truth it was a decent result and with two away goals they now must be big favorites to go through to the next round. Anyway back to the league and a win is crucial for the home side as they bid to get back into the top four and give themselves a chance for a place in Europe next year. They are pretty dependable at home where they have taken 8 wins from 12 scoring 29 in the process. Last time out they drew 1 – 1 with Barca. Goals have not been a problem either with 2 – 3 goals the average for all their home games.
Ernesto Chevantón,Christian Poulsen, Ivica Dragutinovic and Khalid Boulahrouz are all out but otherwise Sevilla have a strong side to chose from.

Zaragoza had big things predicted for them this season but so far it hasn’t gone according to plan. Their main problem has been the away form with only one win in 11 attempts and that came way back in October. Their away goals record reads at –12 which is almost as poor a record as there is in the league. Brazilian midfielder Matuzalem returns to the squad for the trip to Sevilla having been out of action since the defeat against Barcelona in late September. The only two injured players are Pablo Aimar and Carlos Cuartero who are both out.


Verdict
Good team with a good home record in need of three points against a very poor travelling team also in need of three points. I think that Sevilla simply will have too much up front for the visitors tonight and should win this with 1 or 2 to spare. I think the odds are slightly higher because of Sevilla’s midweek trip to Turkey but I don’t think it will affect them too much.

PICK
Sevilla win (1.8 @ stan james) 6 points