Sevilla vs Racing Santander

22/12- A suspension struck Sevilla would be taking on 6th placed Racing Santander in this top half tie. While Sevilla managed a struggling draw last week against Valladolid after two red card suspensions, Santander are coming off a 2-1 loss to the much lower ranked Murcia in an away tie. However the advantage Racing will have is that Sevilla’s most prolific scorer this season, Fabiano, was red carded in the last game and hence would have to miss this home game due to suspension. Fazio, the other suspension last week would be missing in defense and Navarro is already our of contention. Hence Racing will enter this match with Sevilla handicapped in the fromt end as well as their back end.

Sevilla would be counting on the support they would get from the home fans as well as their attacking forward Kanoute, even though he has not scored the highest number of goals for the club this season, his tally stands at an impressive 7 goals, which in fact is better than any of the Racing strikers. Another thing they can capitalize on is Racing Santander’s away record as Racing Santander have lost their last two matches traveling and it would be like a psychological pressure on them. Also on past head to head records, Sevilla leads Santander winning 8 of the 18 encounters with 7 being draws.

Racing on the other hand would like to see this as a perfect opportunity to stabilize their 6th spot as Sevilla is a depleted side. Another good thing about Racing this season has been that they have not been too dependent on one payer and that is probably the reason why the highest number of goals scored by a player is just 4, this also proves their defensive strength and in the absence of Fabiano they should not be highly troubled. They have lost their last match but would surely like to make up for that loss now.

Prediction: 1-2, Racing win