Tournament: La Liga 22/23
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Date: Sunday, 28th August 2022
Time: 1:30 AM IST
Almeria face Sevilla in a clash between two winless teams. Almeria are 14th in the league table with 1 point while Sevilla are a spot above them with an identical record. It has been a slow start to the season for the visitors but they would be fancying their chances at a first win against the newly promoted side.
Almeria:
Fernando Martinez (gk), Sergio Akieme, Srdjan Babic, Rodrigo Ely, Kaiky Fernandes Melo, Samuel Almeida Costa, Chumi, Inigo Eguaras, Largie Ramazani, Lucas Robertone, Umar Sadiq.
Sevilla:
Yassine Bounou (gk); Karim Rekik, Tanguy Nianzou, Alex Telles, Jesus Navas; Fernando Francisco Reges, Alejandro Gomez, Thomas Delaney, Erik Lamela, Rafa Mir, Lucas Ocampos.
Almeria:
Largie Ramazani is a good option for the attack. Ramazani has 1 goal in the league this season and averages a team-leading 3 shots per game.
Inigo Eguaras is a good midfield pick. Eguaras has 1 assist so far in the league and averages 1.5 key passes per game.
Rodrigo Ely is a solid option for the defense. Ely averages 1 shot per game to go with a team-leading 2 interceptions per game.
Sevilla:
Rafa Mir is a good option for the attack. Mir has 1 goal in the league this season while averaging a team-leading 4 shots per game.
Erik Lamela is a good option for the midfield. Lamela averages 2.5 key passes per game to go with 2 tackles per game.
Karim Rekik is a good defensive pick. Rekik has 1 goal in the league this season and averages a team-leading 1.5 interceptions per game.
Must-haves:
Largie Ramazani
Inigo Eguaras
Rafa Mir
Erik Lamela
Worth a shot:
Rodrigo Ely
Karim Rekik
Umar Sadiq
Lucas Ocampos
Rafa Mir: Rafa Mir is a good captaincy option for this match. He scored in their opening game of the season and is the biggest goal threat from the visitors.
Largie Ramazani: Largie Ramazani is another good option for captaincy. He too found the back of the net in their opener and is a good bet for a goal involvement from the newly promoted side.
Umar Sadiq: Umar Sadiq can be a solid captaincy pick as well. He was on the scoresheet in the last league game and averages 1.5 shots per game.
* All Statistics are collected from whoscored.com.
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