Sevilla – Valencia

Valencia are not far behind Sevilla in terms of class

On Saturday, 11 January, Sevilla will take on Valencia at home. Both teams started the year with negative results. The crisis of the Mice is much more obvious - the club is at risk of dropping out of La Liga, occupying the penultimate place in the championship. Valencia played a very decent match against Real Madrid, but the game was marked by scandals. Madrid logically should have suffered after the suspension of Vinicius, but it turned out quite the opposite: Real scored two goals with ten men. A serious emotional blow to the already bruised Valencians. "Mice" were able to lift their spirits at the expense of the cup game with a club from the lower division Eldens. A routine 2-0 win broke a disappointing streak. It is the first win for new coach Carlos Carberan. The Valencia native took charge of the club in December. "Mice" managed to spend a whole month without a single victory in the championship. The first half of the season is an anti-record for the club's history. Valencia has only two wins. At the same time, 12 points is not a verdict. The team can win back four points from the seventeenth position. Valencia are unlikely to be able to rely on Jose Gaya, Muktar Diakabi and Rama Mir in the match against Sevilla. The return of main goalkeeper Georgi Mamardashvili is also in doubt. Sevilla are in the fourteenth position. The question of survival has not been solved yet, but the team has the potential to fight for a place in the top ten. Such a finish is much more likely based on the quality of play. December was not a bad month: in an offensive manner they lost to Atletico, scoring three goals, they also lost to Real Madrid, but scored two. Andalusians corrected the tournament position due to the success in the meeting with Celta. But in 2025 there was an unexpected embarrassment - suffered a major defeat from the Segunda team Almeria and fell out of the Cup. This tournament could just become a kind of an outlet for fans, given the relative lack of prospects in the championship. Sevilla are statistically a solid mid-table side. The attacking potential is affected by the absence of Chidera Ejuka. The fast winger will not play against Valencia. Djibril Sow, Tanguy Nyanza and Adria Pedrosa will also be absent. Valencia do not look much weaker than Sevilla at the moment. In the standings, the gap is significant, but in the context of the game now the rivals are roughly equal. Bookmakers clearly overestimate Sevilla. The odds of 4.00 are significantly overvalued. In recent head-to-head matches, Valencia have not had significant problems against Sevilla. On the contrary, only one defeat happened in five games.