Sevilla’s ten-point gap over Valladolid points to the fact that Andalusian side are the favourites in Sunday game. The team from the capital of Castille suffered a minimum loss to Getafe in Madrid seven days ago thus dropping on 15th a point away from the relegation zone. After three successive wins and excellent play, Sevilla failed unexpectedly at home against Malaga so they will be looking to compensate at Nuevo Jose Zorilla.

This game will be one of the most interesting of Primera 8th round. It will be a min-regional derby for many reasons. The clubs from two biggest Andalusian cities meet, Malaga have marked three and Sevilla four successive wins. Sevilla got hold of the second place where they are level on points with Villarreal. Their rivals will have a tough match against Atletico Madrid which gives Sevilla a chance in case Villarreal lose, to have the second place all for themselves, or even climb on top if Valencia lose in Huelva.

Sevilla is playing excellent at the start of the season even though they have a lot of injured players. They won the last five matches and kept clean sheets in every one of those games. The team is coping well with the absence of injured players and they are favourites to win this match. Stuttgart has been inconsistent this season and they lost the game against Hertha this weekend.

Regional derby will take place at Estadio del Mediterraneo where home side will host Sevilla. Almeria are sixth on eleven points while Sevilla are on high third place with 14 points taken so far. All of this points to an exciting game in which the crowd will enjoy. Almeria owe Sevilla for the disastrous defeat they suffered in the midst of Seville last season.

This will be an interesting game and not so simple for Sevilla as it may seem. They worked hard to record the two wins at Pizjuan and it wasn’t easy at all. A win in Madrid over Atletico is precious but it was more the result of colchoneros having a bad day than of Sevilla’s good play. Athletic play better away and after the unexpected loss in Bilbao to Getafe they have nothing to lose in Seville so they will definitely start the game offensively intending to win.

Red Bull Salzburg will be looking to overturn two goal deficit from the first match, and progress to the group stages. This will not be easy considering their opponents, but the hosts are confident in success. Sevilla has a big advantage before this return leg, but they will have to take this game seriously if they want to avoid surprises. The Spaniards defeated Atletico away in their last league game, and enter this match full of confidence.

Home side proved to be the serious candidate for the highest place by winning in the suburbs. Atletico are quite the opposite of their usual play with lot of oscillations. Sevilla skillfully solved to their favour an unpleasant match against Espanyol on home ground. This will be one of the two derbies of the round.

Even though many people predicted easy win for Sevilla against their city rival away from home, the game ended a draw, and Betis was closer to winning the match. The times have past when Sevilla dominated these duels against Betis. Now they will host league leaders Espanyol, who is raising their game with every game. They drew with Getafe at home, but they were close to winning the match, in the second half. This will be the pick of the round, and the fans will surely enjoy.

Just like last season city derby of Andalusian capital will be played on the start. Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium will be full to the last seat, hostile atmosphere and a fight or two will be the inevitable intro. Betis and Sevilla meet, the two clubs that represent two different views of life and social status. Betis were aristocracy while Sevilla were the club of citizens and working class. This difference is no longer distinct but Andalusia is a region where tradition and archaism have special significance so this game will be a football clash between two life philosophies.

Sevilla had a lot of success in this competition having won back to back titles in 2007 and 2008. The team started the season in Spain well and took four points from the first two games. Salzburg has high ambitions this season, but they had a slow start and they are already five points behind league leaders Rapid. Co Adriaanse will finally have the full squad to choose from.