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La Liga 08/09: Match day 8 Preview
Friday, 24 October 08, 07:19 PM · Comments(0)
Sat 25 Oct 2008 (all times local)
20:00 Osasuna - Betis
22:00 Barcelona - Almería
Sun 26 Oct
17:00 Recreativo - Valencia
17:00 Getafe - Valladolid
17:00 Sevilla - Málaga
17:00 Mallorca - Espanyol
17:00 Deportivo - Sporting
17:00 Numancia - Racing
17:00 Villarreal - At. Madrid
17:00 R. Madrid - Athletic
Kicking off the weekend are winless Osasuna against not-so-winless Betis.
The Béticos managed their first victory of the season in some fashion last week as they blitzed Mallorca by three goals to nil on their own patch.
Osasuna, meanwhile, succumbed to another loss in what was José Camacho's first game in charge.
Free-scoring Barcelona welcome an Almería side who are just starting to show signs of wavering in the late Saturday clash.
The blaugrana put five past ailing Basel midweek in the Champions League, making it an incredible eight straight wins in all competitions.
What's more, Barça have the chance to go top - albeit temporarily - should they win by a convincing margin.
Valencia could then wrest control of the summit yet again with a positive result away to Recre.
Unai Emery's miracle workers continue to do their stuff: six wins and a draw from their opening seven is form unseen since the days of Rafa Benítez.
Little Recre, meanwhile, are in the dropzone with just five points from their first seven games: this augurs well as they visit a ground they've never had a top flight win at.
Getafe snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by surrending a goal lead to lose at Málaga last week, rendering them mid-table fodder ahead of Valladolid's visit.
These sides, particularly the hosts, are perhaps more used to the Segunda than the Primera, but there was an epic clash at this ground last season in the top flight, the Pucela winning 3-0.
Ex-Geta man Vivar Dorado managed two goals on that occasion, but the home fans will hope to see Soldado, Uche et al net instead.
Sevilla's midweek win over Stuttgart belied an injury crisis that's still rocking Andalucía this weekend.
Virtually the entire strikeforce is out of commission for this match, meaning that Manolo Jiménez's men have plenty of work to do to create and convert chances.
For Málaga stalwart Duda this is a welcome return to a ground where he plied his trade for a significant amount of time, but overall the boquerones will be less concerned with sentiment than continuing their marvellous run of three wins in a row.
Mallorca's summer sale has seen them start the season in less than impressive fashion when compared to last year.
As such the visit of Espanyol is an occasion not so much for expectation but hope upon hope.
The perequitos, for their part, come to the island just one point clear of the Barralets, but with a relatively successful away record of four points from a possible nine.
Depor's away record in Europe demands comment. On Thursday the Galicians headed to Moscow to meet CSKA, returning later on the receiving end of a 3-0 thrashing.
That's less than impressive stuff from a side that really entertained notions of a win, and they'll be desperate to make up for it against Sporting.
The Asturians managed their second win of the season last week against Osasuna and now have ten goals scored in seven games; sadly the fact that they've shipped three per game is more telling.
Newly-promoted Numancia haven't managed a victory since that opening day shocker against Barcelona, but against Racing they're in with a chance.
The Soria men are dead last with four points, but the verdiblancos aren't much better off as they sit on six.
It's been a less than impressive start for the Santander outfit, who also lost midweek to Twente in the UEFA Cup.
Moving ahead to the evening and Villarreal will seek to protect their great Liga defensive record against Atleti.
"Liga" is the operative word, for they conceded three against Aalborg in the Champions League midweek (albeit scoring six.)
The rojiblancos, for their part, pulled off a last-gasp draw with Liverpool in their own CL adventure, but it's clear that their form is still on a dip.
Finally Real Madrid will seek to put the disappointment of a 2-1 loss at Juventus behind them as Athletic come calling.
The blancos are still in with a great chance of qualifying from their CL group, but that loss to an injury-hit side dented morale.
Athletic come to this game off the back of a narrow 1-0 home loss to Barça, but they've not won here at the Bernabéu since February 2005.
20:00 Osasuna - Betis
22:00 Barcelona - Almería
Sun 26 Oct
17:00 Recreativo - Valencia
17:00 Getafe - Valladolid
17:00 Sevilla - Málaga
17:00 Mallorca - Espanyol
17:00 Deportivo - Sporting
17:00 Numancia - Racing
17:00 Villarreal - At. Madrid
17:00 R. Madrid - Athletic
Kicking off the weekend are winless Osasuna against not-so-winless Betis.
The Béticos managed their first victory of the season in some fashion last week as they blitzed Mallorca by three goals to nil on their own patch.
Osasuna, meanwhile, succumbed to another loss in what was José Camacho's first game in charge.
Free-scoring Barcelona welcome an Almería side who are just starting to show signs of wavering in the late Saturday clash.
The blaugrana put five past ailing Basel midweek in the Champions League, making it an incredible eight straight wins in all competitions.
What's more, Barça have the chance to go top - albeit temporarily - should they win by a convincing margin.
Recreativo Huelva - Valencia
Valencia could then wrest control of the summit yet again with a positive result away to Recre.
Unai Emery's miracle workers continue to do their stuff: six wins and a draw from their opening seven is form unseen since the days of Rafa Benítez.
Little Recre, meanwhile, are in the dropzone with just five points from their first seven games: this augurs well as they visit a ground they've never had a top flight win at.
Getafe - Real Valladolid
Getafe snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by surrending a goal lead to lose at Málaga last week, rendering them mid-table fodder ahead of Valladolid's visit.
These sides, particularly the hosts, are perhaps more used to the Segunda than the Primera, but there was an epic clash at this ground last season in the top flight, the Pucela winning 3-0.
Ex-Geta man Vivar Dorado managed two goals on that occasion, but the home fans will hope to see Soldado, Uche et al net instead.
Sevilla FC - Málaga
Sevilla's midweek win over Stuttgart belied an injury crisis that's still rocking Andalucía this weekend.
Virtually the entire strikeforce is out of commission for this match, meaning that Manolo Jiménez's men have plenty of work to do to create and convert chances.
For Málaga stalwart Duda this is a welcome return to a ground where he plied his trade for a significant amount of time, but overall the boquerones will be less concerned with sentiment than continuing their marvellous run of three wins in a row.
RCD Mallorca - RCD Espanyol
Mallorca's summer sale has seen them start the season in less than impressive fashion when compared to last year.
As such the visit of Espanyol is an occasion not so much for expectation but hope upon hope.
The perequitos, for their part, come to the island just one point clear of the Barralets, but with a relatively successful away record of four points from a possible nine.
RC Deportivo La Coruña - Real Sporting Gijón
Depor's away record in Europe demands comment. On Thursday the Galicians headed to Moscow to meet CSKA, returning later on the receiving end of a 3-0 thrashing.
That's less than impressive stuff from a side that really entertained notions of a win, and they'll be desperate to make up for it against Sporting.
The Asturians managed their second win of the season last week against Osasuna and now have ten goals scored in seven games; sadly the fact that they've shipped three per game is more telling.
CD Numancia - Real Racing Club
Newly-promoted Numancia haven't managed a victory since that opening day shocker against Barcelona, but against Racing they're in with a chance.
The Soria men are dead last with four points, but the verdiblancos aren't much better off as they sit on six.
It's been a less than impressive start for the Santander outfit, who also lost midweek to Twente in the UEFA Cup.
Villarreal - Club Atlético Madrid
Moving ahead to the evening and Villarreal will seek to protect their great Liga defensive record against Atleti.
"Liga" is the operative word, for they conceded three against Aalborg in the Champions League midweek (albeit scoring six.)
The rojiblancos, for their part, pulled off a last-gasp draw with Liverpool in their own CL adventure, but it's clear that their form is still on a dip.
Real Madrid - Athletic Club Bilbao
Finally Real Madrid will seek to put the disappointment of a 2-1 loss at Juventus behind them as Athletic come calling.
The blancos are still in with a great chance of qualifying from their CL group, but that loss to an injury-hit side dented morale.
Athletic come to this game off the back of a narrow 1-0 home loss to Barça, but they've not won here at the Bernabéu since February 2005.
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Imanuel Gaingob said:Please bring in Frank Ribbery to Spice up the squad for nex season.
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