LET'S KEEP THE GOOD FORM AWAY FROM HOME UP AGAINST A DAMAGED GETAFE

Julen Lopetegui never tires of reminding that past achievements count for nothing today. Anytime he is asked about results in the past, the Basque always makes it clear he sees no relation between those results and what will happen during the coming game. These questions were rife regarding today's game, with Sevilla FC travelling to the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez to face Getafe CF. Getafe away has usually been a bogey fixture for the Nervionenses, but in his first season as Sevilla manager, Lopetegui ended the run with an emphatic 3-0 victory.

Getafe are perhaps not having the start to the season one would expect off the back of their performances in recent years. Although they do have a game in hand, the team find themselves lower mid-table - since beating FC Barcelona, they have not won in six games. In that run they have only picked up three points from a possible eighteen, causing them to plummet down the league. While it seems that Bordalás will recover the services of the previously injured Damián Suárez, he will be without the sanctioned Mata, Chema and Djené.

Mata, Chema and Djené all miss the match through suspension

Julen Lopetegui is also without some players, namely Vaclík, Jesús Navas, Escudero and Munir. The coach will be looking to work past these injuries in order to lead the team to a fourth consecutive win away from home. Good away form has been a characteristic of Lopetegui's Sevilla: the team have won half of their eight away matches this season. The team only fell to defeat against Granada and Athletic Club, while they managed to pick up a point against Barcelona and Chelsea. With the Champions League now on hold until February, the team must fully concentrate on the league and get back on the right track after last week's loss to Real Madrid at home.