Sevilla go into Getafe Vs Sevilla on Sunday at 14:00 with little more than one lineup question hanging over them. Luis García Plaza has very few doubts about his starting XI, and the only real decision appears to be whether Giorgi Kochorashvili or Manu Bueno takes the third midfield spot.
That is the kind of selection problem teams usually welcome. Sevilla are seventh with 17 points, two behind Real Sociedad and three points off the Champions places, which is a far cry from the preseason expectation that they would be looking over their shoulder instead of up the table. They have won a Copa match 3-0 this week and beat Osasuna before the Getafe match, so the trip arrives with form behind them and not just momentum on paper.
The shape is still the main tactical question. The choice between a 4-4-2 and a 4-2-3-1 changes how Sevilla protect the middle and how much freedom they give the wide players, but several pieces already look fixed. Agoumé and Fofana are expected to start in midfield, Félix Correia should begin on the left, Ejuke is the favorite on the right, and Lucas Stassin is the fixed choice up front. If Sevilla go with two strikers, Isaac Romero is the most likely partner for Stassin.
That leaves the one place that could shift the whole line. Kochorashvili is the leading candidate if Sevilla use their usual system, but Manu Bueno is firmly in the conversation after stringing together two straight matches with minutes and scoring Sevilla’s only goal at the Bernabéu. It is a small opening, but it is the sort that matters when a coach is trying to keep a team stable through a demanding run.
Only Marcao and Miguel Sierra are absent, so the list of available players is broad enough to keep the structure intact. The projected XI points to Odysseas; Juan Iglesias, Castrín, Kike Salas, Suazo; Agoumé, Fofana, Kochorashvili or Manu; Ejuke, Félix Correia and Lucas Stassin. What remains is whether the final decision preserves the extra midfielder or adds another attacker, a choice that will tell the story of how Sevilla want to approach a complex night at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.
