Sevilla face Levante on 12 October with a bad track record after breaks

Sevilla return to LaLiga this 12 October with a trip to Levante (21:00) and back-to-back away games: the 18th at the Bernabéu. Ahead of the restart, they trained without six international players, although Odysseas came back early due to minor issues and started in the XV Trofeo Antonio Puerta.

First match and absences

Marcao is sidelined with a rectus femoris injury in the right quadriceps. Coach García Plaza has Kike Salas and Rubén Vargas back, while Stassin remains unable to train with the group.

But breaks do not suit Sevilla. According to MARCA, last season they lost every match after the competition was paused, except for one point: a 2-2 draw at the Sánchez-Pizjuán against Elche. Then came defeats to Mallorca (1-3), Espanyol (2-1) and Levante (0-3), and the pattern continued even after the coaching change: in García Plaza’s debut after the previous break, Sevilla lost by the narrowest margin to then-bottom side Oviedo.