SKA St. Petersburg - Spartak Moskva

Pos:3rd Stats:16games/13-3/goals:55-28 Homestats:8games/7-1/goals:29-14 Form:last 6games/5-1/goals:24-12 -Saint Petersburg was las season in top8,when they drop out in play-offs against Atlant Moscow with wins 3-4.Behind their this season succeed have been Czech nationalteam goalie Jakub Stepanek who have last season 2.05 concended goals/game in 32 games.This season he have after 8 played games 1.29 concended goals/game.Also their all 3 Swedish forwards have been in big role behind their good season start,Tony Mårtensson(16games/6goals+11assists),Mattias Weinhandl(16/8+6) and Patrik Thoresen(15/6+7). Awayteam: Pos:19th Stats:17games/8-9/goals:43-53 Awaystats:8games/4-4/goals:23-23 Form:last 6games/2-4/goals:15-25 -Spartak Moscow drop out with wins 4-0 last season in first round of play-offs against Saint Petersburg.They are now quite bad form with 4 losses out their last 5 games.Spartak goalie have not been so far in same level than Petersburg Stepanek,Ivan Kasutin have concended 2.91 goals/game in 17 games.

Prediction: St. Petersburg (9/10)    FT 3:1

St. Petersburg -1,5 (5/10)

Sevilla - Granada

Sevilla: (4-4-2): Varas – Caceres, Spahic, Escude, Navarro – Navas, Rakitic, Medel, Trochowski – Kanoute, Manu.

Injury: Alvaro Negredo, Fazio and Diego Perotti

Granada: (4-5-1): Roberto – Nyom, Lopez, Mainz, Siqueira – Mollo, Abel, F. Rico, M. Rico, Uche – Geijo.

Injury: Carlos Martins, Hassan Yebda

Card: Jaime Romero and Dani Benitez

After failing to beat Racing Santander at their Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Sevilla should have an easy jobagainst rock bottom Granada, although the hosts will have to be wary of their opponents, who definitely have more potential than they are showing.

Before the La Liga campaign even started, Sevilla were already out of Europe, having been eliminated in the Europa League play-offs by Hannover.

However, that proved to be a blessing in disguise, as unlike their top 4 rivals who were playing two games almost every week, los Rojiblancos were able to fully focus on domestic stage.

As a result, Sevilla are now one of just three unbeaten sides in La Liga, and are sitting just outside the Champions League positions.

Los Rojiblancos failed to build on their good showing in the goalless draw against Barcelona, having failed to beat Racing at home, but this will be a perfect opportunity to make amends.

In the absence of Alvaro Negredo, Freddy Kanoute and Manu del Moral are set to start up front, while Federico Fazio is doubtful and Diego Perotti is out.

Granada chiefs knew that in order to be competitive in Spanish La Liga, they had to seriously reinforce the squad that had won promotion from Segunda, and they act accordingly, signing quite a few new players.

The arrivals of Carlos Martins, Hassan Yebda, Yohan Mollo, Francisco Jara, Pape Diakhate and others were expected to bring a considerable improvement, but Granada had a very poor start to the season.

Five points from first nine games is a poor return even for a newly promoted side, so it is more than clear that this team will need to show a massive improvement if they are to avoid the drop this season.

Granada do sit rock bottom at the moment, but they are just two points behind safety, meaning that just one win would take them out of the relegation zone.

Coach Fabri Gonzalez faces severe selection problems before the trip to Seville, since Carlos Martins and Hassan Yebda have failed to recover from muscle injuries, whereas Jaime Romero and Dani Benitez are suspended.

Prediction : Sevilla (10/10)

Sevilla -1,5 (5/10)

Stoke - Newcastle

Britannia Stadium

Stoke (4-4-2): Begovic; Wilkinson, Shawcross, Upson, WIlson; Etherington, Whitehead, Whelan, Delap; Walters, Crouch.

Out: Fuller (Achilles), Higginbotham, Sidibe (both knee).

Newcastle (4-4-2): Krul; Simpson, Coloccini, S Taylor, R Taylor; Gutierrez, Tiote, Cabaye, Obertan; Ba, Best.
Out: Sh Ameobi, Smith (both hamstring), Williamson (ankle).
Test: S Taylor (broken nose), Tioti (knee).

Two teams who have impressed against most expectations -- outside of Stoke and Newcastle, that is -- meet in a fascinating Britannia battle.

Newcastle have not lost in the league in their last 12 games, a run that goes back to May Day.

Stoke appear to be in a slow decline, with three defeats from their last four league games, so Tony Pulis will not need reminding the importance of beating Newcastle where they have already won against Liverpool and held Chelsea and Manchester United to draws.

Predicition: X (2/10)

both team to score (5/10)