A Quiet Midweek, One Loud Night in Seville

Updated 2026-10-27

The midweek calendar is thin, and the one fixture worth queueing up is Sevilla against Osasuna in LaLiga. Both clubs lean on players they raised themselves rather than on splashy signings, which gives this meeting at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán a particular texture. One match, watched properly, beats five watched half-asleep.

La Liga

Matchday 10 · Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:00 CET

SEV Sevilla vs Osasuna OSA

4-4-2 vs 4-3-3

Two academy-built sides meet at the Pizjuán, with Budimir's aerial threat testing Sevilla's back line

Sevilla field academy graduates right through the spine — José Ángel Carmona at right-back, left-footed centre-back Kike Salas, Manu Bueno in midfield, Isaac Romero up front. Osasuna answer with their own Navarrese core: Moncayola, tied to the club on an extraordinarily long deal, playmaker Aimar Oroz in the number 10 shirt, and captain Kike Barja, who joined at eight years old. How García Pimienta and Vicente Moreno arrange their homegrown pieces is the quiet subplot here.
Osasuna carry real height in attack through Croatia international Ante Budimir and Raúl García, a Copa del Rey winner with Real Betis, both of whom thrive on headers and hold-up play. Sevilla counter with Fábio Cardoso, a league winner at Porto, the aerially strong Kike Salas, and Arouna Sangante, who captained Le Havre while barely out of his teens. Expect every set piece to feel like an event.
The flanks offer a nice contrast in style. Sevilla can pick from Nigeria winger Chidera Ejuke, who made his name at CSKA Moscow, Switzerland's Rubén Vargas after years as an Augsburg regular, and Félix Correia, a former Manchester City and Juventus youngster. Osasuna's response is Diego Rico's cultured left foot, honed at Bournemouth and Real Sociedad, Valentin Rosier's overlapping runs after a title-winning spell at Beşiktaş, and inverted wingers Raúl Moro, ex-Lazio, and Lyon-raised Romain Del Castillo.