Eibar striker Sergi Enrich (L) competes for the ball against Barcelona's Gerard Pique. (Photo : Getty Images)
Mercurial squad SD Eibar (6-5-3, 21 points) is set to face lowly team Deportivo Alaves (4-5-5, 17 points) at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 11 in a 2016-2017 La Liga season match.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 6:00 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Eibar has been inconsistent in the last six rounds of competitions, winning three, losing two, and drawing one to settle in the eighth spot of the current Spanish top flight table. They are two points below the Europa League qualifying berths for next season presently occupied by Villarreal and Real Sociedad.
Los Armeros is coming off a 1-3 beating in the hands of seventh-running team Athletic Bilbao on the road at the San Mamés Stadium last Sunday, as per Press TV.
Bilbao midfielder Benat Etxebarria scored the first goal of the contest in the 42nd minute as the hosts took a 1-0 lead at the halftime break.
Spanish forward Iñaki Williams doubled the Athletic Club's lead in the 55th with a right-footer from the left side of the box before Eibar was able to put themselves on the board with a 70th-minute header by Sergi Enrich.
Los Leones midfielder Iker Muniain sealed the win in stoppage time to hand head coach José Luis Mendilibar's squad their second defeat in four games.
Meanwhile, newly-promoted side Alaves, last season's Segunda Division champions, was able to hold reeling contenders Las Palmas to a 1-1 draw at their home field of Mendizorrotza Stadium also last Sunday, ESPN reported.
Head coach Mauricio Pellegrino's boys scored in the fourth minute of the game with a right-footed shot by Spanish defender Alexis from a cross by teammate Theo Hernandez following a corner kick to take an early lead.
Las Palmas was able to force a draw with a 57th-minute strike by Croatian forward Marko Livaja off an assist by Portuguese defender Helder Lopes to share a point in the overall standings.
Alaves is now in the 13th spot of the league table, five points above the bottom three relegation zone.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a close 2-1 win for Eibar.
Eibar starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Riesgo; Luna, Lejeune, Arbilla, Galvez; Inui, Gonzalez; Carrillo, Leon, Rico; Enrich
Alaves starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Pacheco; Hernandez, Feddal, Vigaray, Alexis; Gomez, Camarasa; Llorente, Ortega, Torres; Deyverson
