Celta Vigo vs Sevilla preview - Sevilla eye top-four finish

Sevilla will step up their bid for fourth spot in La Liga when they visit Celta Vigo on Sunday - even though they may secure Champions League football via the Europa League anyway.

The Andalucian side have been in sparkling form - they had been 10 games unbeaten until last week's 3-2 defeat by Real Madrid - and swept aside Fiorentina 3-0 in the Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday as they seek to defend the trophy.

The Europa League winners will qualify for the Champions League next season for the first time, but the fourth position occupied by Valencia is also within their sights - the gap is three points with three games left.

Sevilla's president Jose Castro told the club's website: "Nobody can divert us from our goals - our objectives are getting another Europa League title and getting a place in the Champions League."

Sevilla's cause this weekend could be helped by a selection crisis facing Celta Vigo boss Eduardo Berizzo, who will be without up to eight players through either injury or suspension.

They include Argentinian defender Gustavo Cabral, who is suspended after being sent off in the 2-2 draw with Almeria, plus their Spanish forward Nolito who picked up an injury in that game after scoring.

Despite those problems, though, Celta forward Pablo Hernandez is still targeting a European spot for his side at the end of the season

Celta are currently ninth in the table, two points behind seventh-placed Athletic Bilbao and one adrift of Malaga, who are without a win in eight matches.

Hernandez told a press conference: "Seventh place is still possible. We have to fight to achieve that goal, and we have the team to achieve it. The question is convincing ourselves that we can do it."

He added of this weekend's match: "To beat Sevilla we have to be ourselves, be aggressive and intense."