The home boss Xavi ready incite FC Barcelona win versus Sevilla

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou (98787 seats)

FC Barcelona have performed well so far, sitting at 1st position in the table. Sevilla have a view both direction in the table from the 13th place.

Insights:
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (39) in La Liga
  • Sevilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Sevilla when visiting FC Barcelona as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

The hosts Barcelona saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the La Liga. That game was an away game at Real Betis, so at least FC Barcelona are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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FC Barcelona form and stats

FC Barcelona have been very solid at home in the La Liga so far, with 23 points collected from 9 matches (7-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. days ago.

A good away victory last time out for FC Barcelona, who won 2-1 against Real Betis (placed 6th). Midfield player Busquets got a match rating of 8.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Busquets hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 92 successful passes (of 98 total).

Before that match, a win away at Girona.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Barcelona home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 17 most recent league fixtures shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Goals decide football matches and FC Barcelona are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Defensively FC Barcelona have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sevilla form and stats

Sevilla have only collected 9 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

182 minutes! That's how long the Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Acuña and En-Nesyri (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Elche in their previous game. It was a convincing performance from Sevilla when Elche were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Acuña and En-Nesyri (2) scored their goals. Defender Acuña was the best team player with a rating of 9.9. Acuña scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.

A loss, in the Copa Del Rey away at Osasuna (after extra-time), before that. We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sevilla played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.

Sevilla are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Sevilla struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

FC Barcelona have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Sevilla.

The latest past result involving both these sides is the Sevilla - FC Barcelona 0-3 played previously this season. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
14 goals
FC BarcelonaP. López
P. López
5 goals
BarcelonaO. Dembélé
O. Dembélé
5 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

Sevilla missing players

FC Barcelona Sevilla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
16 7 2 Won W 0 2 5
2 2 1 Drew D 2 3 6
1 0 0 Lost L 1 4 8
39 19 6 Scored S 3 11 21
7 1 0 Conceded C 5 14 26
95% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
63% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
53% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 47%
26% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 11%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
26% 11% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 68%
74% 89% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 16%
5% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 16%
 
6.2 7.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.1 4.7
2.7 1.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.6 4.3
2.6 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 4.2 3.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
15.7 18.1 19.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.3 12.8
5.8 7.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 4.2
35% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 39% 27%
 
8.8 6.4 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 13.8 13.5
2.7 1.9 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.8 4.6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • FC Barcelona have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (7) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (14) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (8) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most points (23) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (19) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (39) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+32) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sevilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sevilla have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sevilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sevilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 19 16 2 1 39 7 9 7 2 0 19 1 10 9 0 1 20 6 32 50
2 Real Madrid 18 13 3 2 38 16 8 5 3 0 16 7 10 8 0 2 22 9 22 42
3 Real Sociedad 19 12 3 4 28 18 9 5 2 2 12 10 10 7 1 2 16 8 10 39
4 Atletico Madrid 19 10 4 5 28 16 9 4 2 3 14 9 10 6 2 2 14 7 12 34
5 Villarreal 19 9 4 6 21 14 9 6 1 2 14 7 10 3 3 4 7 7 7 31
6 Real Betis 19 9 4 6 21 16 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 8 9 5 31
7 Rayo Vallecano 19 8 5 6 25 22 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 4 3 3 12 11 3 29
8 Osasuna 19 8 4 7 18 18 10 6 0 4 12 9 9 2 4 3 6 9 0 28
9 Athletic Club 19 7 5 7 25 20 10 5 2 3 12 6 9 2 3 4 13 14 5 26
10 Mallorca 19 7 4 8 15 18 9 4 2 3 7 6 10 3 2 5 8 12 -3 25
11 Almeria 19 6 4 9 23 29 10 6 1 3 17 12 9 0 3 6 6 17 -6 22
12 Girona 19 5 6 8 26 29 10 4 3 3 16 15 9 1 3 5 10 14 -3 21
13 Sevilla 19 5 6 8 21 26 10 3 3 4 10 12 9 2 3 4 11 14 -5 21
14 Valencia 18 5 5 8 25 21 10 4 2 4 17 10 8 1 3 4 8 11 4 20
15 Espanyol 19 4 8 7 23 29 9 2 3 4 11 15 10 2 5 3 12 14 -6 20
16 Celta de Vigo 19 5 5 9 18 29 10 3 4 3 13 13 9 2 1 6 5 16 -11 20
17 Real Valladolid 19 6 2 11 14 28 10 5 1 4 9 9 9 1 1 7 5 19 -14 20
18 Cadiz 19 4 7 8 14 29 10 2 5 3 9 15 9 2 2 5 5 14 -15 19
19 Getafe 19 4 5 10 16 26 10 2 3 5 9 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -10 17
20 Elche 19 0 6 13 12 39 9 0 3 6 5 15 10 0 3 7 7 24 -27 6

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.