1st place in the La Liga table for FC Barcelona right now, a strong showing. The home team fans hope for more excitement as 11th-placed Sevilla visit Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
- FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (18) in La Liga
- Sevilla have yet to win a game away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sevilla, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Barcelona and Sevilla.
FC Barcelona form and stats
Perfect La Liga season at home so far for FC Barcelona 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Barcelona shared the glory with Mallorca in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The hometeam coach Xavi made a successful contribution in the game against Mallorca, bringing on López who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. The gifted forward Raphinha outshone all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 8.62 out of 10. Raphinha scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Celta de Vigo in a game that was won 3-2.FC Barcelona are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 9, drew 1 and lost 2.
Goals are plentiful in this club's league fixtures, with 5 in a row having at least three goals (over 2.5).
FC Barcelona always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys with 10 goals in 3 league games. Barcelona have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sevilla form and stats
Still no away game victory in the La Liga for Sevilla with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Impressive finishing from En-Nesyri, Suso, Salas, Lukebakio and Lamela secured the home win 5-1 against Almeria in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Sevilla was very dominant against Almeria, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with En-Nesyri, Suso, Salas, Lukebakio and Lamela providing the goals. Midfield player Suso was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.61/10. Suso scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Osasuna.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 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 3 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sevilla manager Etxebarria as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against PSV.
Sevilla have the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Barcelona have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (5-1-0) facing Sevilla.The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 5 goals |  F. Torres García 3 goals |  R. Dias Belloli 2 goals |
FC Barcelona missing players
Sevilla missing players
| FC Barcelona | Sevilla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 5.4 | 7 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 6.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.7 | 18.7 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 16.8 |
| 7.1 | 8.7 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5.2 |
| 36% | 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 10.4 | 11.3 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 12 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3 |
- All of FC Barcelona's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (18) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+10) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have won all their matches at home so far.
- FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Barcelona have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sevilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sevilla have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Girona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Cadiz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Real Betis | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Sevilla | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Getafe | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Las Palmas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Granada | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
| 20 | Almeria | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
