FC Barcelona have come here for an intriguing battle against the hosting Sevilla. Prepare for the fixture with this in-depth La Liga preview!
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+7) in La Liga
These teams have little in common geographically as FC Barcelona have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sevilla form and stats
The first La Liga game here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán resulted in a draw. Last season Sevilla's home game statistics were 12 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat from 19 games.
The regulars are hoping that Sevilla will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Almeria (placed 9th). Telles was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Telles served one assist, hit four key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that, Sevilla drew at home versus Real Valladolid.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Manchester City are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Sevilla's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
FC Barcelona form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+7) in La Liga, are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.
FC Barcelona go into this game after a win, the home game against Real Valladolid that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Barcelona was the only team on the pitch versus Real Valladolid in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. The 4-0 victory against Real Valladolid could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times. Attacker Raphinha got a player rating of 8.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Raphinha served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Rayo Vallecano.A quick return to home after this game, as FC Barcelona are hosting Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League only four days away.
4 goals so far away for FC Barcelona, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
FC Barcelona have won or drawn the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Sevilla.The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 4 goals |   K. Rekik 1 goals |  Ó. Torres Muñoz 1 goals |
Sevilla missing players
FC Barcelona missing players
| Sevilla | FC Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 12 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 9.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 4.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 21 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 20.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 38% |
| 10.3 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 7.7 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 3.3 |
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+7) in La Liga
| Sevilla | Last season | FC Barcelona | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 53 | 36 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 63% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 29% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 18% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 11% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 50% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 45% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 11.4 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Real Betis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | FC Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Mallorca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Almeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Atletico Madrid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Girona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Valencia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Sevilla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Elche | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Getafe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | Real Valladolid | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 20 | Cadiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 80 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 49 | 86 |
| 2 | FC Barcelona | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 30 | 73 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 71 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 70 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 22 | 65 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 62 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 59 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 55 |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 48 | 53 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 29 | -5 | 48 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 51 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -14 | 47 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 46 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 28 | -11 | 42 |
| 13 | Elche | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 31 | -12 | 42 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 53 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 34 | -13 | 42 |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -8 | 39 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 51 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -16 | 39 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 63 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 38 | -27 | 39 |
| 18 | Granada | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 61 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 32 | -17 | 38 |
| 19 | Levante | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 51 | 76 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 46 | -25 | 35 |
| 20 | Deportivo Alaves | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 44 | -34 | 31 |
