Sevilla vs Barcelona Match Analysis and Prediction

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Sevilla will be welcoming Barcelona on Tuesday having recorded three successive victories in La Liga, the most recent coming against Atletico Madrid.

Barcelona will travel to the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium on the back of a 3-2 victory over struggling Elche.

Sevilla bowed out of the Champions League and narrowly avoided an exit to Andratx in the Copa del Rey, and Julen Lopetegui cannot be be satisfied with his team’s recent efforts.

However, three victories in a row in the league have created distance between themselves and the chasing pack, having defeated Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid respectively.

Sevilla had been level 1-1 with Atletico Madrid before Lucas Ocampos scored two minutes from time, having now scored five goals and two assists during his last nine outings.

Having the best defensive record in the league, Lopetegui will be confident of recording another three points, but playing Barcelona after Atletico in a span of three days would proof one step far.

Manager Xavi has had a hard time to his start back at his former club, with Barcelona failing to win convincingly in any of his seven matches in all competitions.

However, when taking everything into consideration, 10 points from a possible 15 is respectable enough, which has left Barcelona within touching distance of the top four.

Xavi will expect to have work in progress throughout the campaign to get the best out of a line-up of youngsters, but three of them were able to get on the scoresheet during the 3-2 defeat over Elche.

Seventeen-year-old Barcelona midfielder Pablo Gavira – who is also known as Gavi- has been the team’s outstanding performer recently, although it would altogether be unfair to single out one playmaker when so many other prospects have made an impact during the last few weeks of the campaign.

Sevilla vs Barcelona head to head

The pair have previously had 67 encounters across all competitions, and Barcelona are leading with 41 victories while Sevilla have taken 13, and they have drawn in 13. Barcelona have scored 144 goals and conceded 70. In their last five encounters, Barcelona have won two and Sevilla one with two draws.

Sevilla 0-0 Barcelona 19/06/20

Barcelona 1-1 Sevilla 04/10/20

Sevilla 2-0 Barcelona 10/02/21

Sevilla 0-2 Barcelona 27/02/21

Barcelona (E)3-0 Sevilla 03/03/21

Sevilla latest home form

Sevilla have been on a good run of form at home, as they have lost just one of their last ten matches across all competitions. That defeat came to Lille in the Champions League where they lost 2-1. In their last five, they have won, three, drawn one and lost one.

Sevilla 1-2 Lille 02/11/21

Sevilla 2-2 Alaves 20/11/21

Sevilla 2-0 Wolfsburg 23/11/21

Sevilla 1-0 Villarreal 04/12/21

Sevilla 2-1 Atletico Madrid 18/12/21

Sevilla latest away form

Sevilla have lost just one of their last six matches in the domestic league, giving in to Real Madrid 2-1. They have also lost 1-0 recently to Salzburg in the Champions League. They have lost two in their last five away games and won three, with their last win coming through penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Real Madrid 2-1 Sevilla 28/11/21

Cordoba 0-1(E) Sevilla 01/12/21

Salzburg 1-0 Sevilla 08/12/21

Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Sevilla 11/12/21

Andratx 1-1(P) Sevilla 15/12/21

Barcelona latest home form

Despite recently losing two matches in the league and in a club friendly, Barcelona have been in a relatively good form, having lost just three of their last ten in all competitions, and they won their last game at home. They have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five.

Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol 20/11/21

Barcelona 0-0 Benfica 23/11/21

Barcelona 0-1 Real Betis 04/12/21

Barcelona 1-1(P) Boca Juniors 14/12/21

Barcelona 3-2 Elche 18/12/21

Barcelona latest away form

Barcelona have recently been on a relatively good form on the road, losing just two of their last six away game in all competitions, and they have not lost in their last three league outings. In their last five games, they have won two, drawn two and lost one.

Dinamo Kiev 0-1 Barcelona 02/11/21

Celta Vigo 3-3 Barcelona 06/11/21

Villarreal 1-3 Barcelona 27/11/21

Bayern Munich 3-0 Barcelona 08/12/21

Osasuna 2-2 Barcelona 12/12/21

Sevilla news

Midfielder Fernando has served his one-match suspension for five yellow cards, and Sevilla are likely to call him back to the squad.

However, Gonzalo Montiel is likely to miss out due to injury, which leaves Manager Lopetegui with an issue at the right-back, as Jesus Navas is also on the sidelines.

Barcelona news

Gerard Pique will be back from a one-match ban, as Frenkie de Jong is expected to be examined after being withdrawn through fatigue at the weekend, with Philippe Coutinho being an alternative to Ousmane Dembele.

Nico Gonzalez is also likely to be brought in the middle of the attack after his impressive goal off the bench against Elche.

Prediction and Odds

Both teams have recently shown some good performance, which will make them head into the game with the confidence of a victory.

However, we have seen Sevilla giving Barcelona a had time in their previous meeting. We could expect a tight contest which may end in a draw or home win.

Odds: 1 2.35 X 3.01 2 2.40