Sevilla and FC Barcelona meet in a match of the 25th round of La Liga. The match will be played on 15:15 on Saturday by Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
The two bands are at the 4th duel this season. In the championship, Barcelona landed 4-2, while in the Spanish Cup, Sevilla won the home game, score 2-0, but yielded in a definite manner in the return of the Camp New, match ended with score 6-1 in favor of the hosts.
The Andalusians are coming to this duel after they managed to qualify for the Europa League finals of the 8th finals, with the score of 3-0 in general in front of Lazio. After the success in Italy, the Iberians imposed 2-0 on Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, the game in which Franco Vazquez (Sevilla) and Adam Marusic (Lazio) were eliminated.
In the championship, the band prepared by Pablo Machin is victorious in the last 3 stages, during which he scored two failures, 0-1 in Celta Vigo and 0-3 at Villareal, but also a home draw in the confrontation with Eibar, score 2-2.
Nolito and Sergio Escudero (injured) will not be present on the field for hosts in the Barcelona duel, while Daniel Carrico, Jesus Navas, Maxime Gonalons and Joris Gnagnon are uncertain.
Ernesto Valverde’s team has a truly infernal program in the coming days. After the match with Sevilla, the “Catalans” will travel to Madrid on Wednesday for the Real duel, from the return of the Spanish Cup semifinals, and next weekend will meet again the big rival Santiago Bernabeu, this time in the championship.
At this confrontation, Barcelona is presented after the “white” draw in Lyon, where they dominated their opponents in all chapters, having a 59% possession and 24 goal chances, compared to the hosts’ 5. In the previous round of the championship, they managed to break a series of two matches in a row without a victory, with their home-made success in front of Valladolid, a score of 1-0.
Probable teams:
Sevilla: Vaclik – Carrico, Kjaer, Gomez – Navas, Banega, Vazquez, Promes – Sarabi – Yedder, Silva;
Barcelona: Stegen – Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba – Vidal, Busquets, Rakitic – Messi, Suarez, Coutinho;
On their own ground, the Andalusians had excellent performances this season, especially in La Liga, where they have a 7 wins, three draws and a single defeat. We are on a duel in which the hosts will score at least one goal and a maximum of two, but also on a game where there will be no more than 3 table changes, considering the load schedule of the guests, but also the lack of efficiency on offensive phase.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,43
