FC Barcelona head to Sevilla looking to continue their scoring spree! They have scored 20 goals in their last five games, and 31 in their last 8, across all competitions. In three of the last five matches and five of the last eight, we saw Hansi Flick’s men hang 5+ on their opponent.
Barcelona at Sevilla FYIs
Kickoff: Sun. Feb. 9, 8pm, Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville, Spain
LL Position, Form: FC Barcelona 3rd, 45 pts LLDDW Sevilla FC , 13th, 28 pts, LDWDD
Google Result Probability: FC Barcelona 63% Draw 20% Sevilla FC 17%
Poor Valencia, they bore the brunt of it, with the Catalan club scoring 12 on them in their two recent meetings (7 in a Jan. 26 La Liga fixture, 5 on Thursday in the Copa Del Rey semifinal).
Barca Team News at Sevilla
The Blaugranes are expected to welcome Gavi back into the fold, and most likely the starting lineup, after he missed out versus Valencia. Thankfully, his head injury turned out to be much less serious than it looked, and he has now fully recovered.
However, Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal and Marc-Andre ter Stegen all remain sidelined here as long-term injury absentees.
Otherwise the injury/fitness situation remains unchanged.
Barca Starting XI Prediction at Sevilla
Wojciech Szczesny; Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde; Marc Casado, Pedri; Gavi, Raphinha, Lamine Yamal; Robert Lewandowski
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