Week 20 brings us a match on Feb 5th, where Barcelona and Sevilla will play a match in Barcelona in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. 1st placed Barcelona is fresh off their 2-1 win against Real Betis. Raphinha struck first for Barcelona in the 65th minute on a feed from Balde Martinez, then Robert Lewandowski added another in the 80th minute. Barcelona looks to continue their winning ways, having 9 wins in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Sevilla is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Elche. Youssef En-Nesyri struck first for Sevilla in the 29th minute, then Marcos Acuña added another in the 43rd minute In the end, Elche couldn’t muster any offence and Sevilla ran away with the shutout win. Sevilla is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Sevilla and Barcelona last played eachother at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Sat Sep 3rd. Barcelona won by a score of 3 to 0 in front of just over 40000 dissapointed fans. Raphinha struck first for Barcelona in the 21st minute, then Robert Lewandowski added another in the 36th minute on a feed from Jules Koundé At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sevilla couldn’t manage to score, and Barcelona took the shutout win.
Youssef En-Nesyri has been the most effective weapon for Sevilla lately. The attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Barcelona’s top weapon lately has been Robert Lewandowski, who has 3 goals in the last five matches
Xavier Hernández Creus’s squad will be without Ousmane Dembélé and Robert Lewandowski, while Sevilla will be without Jesús Corona and Marcão Teixeira.