Barça receives Sevilla with the aim of continuing firmly at the head of the League
The Spotify Camp Nou match closes the day on Sunday; Barça will jump onto the pitch knowing the result of their pursuer, Real Madrid
Barça is the solid leader of LaLiga. The blaugranas started matchday 20, the first of the second round, with a five-point lead over their rivals, Real Madrid.
The azulgranas will receive Sevilla knowing the result of the whites, that open the Sunday day in Mallorca (2:00 p.m.).
Day and time
Barça-Sevilla is disputed This Sunday, February 5 at 9:00 p.m. The match between Xavi Hernández’s men and Jorge Sampaoli’s will be the one that closes on Sunday.
Television
The match can be followed in Spain on DAZN, both through its platform and on Channel 53 of Movistar (DAZN LaLiga). And at www.sport.es, the best information in the preview, during the match and after the match.
Stadium
The match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla will be played at the Spotify Camp Nou, a venue that has seen its capacity of 99,354 spectators reduced due to the construction works on the Nou Camp Nou, which began with the collapse of the upper part of the Gol South.
Possible alignments of the FC Barcelona – Seville
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Alba; Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Gavi; Raphinha, Lewandowski.
Ousmane Dembélé, due to injury, is the only casualty.Seville: Bond; Montiel, Badé, Rekic, Acuña; Fernando, Jordan, Rakitic, Oliver Torres; En-Nesyri, Ocampos.
Sampaoli has the absences of the injured Alex Telles, ‘Tecatito’ Corona, Jesús Navas, Marcao and ‘Papu’ Gómez.
The Murcian referee Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez He will be in charge of directing the clash. He will be assisted from the VAR room by Jose Luis Gonzalez Gonzalezof the Castilla-León committee.
The trajectory of the Barça
The Catalans come from beating Betis (1-2) during the week in a game that was pending. The team coached by Xavi Hernández has four consecutive victories. He has closed the first round with a spectacular record of 50 points and has only left 7 along the waythe KO in the Bernabéu classic (3-1), and the draws at home against Rayo Vallecano (0-0) and Espanyol (1-1).
Seville’s trajectory
Jorge Sampaoli’s Sevilla thrashed Elche 3-0 last Saturday. It was his second consecutive victory, which allows him to breathe in the standings and escape the danger zone. The Andalusians are fourteenth with 21 points, two above the relegation zone.
The precedents
In all the competitions, Barça and Sevilla have faced each other on 196 occasions, with a balance of 112 blaugrana wins, 39 draws and 45 wins for Sevilla.
If we focus only on the league matches played at the Camp Nou, the balance in 78 games is 60 wins for Barça, 12 draws and 6 wins for the Seville team.
Last season, the team that Xavi Hernández was already coaching defeated the team led by Julen Lopetegi 1-0 with a goal from Pedri.