Barcelona vs Sevilla
Spanish La Liga
Date: Saturday, 20 October 2018
Kick-Off at 19:45 UK / 20:45 CET
Venue: Camp Nou (Barcelona).
This is a best of the table conflict in La Liga. Heading into match-day 9, Sevilla top the standings by a point from second put Barcelona and the guests could put forth a colossal expression of purpose were they to leave Camp Nou with a point or more on Saturday evening. Anyway Barcelona will be frantic for a reaction following on from their most noticeably awful class keep running in more than two years.
This is really the first run through Sevilla have topped La Liga since March 2007. They proceeded to complete third that year, just 5 points behind inevitable bosses Real Madrid and keeping in mind that it's maybe still somewhat right on time to propose, they could be honest to goodness title challengers this season, a positive showcase and result here may very well change a couple of psyches on that. There is as yet a broadly held conviction that while Sevilla are constantly solid at home, they are as yet missing a couple of key fixings at whatever point they travel to one of the enormous clubs and with 13 routs and no triumphs on their last 15 visits to Camp Nou, there is surely something in that.
This in principle ought to be as great a period as any to head the Catalan capital. Barcelona have gone 4 group recreations without a win without precedent for more than two years however the Madrid clubs haven't generally made them pay for their slip-ups and Ernesto Valverde's men remain the group to beat. In reasonableness, their last two outcomes and exhibitions before the universal break weren't terrible, with an amazing win at Tottenham in the Champions League before a draw at the Mestalla.
This amusement surely can possibly deliver objectives. It highlights La Liga's two most elevated scorers this term, with the two sides averaging in excess of two objectives for each amusement. Pablo Machin's Sevilla have been ablaze generally, with Andre Silva and Wissam Ben Yedder in extraordinary frame up best. The Andalusians have gotten 20 times in their last 6 coordinates in all rivalries, with those amusements creating more than 2.5 objectives altogether.
They have however yielded 40 times on their last 15 outings to Camp Nou and have the unenviable errand of attempting to adapt to Leo Messi, who ought to be absolutely crisp after a fortnight's rest over the universal break. He was simply beginning to hit his shocking best before the break and is probably going to be the distinction between the sides again here.
Machin won't modest far from his assaulting style of play on account of the setting and the restriction however. He demonstrated that last year with little Girona, as they took the amusement to Real Madrid at the Bernabeu and Barca at Camp Nou. Girona yielded 6 in every one of those recreations however managed 3 objectives in Madrid and 1 in Barcelona and the scoreline ought to at any rate be nearer here with a predominant group available to him this term.
A high-scoring diversion looks almost certain again however and backing Over 3.5 Goals surely bids, while going for Barcelona and Both Teams to Score likewise looks great, unquestionably when you think about Sevilla's woeful ongoing record against the Catalan monsters.
THE TEAM NEWS
BARCELONA
Anticipated line-up (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Lenglet, Pique, Jordi Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Vidal; Messi, Luis Suarez, Coutinho
Inaccessible: Umtiti (Injured), Vermaelen (Injured)
Dubious:
SEVILLA
Anticipated line-up (3-5-2): Vaclik; Carrico, Kjaer, Sergi Gomez; Jesus Navas, Sarabia, Banega, Vazquez, Escudero; Ben Yedder, Andre Silva
Inaccessible: Gonalons (Injured), Amadou (Injured)
Dubious:
Straight on
Barcelona and Sevilla have just met this season, with the previous account a 2-1 win in the Spanish Super Sup back in August.
Their last La Liga coordinate brought a 2-2 draw at the Estadio Ramon in March, however Barcelona ran out 2-1 victors at Camp Nou in the comparing La Liga coordinate amid the 2017-18 battle.
Sevilla have not really maintained a strategic distance from thrashing at Camp Nou in the class since October 2011, losing on every one of their last six visits to Barcelona.
Barcelona versus Sevilla: Bet Tips
BTTS @ 1.50 (1/2)
More than 3.5 objectives FT @ 1.72 (8/11).
