Barcelona vs Sevilla Betting Tips and Predictions

Sevilla are going well and had lost only once in 24 matches in all competitions prior to a 1-0 defeat at Molde in the Europa League on Thursday. The result didn’t really matter in truth with Sevilla easy winners in the 1st Leg. In the league they are in 5th place but 8 points behind Villarreal in 4th and 22 points shy of Barcelona. The main reason for that is their form on the road and they are still to pick up an away win in La Liga this season.

The Camp Nou is clearly a highly unlikely destination for that to end. Barca are unbeaten in 33 matches in all competitions since losing away to Sevilla earlier in the season. They have won 20 of their last 21 home games and have scored 85 goals at the Camp Nou already this season. They were 2-0 winners at Arsenal on Tuesday and came into the weekend with an 8 point advantage on top of La Liga.

Reason for Betting Tips

Sevilla are a good side and can compete with almost anyone in European football. However Barcelona are in a league of their own and if anything playing the better teams seems only to make them hungrier. 14 of their last 15 home wins have been by 2 goals or more and 11 by at least 3 goals. Therefore backing Barcelona -2.0 Asian Handicap at 1.825 appeals here.

Recent Form

All competitions, most recent first:

Barcelona: WWWWDW

Sevilla: LDWWDD

Head-to-Head

It is 14 years since Sevilla won at the Camp Nou in the league. They lost but scored on all of their last 3 visits and were beaten 5-1 here last season. Both teams have scored in all of the last 8 meetings between the clubs.

Statistics

Sevilla have scored just 0.67 goals per game away from home this season. Barca average 3.54 goals per game at home in La Liga.

Team News

Barcelona: Rafinha is likely to be their only absentee and he’s by no means a regular.

Sevilla: Playmaker Ever Banega is suspended while Krychowiak and Pareja miss out again through injury.

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