Barcelona vs Sevilla 29.08.2023 Prediction: La Liga

Match Overview

The Spanish La Liga will witness an exciting game of football between two giants Barcelona and Sevilla on 29 September, Friday. Both these teams share a bitter history with each other and it will be quite challenging to separate them in this game. Although Barcelona are a tad better placed than Sevilla, no one can say what will happen on the day..

Key Highlights 

It has to be noted by the pundits that the home team are ranked 2nd in goals scored per match (2.6 goals). Barcelona also haven't lost to Sevilla in their last 6 meetings with them (5 wins and 1 draw), and this will give them a lot of confidence in this game. Rafa Mir has the most shots on target per match for Sevilla (2.7). This evens things out somehow.

Injury Report

Pedri and Frenkie de Jong continue to be ruled out for Barcelona. For Sevilla, Oliver Torres, Mariano Diaz and Marcao are among some of the players who will not be available for selection in this game.

Prediction

Neither of the two teams appear to be the downright favourites to win this game although Barcelona do have a slight advantage. We expect BTTS (both teams to score) in this game. At the time of writing, Barcelona are perched at the top of the league table with 17 points to their name whereas Sevilla are eleventh with just seven points inside their kitty.