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Barcelona sealed a spot within the semifinal of the Copa del Rey earlier this week with a convincing win over Valencia at Mestalla.
Days later, they return to motion in La Liga towards Sevilla and go to one more of Spain’s daunting away clashes at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
When Barcelona met Sevilla earlier this season, they put 5 objectives previous them at Monjtuic with Robert Lewandowski and Pablo Torre scoring braces after Pedri opened the scoring. The story in Sevilla, nonetheless, might not be as simple.
Sevilla should not having a superb season in La Liga by their requirements and at present languish in thirteenth place with simply seven wins in 22 video games.
They’ve at present received simply two of their final eight video games and most just lately had been held to a goalless draw by Getafe.
Barça Common brings you three speaking factors forward of Sevilla vs Barcelona.
The prospect to tug nearer
Actual Madrid and Atletico Madrid performed a draw. (Picture by Angel Martinez/Getty Pictures)
Matchday 23 of La Liga was at all times going to be vital for the league standings with Atletico Madrid and Actual Madrid locking horns towards one another on the Santiago Bernabeu.
Given the leaderboard forward of kickoff in Madrid, it was clear that Barcelona stood to achieve regardless of the outcome as they might be assured that at the very least one of many two groups would drop factors.
Because it turned out, nonetheless, each Actual Madrid and Atletico Madrid dropped factors on the night time and Barcelona couldn’t have hoped for a greater state of affairs. Their recreation towards Sevilla tonight is thus their ticket again into rivalry.
A win at Ramon Sanchez Pijzuan tonight will take Barcelona to 48 factors after 23 video games and inside touching distance of the leaders. Ought to they take three factors, they are going to be only one level behind Los Rojiblancos and two behind Actual Madrid.
Having thrown away their valuable lead on the prime after a wild run of poor outcomes, Barcelona have a golden likelihood to get their foot again into the race and it’s essential they capitalize on the draw within the Madrid derby.
Mainstays return
Gavi is offered to face Valencia. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Pictures)
Barcelona’s journey to Valencia went smoother than anticipated given the participant Hansi Flick was with out and the rotations he deliberate for the Copa del Rey conflict. The attacking midfield, particularly, was seen as a riddle for him to resolve.
The German tactician didn’t have both Dani Olmo or Gavi out there towards Valencia and opted to make use of Fermin Lopez – a choice that reaped its rewards.
Later tonight, nonetheless, he may have each Olmo and Gavi again match and it stays to be seen who he prefers because the mediapunta in his system.
Having recovered from a niggle, it’s doubtless that Olmo will begin on the bench and Gavi might be handed the beginning for he was not dominated out by way of any bodily damage however a concussion. Each choices, evidently, convey their perks.
In different developments, Inigo Martinez is again to his 100% and might begin alongside Pau Cubarsi towards Sevilla, particularly after he dished out one other robust show towards Valencia after the half-time break.
With one of the best defensive pairing again in motion, it stays to be seen if Barcelona return to being the offside lure consultants as they had been within the first half of the season.
Attacking choices
Ferran Torres is in prime kind. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Pictures)
Ferran Torres’ hat-trick towards Valencia got here as a reminder to Flick and the followers as to how helpful the Spaniard will be in Barcelona’s plans, particularly along with his ending wanting sharper than ever.
The Euro 2024 winner, in spite of everything, gives a severe menace within the last third along with his actions and his mixture play with Raphinha single-handedly tore his former membership aside at Mestalla midweek.
Torres is now critically knocking on the doorways for a beginning spot for he has stepped up each time he has performed instead of Robert Lewandowski. Flick, on that entrance, has a vital choice to take.
After resting the Polish talisman within the final recreation, it’s pure for the coach to show to the Pichichi chief towards Sevilla. Nonetheless, there’s now strain on Lewandowski to return to his deadly greatest in entrance of aim – one thing he has lacked in latest months.
Torres could not reap rapid rewards for his hat trick within the type of a begin tomorrow, however all eyes might be on Lewy to see how he can reply to being positioned underneath the highlight.
