Barcelona registered their 17th Laliga Victory of the season by thrashing Sevilla with a 3-0 scoreline at Camp Nou. With this victory, They go 8 points clear at the top with 53 points in 20 games. Real Madrid lost their match against Mallorca so the opportunity came for Barcelona to extend the lead and they delivered quite in style. Let's go through the Match Report of Barcelona vs Sevilla.
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Barcelona vs Sevilla: Match Report
Barcelona Started the game with plenty of possession and dangerous attacks but due to poor finishing in the final third, Barcelona was unable to score a single goal in the First Half. The Blaugrana found the space inside the box in the 58th minute and Franck Kessie set up Jordi Alba who scored at the bottom corner to give his team a 1-0 lead. Sevilla was nowhere at the game. They played as a low block for the whole 90 minutes and Barcelona continued to bombard into the final third.
Gavi scored the 2nd goal in the 71st Minute with the help of a beautiful pass from the Brazillian, Raphinha. This goal almost seized the victory for Barcelona but Raphinha scored the goal and made it 3-0 for the home side with a simple tap-in.
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Barcelona vs Sevilla
Barcelona Starting XI:
Ter Stegen(GK), Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Alba, Pedri, Busquets, De Jong, Raphinha, Lewandowski, Gavi (4-3-3)
Substitutes: Peña (GK), Tenas (GK), Eric, Alonso, Balde, Roberto, Kessie, Ferran, Fati, Alarcón
Sevilla Starting XI:
Starting XI: Bono(GK), Badé, Gudelj, Rekik, Montiel, Jordán, Rakitic, Acuña, Gueye, Torres; En-Nesyri (3-4-2-1)
Substitutes: Dmitrovic (GK), Alberto (GK), Nianzou, Fernando, Álvarez, Lamela, Suso, Gil
Laliga Points Table:
| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 45 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Real Mallorca | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Girona | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | Celta Vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 32 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Real Valladolid | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | Almeria | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 21 |
| 16 | Sevilla | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 21 |
| 17 | Valencia | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 20 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 33 | -18 | 19 |
| 19 | Getafe | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Elche | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 40 | -25 | 9 |