FC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 28 February 2016
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla
La Liga · Sunday 28 February 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
FC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla: match report
FC Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 28 February 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Vitolo opened the scoring in the 20th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (31') and Eric Guérit (48'). Sevilla scored through Vitolo (20').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Sevilla received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 60 points from 25 and Sevilla 5th on 42 points from 25. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Sevilla 6th with 54.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sevilla in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.0), ahead of Sergio Busquets (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sevilla.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Sevilla's D-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Vitolo
- 30'Yellow card · A. Rami
- 31'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 48'Goal · Eric Guérit
- 71'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 74'Yellow card · Sergi Roberto
- 77'Yellow card · Timothée Kolodziejczak
- 90'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Aleix Vidal, Gerard Piqué, Jérémy Mathieu, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Sergio Busquets, Arda Turan, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar
Sevilla expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Rico, Adil Rami, Benoît Trémoulinas, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Mariano, Steven Nzonzi, Sebastián Cristóforo, Éver Banega, Kévin Gameiro