FC Barcelona 4-2 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2018
Result
FC Barcelona 4-2 Sevilla
La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 4-2 Sevilla: match report
FC Barcelona beat Sevilla 4-2 in La Liga on Saturday 20 October 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Philippe Coutinho (2'), Lionel Messi (12'), Luis Suárez (63', penalty) and Ivan Rakitic (88'). Sevilla scored through an own goal by Clément Lenglet (79') and Luis Muriel (90+1').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Sevilla received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 4th on 15 points from 8 and Sevilla 2nd on 16 points from 8. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Sevilla 5th with 59.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sevilla in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (8.7), ahead of Lionel Messi (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sevilla.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Philippe Coutinho
- 12'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 62'Yellow card · Tomas Vaclik
- 63'Penalty goal · Luis Suárez
- 79'Own goal · Clément Lenglet
- 88'Goal · Ivan Rakitic
- 90+1'Goal · Luis Muriel
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho
Sevilla line-up (3-5-2)
Tomas Vaclik, Daniel Carriço, Simon Kjær, Sergi Gómez Solà, Jesús Navas, Pablo Sarabia, Éver Banega, Franco Vázquez, Guilherme Arana, André Silva, Wissam Ben Yedder