Sevilla 2-4 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 February 2019
Result
Sevilla 2-4 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 23 February 2019, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-1
Sevilla 2-4 FC Barcelona: match report
Sevilla lost to FC Barcelona 2-4 in La Liga on Saturday 23 February 2019. The half-time score was 2-1.
Jesús Navas opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Sevilla's goals came from Jesús Navas (22') and Gabriel Mercado (42'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (26'), Lionel Messi (67'), Lionel Messi (85') and Luis Suárez (90+3').
Discipline: Sevilla received 6 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sevilla were 5th on 37 points from 24 and FC Barcelona 1st on 54 points from 24. Sevilla went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Sevilla lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Luis Suárez (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sevilla win, 2 draws and 7 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Jesús Navas
- 26'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 38'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 42'Goal · Gabriel Mercado
- 49'Yellow card · Marko Rog
- 57'Yellow card · Maximilian Wöber
- 67'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 70'Yellow card · Franco Vázquez
- 80'Yellow card · Simon Kjaer
- 83'Yellow card · Pablo Sarabia
- 85'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 90'Yellow card · Roque Mesa
- 90+3'Goal · Luis Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
Sevilla line-up (4-4-1-1)
Tomas Vaclik, Gabriel Mercado, Simon Kjær, Sergi Gómez Solà, Maximilian Wöber, Jesús Navas, Éver Banega, Marko Rog, Quincy Promes, Pablo Sarabia, Wissam Ben Yedder
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Arturo Vidal, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitić, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho