Barcelona Sevilla betting prediction

After the away loss in the 1st leg, the home team comes to this match with the hard task of having to recover from a 2 goals disadvantage and haven't scored any away goals in the first match. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in away matches; against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss at their stadium. In their last match, for the Primera División, they got an away win against Girona by (0‑2). In the last 10 home matches Barcelona has won 8, tied 1 and lost 1. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, since 56 of the last 62 have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 45 out of 62 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 12 of the last 15 matches, they have reached half‑time in front in 11 of those 12 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 11 of them.

Barcelona heads to this match with a 0-2 away win over Girona: the goals were signed by Semedo and Messi. We emphasize that the Catalans lost in the first leg of this Copa del Rey round that is, it is obligatory to conquer a triumph. In this home match, coach Ernesto Valverde should benefit the maintenance of ball possession and organized attacks: Suárez is a key player in the home side. On the other hand, Lionel Messi is Barcelona's top scorer with 25 goals signed in several competitions. For this game the coach can not count on Dembélé, Umtiti and Rafinha, players recovering from injury.