FC Barcelona and Sevilla will face off on Friday the 29th of September at 9:00 pm in the 8th week of the La Liga. The match will be staged in Barcelona at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. The encounter will be officiated by Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias.
FC Barcelona is in the 3rd place in the league with 17 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Mallorca in its last match in the La Liga. Until now, it has won 5 times and drawn twice.
Sevilla occupies the 12th place in the table with 7 points. It comes from a 5-1 win against Almería in its last match in the La Liga. To date, it has won twice, drawn once, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Barcelona
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times).
Xavier Hernández Creus is expected to play against Sevilla with the following players: Marc-André ter Stegen, Alejandro Balde, Ronald Araújo, Jules Koundé, Sergi Roberto, Oriol Romeu, Ilkay Gündogan, Gavi, João Félix, Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of FC Barcelona would be 26.36.
Frenkie de Jong and Pedri will definitely miss the match.
Sevilla
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times).
José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria is expected to play against FC Barcelona with the following players: Ørjan Nyland, Adrià Pedrosa, Loïc Badé, Sergio Ramos, Juanlu Sánchez, Djibril Sow, Joan Jordán, Dodi Lukebakio, Ivan Rakitić, Lucas Ocampos and Rafa Mir.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Sevilla would be 28.09.
José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria will probably not be able to employ Marcos Acuña and Mariano Díaz because of injury.
Marcão, Tanguy Nianzou, Óliver Torres and Youssef En-Nesyri will definitely miss the match.