SEVILLA. Sevilla and FC Barcelona draw 1-1. P. Gomez scored the first goal (32′) for Sevilla. R. Araujo made it even (45′). FC Barcelona was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Sevilla on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was with the support of Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez and Gonzalo García González. The 4th official was Mateo Busquets Ferrer. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Barcelona was in firm control of the ball 58% while Sevilla was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Barcelona had a more offensive attitude with 80 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough FC Barcelona to win the match​.

Sevilla shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, FC Barcelona shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target.

Cards

Sevilla received 2 yellow cards (T. Delaney and Juanlu). Regarding the opposition, FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards (S. Busquets, A. Ezzalzouli and Gavi).

(Sevilla) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (64′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Sevilla will have 38 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, FC Barcelona will have 28 points like Valencia to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Sevilla will play away against Cádiz on the 3rd of January with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Sevilla (3 draws).

FC Barcelona will play away agasint Mallorca on the 2nd of January with a 16-2 head to head stats in favor of FC Barcelona (2 draws).

Sevilla – Formation

Sevilla adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Julen Lopetegui Argote decided to play with the following team: Bono (7.2), Jules Koundé (5.6), Fernando (7.3), Diego Carlos (7.1), Karim Rekik (6.4), Joan Jordán (6.3), Thomas Delaney (7.1), Ivan Rakitić (7.4), Lucas Ocampos (6.1), Rafa Mir (6.1) and Alejandro Gómez (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Marko Dmitrović, Youssef En-Nesyri (6.6), Nemanja Gudelj (6.2), Antonio Zarzana, Munir El Haddadi, Ludwig Augustinsson (6.4), Valentino Fattore Scotta, Nacho Quintana, Iván Romero, Luismi Cruz, Juanlu Sánchez (6.4) and Javier Díaz.

Substitutions

Sevilla made 5 changes: R. Mir for Y. En Nesyri (70′), I. Rakitic for N. Gudelj (70′), Papu Gomez for Juanlu (86′), T. Delaney for L. Augustinsson (86′) and L. Ocampos for V. Fattore (90′).

Best player: Ivan Rakitić​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sevilla was Ivan Rakitić.

His rating is (7.4) with 29 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

FC Barcelona – Formation

Also FC Barcelona adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Xavier Hernández Creus played with: Marc-André ter Stegen (6.6), Ronald Araújo (7.7), Gerard Piqué (7.3), Eric García (6.8), Jordi Alba (7.4), Frenkie de Jong (7.0), Sergio Busquets (7.3), Gavi (7.3), Ousmane Dembélé (8.2), Ferran Jutglà (6.7) and Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (7.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Luuk de Jong (6.8), Álvaro Sanz Catalán, Clément Lenglet (6.8), Philippe Coutinho, Iñaki Peña, Neto, Óscar Mingueza, Iliàs Akhomach Chakkour, Samuel Umtiti, Nicolás González (6.8), Riqui Puig and Alejandro Balde.

FC Barcelona could not rely on the presence of C. Lenglet (injured).

Substitutions

FC Barcelona made 3 changes: E. Garcia for C. Lenglet (72′), F. Jutgla for Nico (73′) and F. de Jong for L. de Jong (85′).

Best player: Ousmane Dembélé​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Barcelona was Ousmane Dembélé.

His rating is (8.2) with 30 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 18 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Sevilla – FC Barcelona – 1-1
• Villarreal – Deportivo Alavés – 5-2