Sevilla have won only one of their last 28 LaLiga games against Barcelona (D7 L20), 2-1 in October 2015 with Unai Emery and Luis Enrique Martínez in charge of the respective sides.
Sevilla have failed to win in their last five home LaLiga games against Barcelona (D2 L3), failing to score in the last two. The last time the Andalusian side failed to score in three home LaLiga games in a row against them came back in January 2005 under Joaquín Caparrós.
Barcelona have won the most LaLiga games against Sevilla at Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán in the 21st Century,winning 11 of their 20 away games against them in the competition during this period (D6 L3).
This will be the first LaLiga meeting between Sevilla and Barcelona played on a Tuesday. The Andalusian side are unbeaten at home on this day in the competition (W6 D2) while Barcelona have never lost on this day away from home in the top-flight (W9 D4).
Sevilla are unbeaten in their last 10 home LaLiga games, winning nine of them (D1) and scoring at least one goal in each – only Rayo Vallecano (25) have collected more points at home than Sevilla in the competition in this term (22).
Barcelona have won only one of their last seven away LaLiga games (D4 L2), 3-1 vs Villarreal on MD15, but they are unbeaten away from home in the competition under Xavi Hernández (W1 D1).
Lucas Ocampos has scored one goal in each of his last four LaLiga appearances at Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán (four goals in total) – he could become the third Sevilla player to score in five consecutive home appearances in the competition in the 21st century after Frederic Kanouté in 2007 (7) and Álvaro Negredo, who did so twice, in 2011 and 2012 (5)
A total of 15 different players have scored for Barcelona in LaLiga this season, the most different goalscorers in the competition this term (two more than Real Madrid & Sevilla) – However, only six of those players have netted more than one goal (Memphis Depay 8 & Ansu Fati 3, Martin Braithwaite 2, Philippe Coutinho 2, Nico González 2 & Sergi Roberto 2).
Sevilla’s Julen Lopetegui has lost four of his seven games as a manager against Barcelona in all competitions (W1 D2). Against no side has he suffered more defeats in his managerial career (also four against Real Madrid – G5 W0 D1 L4).
Barcelona’s Xavi Hernández will manage his first LaLiga game against Sevilla – as a player, only against Espanyol (21) did he win more games in the competition than against the Andalusian side (18, alongside Athletic Club).
