FC Barcelona Versus Sevilla Preview: Team News And Starting Line Up

SportsMoney FC Barcelona Versus Sevilla Preview: Team News And Starting Line Up Tom Sanderson Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. Got it! Sep 3, 2022, 05:42am EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin FC Barcelona face Sevilla in their second away match of the season on Saturday.

Anadolu Agency via Getty Images FC Barcelona will look to notch their third consecutive win of the season and second on the road in 2022/2023 when they travel away to Sevilla on Saturday night. The Blaugrana started their campaign with a dull 0-0 draw at home to Rayo Vallecano, but have since notched eight goals in their last two outings to enjoy 4-1 and 4-0 victories over Real Sociedad and Real Valladolid respectively. By the media in Catalonia, the match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium has been described as the first “prueba de fuego” (“litmus test”) of the term for Xavi Hernandez and his new-look squad despite the Andalusians managing just one point from three outings.

This evening, defensive signing Jules Kounde returns to his old club for the first time since joining from Sevilla in a deal believed to be worth €55mn ($54. 7mn) in July. With Marc-Andre ter Stegen manning the goal, Kounde is expected to start at right back in the 21.

00 CEST kick off (15. 00 EDT) and will be joined by a central pair of Ronald Araujo and Eric Garcia plus Alejandro Balde at left back who continues to bench Jordi Alba in a 4-3-3. In midfield, a pivot Sergio Busquets returning from suspension will sit behind midfield duo Frenkie de Jong and Pedri as Raphinha and Ousmane Dembele provide right and left wing support to striker Robert Lewandowski.

FC Barcelona should line up as such against Sevilla on Saturday night. Chosen11 MORE FOR YOU WWE Extreme Rules 2021 Results: Winners, News And Notes As Roman Reigns Beats The Demon The World’s Highest-Paid Soccer Players 2021: Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo Reclaims Top Spot From PSG’s Lionel Messi The Good, Bad And Ugly From The Green Bay Packers’ Win Over The San Francisco 49ers Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Friday, Xavi expects a meeting that will be more “intense” due to Sevilla’s situation in the Spanish top flight table. “[It will be] more aggressive, I think they will come to put pressure on us up front,” he added of a “great team”.

“I think they have deserved much more, they have [only gotten] one out of nine points, [which has been] unfair watching the matches. “The pity for the coaches is that the results are the ones that count. [Julen] Lopetegui is a reference for me, he has done well wherever he has gone, but the results mark our future.

People have no memory, they live in the present. But for me the baggage is unfair,” the Barca club legend added of his opposite number. For the Catalans, a good result is also important to keep momentum ahead of their Champions League debut against Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday.

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