Barcelona vs Sevilla

20 October 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Juan Martínez Munuera

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Philippe Coutinho 2’
Lionel Messi 12’
Luis Suárez 63’ (pen)
Ivan Rakitic 88’

Clement Lenglet 79’ (og)
Luis Muriel 90+1’

Match summary

Barcelona beat Sevilla 4-2. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Philippe Coutinho put Barcelona ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Lionel Messi and Lionel Messi made it 2-0 in the 12th minute, set up by Luis Suárez. In the second half, Luis Suárez made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute, Lenglet's own goal pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in the 79th minute, Ivan Rakitic made it 4-1 in the 88th minute, and Luis Muriel made it 4-2 in stoppage time, set up by Wissam Ben Yedder.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.22 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Sevilla's 2.01 from 19.

Match stats

23 Shots 19

9 Shots on Target 7

5 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

3.22 xG 1.90

2.48 Non-penalty xG 1.90

8 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Barcelona Sevilla

Kick-off

Philippe Coutinho
Assist: Lionel Messi

1-0

2’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Luis Suárez

2-0

12’

Half-time2-0

Luis Suárez
Penalty

3-0

63’

79’

Clement Lenglet
Own goal

3-1

Ivan Rakitic

4-1

88’

90+1’

Luis Muriel
Assist: Wissam Ben Yedder

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Sevilla

Tomás Vaclik

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Barcelona 3.22 xGSevilla 2.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sevilla attacking Barcelona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.10	1
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.19	3
Ivan Rakitic	MID	90	1		4	0.59	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arthur	MID	69			0	0.00	0.46	3
Lionel Messi	FWD	25	1	1	2	0.15	0.39	1
Luis Suárez	FWD	84	1	1	7	1.45	0.21	3
Philippe Coutinho	FWD	90	1		5	0.54	0.30	4
Ousmane Dembélé	Sub	65			2	0.23	0.70	4
Sergi Roberto	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.07	1
Munir	Sub	6			1	0.12	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Tomás Vaclik	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carriço	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Sergi Gómez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Simon Kjaer	DEF	57			1	0.01	0.02	1
Jesús Navas	MID	90			0	0.00	0.42	3
Guilherme Arana	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Éver Banega	MID	90			1	0.06	0.09	4
Pablo Sarabia	MID	90			4	0.81	0.15	3
Franco Vázquez	MID	72			3	0.39	0.00	0
Wissam Ben Yedder	FWD	90		1	4	0.44	0.08	1
André Silva	FWD	81			1	0.08	0.03	1
Gabriel Mercado	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Roque Mesa	Sub	18			1	0.05	0.06	1
Luis Muriel	Sub	9	1		2	0.11	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 71% Bet365 odds 1.33

Draw 16% Bet365 odds 6.00

Sevilla win 13% Bet365 odds 7.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona W D L D D

Sevilla L W W W W

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.