Goal.com:

Sevilla lie in fifth place with 24 points, but most impressively they have let in just eight goals in their opening 12 games and nobody has a better record than that in la Primera.

Barça’s rearguard is also not easily penetrated as the much-maligned Víctor Valdés has let in only nine goals, while at the other end the Blaugrana have scored an incredible 37 goals. Prediction: Sevilla 1-3 Barcelona

Espnstar: And the Barca coach wants his side to take the game to the in-form Andalusians.

“We must be attentive at all times, but above all I want to see an ambitious team who can win the ball and attack,” he said on Friday.

And he added: “That’s the message I want to transmit: get the ball and attack.”

“Sevilla is a team with a lot of strength in depth, they are direct, with good attacking players and a good defensive system,” he said.

And the Barca coach says his team will have to defend well to get anything from the game.

“We will have to put pressure on their defence so they can’t bring the ball forward and also stop the supply to their wingers, so they cross as little as possible,” he said.

Top-scorer Samuel Eto’o is set to return to the starting line-up after sitting out Wednesday night’s 5-2 win at Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League.

Asian Bookies are siding Barcelona by giving Sevilla a -0, -0.5 handicap.

I agree with the bookies and with Goal.com that Barcelona will come up victorious in this match up.

Barcelona WIN

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