Sevilla vBarcelona
Football : Spain : Spanish La Liga.
Saturday, 8th May 2010. Kickoff 21:00

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Sevilla

Sevilla will be feeling the support from the Spanish capital where Real Madrid fans should spend this evening glued to the tv screen or the their radios. If Barcelona does not get stopped in the southern city of Sevilla then they will become de-facto 2009/10 La Liga champions.

Alvarez' men look absolutely lethal in attack with 20 goals scored in last 7 games (avg. of 2.8 per match), but on the other hand suffered unnecessary defeats against virtually relegated Valadolid and Europa League candidates Getafe.

6 points in last 2 games have sent Sevilla to the desired 4th position edging Mallorca out into 5th. Alvarez has not changed much in terms of tactics of team's formation, but former UEFA Cup and SuperCup winners have brought back the winning mentellity, something they had been missing under Manolo Jimenez.

Team news suggest that senior Alvarez has problems in the back line with Ivica Dragutinovic and Fernando Navarro sidelined.Luis Fabiano is set to feature after recovering from an ankle injury.

Barcelona

Barca had to overcome Tenerife's heroic resistance and the horrible weather conditions to overcome the islanders 4-1. The score shouldn't fool anyone as things did not go as smooth as planned for the Blaugrana.

Messi's 19th minute goal was cancelled out by Tenerife's equalizer. Bojan's strike rattled the match and was later joined by Pedro and Messi's second goal of the evening.

In case of failure in Sevilla, Guardiola may controversially end this remarkable (in terms of shown football) season without trophies. This game has never been fair to anyone.

What should worry Pep the most before the trip to Sevilla is the leaky defense. Although Blaugrana still has the best record in the "conceded goals" department, they have allowed Xerez, Villarreal and Tenerife upset Valdes. And none of those goals came late in the game, when it could all be blamed on the lack of concentration.

Amongst team news there has been nothing to talk about. Iniesta is still out and this absence gives Bojan Krkic the much desired playing time in the starting 11.

First match of the season was won and dominated by Barcelona 4-0, while in the Copa Del Rey Blaugrana were eliminated by Sevilla.

Betting advice

Barcelona should approach this match as a final. And by all means a final it is for the Blaugrana. Hence goal-parade is possible only in case Sevilla offers an open game, which theoretically they should not do.

Marching forward against Barcelona is a suicide. So the two bets I offer to consider are: Barca to get the win and a small side pick on goals to come after the 24th minute of the match.

The Statistics :

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take First goal after 24th minute @ 1.90 with Bet365

HANDICAP BETTING :

Take Barcelona (-1) @ 1.82 with Bet365