FC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 February 2013
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla
La Liga · Saturday 23 February 2013, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
FC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Sevilla 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 23 February 2013. The half-time score was 0-1.
Alberto Botía opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from David Villa (52') and Lionel Messi (60'). Sevilla scored through Alberto Botía (42').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Sevilla received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 65 points from 24 and Sevilla 11th on 32 points from 24. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Sevilla 11th with 47.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sevilla in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sevilla.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Sevilla's W-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Fernando Navarro
- 42'Goal · Alberto Botía
- 52'Goal · David Villa
- 60'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 86'Yellow card · Alberto Botía
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Martín Montoya, Andrés Iniesta, Thiago Alcântara, Alex Song, David Villa, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi
Sevilla line-up (4-2-3-1)
Beto, Federico Fazio, Fernando Navarro, Jesús Navas, Coke, Alberto Botía, Gary Medel, Ivan Rakitić, Hedwiges Maduro, Manu Del Moral, Baba Diawara