Sevilla vs Barcelona Prediction, 9/4/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 8/30/2022

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Game: Sevilla vs Barcelona

Date: Sunday, September 4, 2022

Location: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Sevilla (+350) Barcelona (-125)

The Blaugrana (2-1-0) are hitting the road to Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Sunday where they will attempt to defeat the Palanganas (0-1-2). Barcelona are priced at -125 and Sevilla are priced +350. The over/under has been set at 2.75. The goalkeepers who are expected to start are Yassine Bounou Sevilla and Marc-Andre ter Stegen Barcelona.

Sevilla accumulated 8 saves and were the owners of a save rate of 66.7 in the previous season. The team's goal differential was at -2 with the help of 3 goals put in the net in addition to 5 goals allowed. Last campaign, the club finished with an average of 0.33 pts per contest (1 point) and were ranked 11th in the league with 2 assists. The Palanganas sat at 4th in relation to xG having 4.5, and the squad's xGA were 4.2. Sevilla earned 14 yellow cards during the previous year in addition to 1 red card. Sevilla gave up 5 goals while giving up 1.67 goals per 90, and the opposition had a total of 12 shots on target on them. They didn't have any clean sheets for the previous season.

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Barcelona earned 8 goals and the squad's goals expected for the previous season sat at 4.3. Their goals against per 90 min was at 0.33 with 8 saves, and they earned 2 shut outs. On the campaign, Barca had a save rate of 88.9 (9 SoT against), and they also were ranked 3rd in La Liga with 7 pts. Barcelona sat at 1st for goals surrendered having 1, and the goal difference was 7. Barcelona amassed a CS% of 66.7 during the previous year in addition to 4 yellow cards. The Blaugrana sported an average of 2.3 pts/match while totaling 6 assists and 1 red card.

The man who will defend the goal for Sevilla is Yassine Bounou. Bounou (85-50-55 mark during his soccer career) has totaled 68 clean sheets, which has earned him a 35.8% shutout percentage. The goalkeeper from Morocco has had 760 shots tried against him in 190 career starts. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.11 (211 total goals allowed) and he holds a save % of .750. Bounou has defended the goal a total of 17,063 mins and is sitting with 570 stops during his career.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen will reside in front of the net for Barcelona. Stegen has 114 clean sheets and has defended 1,143 shots against him in 26,268 mins in his career. He has a save percentage of .761 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 39.0%. He has given up 0.98 goals per 90 mins while holding a record of 180-63-49. So far in his pro soccer career, Stegen has allowed 286 goals and has accounted for 870 saves in 292 starts.

Lucas Ocampos is one guy you are going to want to keep your eye on for Sevilla. He has 25 assists while tallying 46 yellow cards during his career. The forward from Argentina has totaled 48 goals scored in 16,298 professional minutes played. Ocampos has had a starting assignment in 173 contests during his soccer career and he tallies 0.27 goals per 90 mins.

Barcelona is being led onto the pitch by Ferran Torres, who is known to give defenses fits. The forward from Spain has 5,093 professional minutes and has earned 15 goals. He averages 0.27 goals per 90 mins and has been a starter in 56 outings in his pro soccer career. He has 11 yellow card warnings so far in his career and has assisted on a goal 10 times.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sevilla (+350)

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