Sevilla right now is above Barcelona.

After 17 rounds, Sevilla looks like a serious title contender. They are sitting 2nd on the table, 6 points (and one less match) below Real Madrid and only two defeats so far.

The team is defending pretty well, it’s so difficult to create chances and score even more. In fact they have the best defense in La Liga with only 12 goals conceded. In attack, they have some important missings such as En Nesyri, Suso or Lamela, but this team has been built to be competitive in all competitions (Liga + Europa League + Spain Cup) so the squad is deep enough to replace them.

On the other hand, Barcelona is a mess. With Xavi they are trying to dominate the games with ball possession, but the team has many problems.

Their defense is awful, conceding many goals and chances and making big mistakes in every game. Nobody at the back is in good form, even Ter Stegen is right now one of the worst goalkeepers in La Liga. They have conceded 21 goals in 17 rounds, and in the last 2 games weak teams like Osasuna or Elche managed to score twice.

Barcelona has a short squad and many missings in the last few months, which means that young players are being starters and not able to rotate, so sooner or later their form will go down too as they don't have experience either. For this match, several youngsters such as Abde, Jutgla or Gavi will be starters.

If you see the list of players of Barcelona for this match, only Demebele is a real danger in attack. The rest is too weak.

In this match, guests will try to have the ball and dominate. But they don't have enough quality to avoid mistakes in defense and in attack are totally harmless. If Sevilla continues at the same level as they have been in the recent weeks, they should be able to beat Barcelona at home, where they are really strong and competitive.

Barcelona lost their games against all serious rivals this season (Real Madrid, Betis, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid) while Sevilla managed to beat Betis and Atletico Madrid, while only lost undeservedly against Real Madrid.

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塞维利亚现在在巴塞罗那上方。

经过17轮比赛，塞维利亚看起来是一个很有竞争力的冠军争夺者。他们在积分榜上排名第二，比皇家马德里少了6分(少了一场比赛)，到目前为止只输过两场。

球队的防守很好，很难创造机会和得分。事实上，他们拥有西甲最好的防守，只丢了12个球。在进攻方面，他们有一些重要的缺阵，比如内塞里、索索和拉梅拉，但这支球队已经建立在所有比赛(西甲+欧罗巴+西班牙杯)的竞争力上，所以阵容有足够的深度来取代他们。

另一方面，巴塞罗那则是一团糟。在哈维的带领下，他们试图通过控球来控制比赛，但球队有很多问题。

他们的防守很糟糕，每场比赛都丢了很多球和机会，犯了很多大错误。后防线上没有人状态良好，即使是斯特根现在也是西甲最差的门将之一。他们在17轮比赛中丢了21个球，在最近的2场比赛中，像奥萨苏纳和埃尔切这样的弱队都进了2个球。

巴塞罗那的阵容很短，在过去的几个月里有很多人缺席，这意味着年轻球员都是首发，不能轮换，所以迟早他们的状态也会下降，因为他们也没有经验。这场比赛，一些年轻球员，如阿布蒂、朱特拉和哈维将成为首发。

如果你看了这场比赛巴萨的球员名单，你会发现只有德米贝雷才是真正的威胁。其余的都太弱了。

在这场比赛中，客人将试图拥有球和支配。但他们没有足够的素质来避免防守失误，在进攻中是完全无害的。如果塞维利亚继续保持最近几周的水平，他们应该能够在主场击败巴塞罗那，在那里他们真的很强大，很有竞争力。

巴塞罗那在本赛季输给了所有的劲敌(皇家马德里，贝蒂斯，拜仁慕尼黑，马德里竞技)，而塞维利亚成功地击败了贝蒂斯和马德里竞技，只是不应得的输给了皇家马德里。