How FC Barcelona have fared at Sevilla in La Liga

The Catalans haven't lost a league match at the Sánchez Pizjuan ever since Dani Alves, while still with Sevilla, struck the game-winner back in the 2006/07 season

It's time for another week of La Liga football and, once again, time for FC Barcelona to face a tough rival. This Saturday the Catalans head south to Seville where they'll visit Sevilla FC at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium. Kick-off is set for 4.00pm CET.

The difficulty of facing Sevilla at the Sánchez Pizjuán isn't just perceived, the numbers do all the talking. In 71 all-time league games there, Barça have a record of 22 wins, 29 losses and 20 draws, despite having harvested favourable results there in the last eight seasons.

In fact, Barça haven't lost at the Pizjuán in league play since the 2006-07 season when in a Sevilla team, then coached by Juande Ramos, triumphed over then-Barça coach Frank Rijkaard's squad. Barça went ahead theat day with a goal from Ronaldinho after 13 minutes. Despite the fact that Sevilla's Aitor Ocio was sent off on 27 minutes, somehow Kerzhakov was able to tie the game in the 38th. After the break, in the 60th minute, Dani Alves, who was still with Sevilla, scored the eventual game-winner. Barça's Giuly and Zambrotta were later sent off thus essentially denying Barça a chance at a happy ending.

Ever since then, however, Barça have chalked up 18 points in their last eight visits to Sevilla from five wins, three draws and zero defeats:

SEASON	WEEK	WINNER	SCORE
2007/08	23	DRAW	1–1
2008/09	13	BARÇA	3–0
2009/10	37	BARÇA	3–2
2010/11	28	DRAW	1–1
2011/12	28	BARÇA	2–0
2012/13	6	BARÇA	3–2
2013/14	23	BARÇA	4–1
2014/15	31	DRAW	2–2

During that period FC Barcelona scored 19 times while conceding just nine. In Barça's last eight league clashes at the Sánchez Pizjuán, Leo Messi had a team-high 14 goals. Nevertheless, the injured Messi will not be in the lineup on Saturday and the slack will have to be taken up by other current squad members who hava also seen the net at Sevilla. Neymar have also scored there. Here is the full list:

Messi	Cesc	Xavi	Bojan	Neymar	Alexis	Villa	Pedro	Eto'o
7	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

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