Barcelona's nine clean sheets from their last 12 La Liga matches is as many as Xavi's men had managed in their previous 30, and that record should read 10 from 13 by the close of play on Sunday.
Ravaged by injuries and ending the season with a whimper, Sevilla should not put up much resistance against an in-form Blaugrana crop, who should give Xavi the perfect send-off.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barcelona win with a probability of 47.28%. A win for Sevilla had a probability of 29.07% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.39%) and 0-2 (7.21%). The likeliest Sevilla win was 2-1 (7.1%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.91%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Barcelona in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Barcelona.