Match report
Raphinha turns Sevilla lead into Barcelona's seventh straight win
Raphinha turned Sevilla's early lead into a 3-1 Barcelona comeback, preserving a perfect LaLiga start that now reads seven wins from seven. Youssouf Fofana put Sevilla in front, but Raphinha answered with all three away goals to keep Hansi Flick's side top on 21 points.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data and the sources linked below.
The hat-trick explained how Barcelona escaped a difficult away test. Raphinha equalised with his right foot, headed in Lamine Yamal's delivery after the break and completed the comeback with his left from another Yamal assist. It was his second league hat-trick in as many matches, taking him to 12 goals through seven LaLiga fixtures.
Barcelona had scored 28 goals in six league games before kick-off. Three more at the ground where they lost 4-1 last season takes them to 31 through seven and sharpens the contrast: this time, conceding first did not derail them. Sevilla showed they could trouble the leaders, but Barcelona left with their perfect league record intact.
In comments reported by El País, Flick praised Barcelona's recovery from their first-half display, while Sevilla coach Luis García Plaza said his side could not sustain its opening level. Flick also said Andreas Christensen would be out for several weeks after leaving the match injured, adding a cost to the victory.
Raphinha scored all three Barcelona goals, completing a perfect hat-trick as the visitors overturned Sevilla's opener.
Barcelona finished with 24 shots to Sevilla's seven.
Report sources
Barcelona won 3–1 away against Sevilla (half-time 1–1).
Sevilla met Barcelona in the La Liga (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Saturday, 19 September 2026, 19:00 UTC at Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera.
Key moments
- 19' Goal: Youssouf Fofana (assist: Félix Correia) — 1–0 · Watch Youssouf Fofana's goal video (19')
- 22' Goal: Raphinha (assist: Andreas Christensen) — 1–1 · Watch Raphinha's goal video (22')
- 52' Goal: Raphinha (assist: Lamine Yamal) — 1–2 · Watch Raphinha's goal video (52')
- 69' Goal: Raphinha (assist: Lamine Yamal) — 1–3 · Watch Raphinha's goal video (69')
Starting line-ups
Sevilla (4-2-3-1)
Barcelona (4-3-3)
- 25 Dominik Livaković
- 2 João Cancelo
- 15 Andreas Christensen
- 5 Pau Cubarsí
- 24 Eric García
- 8 Pedri
- 16 Rodri
- 7 Fermín
- 17 Anthony Gordon
- 11 Raphinha (c)
- 10 Lamine Yamal
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sevilla 19%, the draw 18%, Barcelona 63%. It finished Sevilla 1–3 Barcelona.
Barcelona's rating gap outweighs Sevilla's home ground — Barcelona are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Barcelona's 63%. The draw at 18% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Barcelona at 63%?
Barcelona sit 392 points higher on our strength rating — 1790 to 2182. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge on the road won 65.9% of 5,259 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 18–20–62.
Why only 63%?
La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.4% vs 30.2%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,140 games vs 44.9% across all 100,303 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 18%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 20.0%. These teams' recent games average 3.7 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,242. The goals environment takes 1.7 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Barcelona average 25 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 392 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Sevilla have gained 69 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: climbing sides won 41.4% of 12,385 such games vs 40.6% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Sevilla vs Barcelona final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Youssouf Fofana's goal against Barcelona (19').
- Watch Raphinha's goal against Sevilla (22').
- Watch Raphinha's goal against Sevilla (52').
- Watch Raphinha's goal against Sevilla (69').
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