Barcelona meet Sevilla for the third time in a month – this time for the Copa del Rey 2nd leg.
The Blaugranas have a tough job to do at home: recover from a 2-0 first leg deficit. With Pedri injured, and Ter Stegen having a scare in the previous match, the Copa del Rey might be the only chance of their silverware this season; a Herculean task at that.
Barcelona and Sevilla now meet for the second time in four days.
Gerard Pique and Ronald Araujo recently suffered knocks in their previous matches, but the latter might just be ready for today’s semi-final. Sevilla sees Marcos Acuna and Lucas Ocampos out of this match due to injury.
This tie is extremely essential for the Blaugranas as it will add and prove to be a morale for them ahead of their La Liga and Champions League ties.
Predicted Lineups:
Barcelona: (presuming a 3-5-2)
Ter Stegen (GK); Mingueza, Araujo, Pique; Dest, Alba, Puig, Busquets, De Jong; Griezmann, Messi and Dembele.
Sevilla: (presuming a 4-2-3-1)
Bounou(GK); Navas, Kounde, Carlos, Vidal; Rakitic, Gudelj, Jordan; Torres, En-Nesyri, Suso
Predictions: Barcelona 3-0 (3-2 on agg)
Details:
Competition/Round: 2020-21 Copa del Rey, Semi-Finals, Leg 2
Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Ansu Fati, Philippe Coutinho, Sergi Roberto (out), Miralem Pjanic, Ronald Araujo, Pedri (doubt)
Sevilla Outs & Doubts: Marcos Acuña, Lucas Ocampos (out)
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Thursday)
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
VAR: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea
How to watch on TV: Premier Sports 1 (UK), Startimes World Football (Nigeria), Cuatro (Spain), ESPN Brasil (Brazil), others
How to stream: ESPN+ (USA), Premier Player (UK), others
