[JaredL]

Barça - Sevilla at 3 will be a very important match for this time of the year. For Sevilla winning this match will put them top up two points, a draw will put them in a 3 way tie for second just one point back, losing and we´re down four points, not out of the race yet but for a team that only has an outside shot at being in the race being back four points is pretty bad. For Barcelona a win coupled with Valencia and Real Madrid losing means that they will be 3 points clear of Valencia and 5 points clear of Madrid.

Again, we're only 6 matches in after today but Barça were pretty consistent last year, much more so than Real Madrid and Valencia, so losing this many points so early is highly problematic for their rivals.