Frenkie de Jong returns the favour by fouling Banega outside Barca's box. It's Sevilla's last chance to score. Ter Stegen punches the cross from the right away and that's the end of a ridiculous game!
90' +1
É. Banega gets yellow.
Banega is booked for hauling down Suarez as the Uruguayan bears down on Sevilla's defence. Fair cop.
90'
Sevilla win a corner off Frenkie de Jong but the nine men of Barca hold firm. It's far too late to make a difference now anyway. There will be three added minutes.
89'
Now that nonsense is over with, Sevilla can finally take the free-kick. Jordan takes it but can only hit Barca's defensive wall. That wasn't worth the wait.
88'
O. Dembélé goes off after a red card!
Sergio Busquets gets yellow.
BARCA GO DOWN TO NINE MEN! Dembele also receives his marching orders as the referee gives him a second yellow for dissent. This game has long been bizarre.
Busquets also sees yellow for haranguing the referee about the two red cards. There's no point - he's already made his mind up. It's a Sevilla free-kick.
87'
R. Araujo goes off after a red card!
RED CARD FOR ARAUJO! Hello, hello! Can Sevilla still score here? Araujo hauls down Hernandez as he bursts through on goal. It's an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the substitute has to go. Barca are down to 10 men for the last few minutes.
85'
Pique is booked after getting unnecessarily involved when Semedo fouls Munir.
84'
Piqué gets yellow.
Rakitic balloons over from range. This game is starting to wind down now. Both teams know this match is surely done.
82'
Sevilla have quietened down since Busquets came on, but to their credit they're still trying. Munir counters down the left when Barca lose possession but can't find a teammate with his cross.
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80'
A late chance for Sevilla to grab the goal they deserve! Munir finds Hernandez in the box. Ever the goal hanger, the Mexican fires wide from very close range. It came at him too quickly, to be fair to him.
78'
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona!
GOAL! 4-0 BARCA! Messi curls a delicious free-kick over the wall towards goal. Vaclik gets a hand to it but can't keep it out. What Sevilla would give for a finisher like him.
77'
Barca get a free-kick in a dangerous position. Ocampos slips and accidentally blocks Suarez's ball with his hand. This looks ominous for Sevilla...
75'
Rakitic receives the ball from Dembele and cannons a shot off a Barca defender from range. Up the other end, Sevilla get a corner off Semedo but achieve little with it.
73'
R. Araujo enters the game and replaces J. Todibo.
Barca's final change is an enforced one. Todibo can't carry on. Araujo will replace him for the last 15 minutes.
70'
I. Rakitić enters the game and replaces A. Vidal.
Barca substitution. Vidal's day is over. He's replaced by Rakitic.
69'
Sevilla win a corner - their seventh - off Roberto. Banega gets a shot away from inside Barca's box but it's blocked. It feels like Sevilla are finally losing hope now.
67'
Barca win another corner, this time off Navas. Sevilla get it away, but Vidal picks up the pieces and finds Dembele in the centre of the box, who blazes over.
65'
J. Hernández enters the game and replaces L. de Jong.
Sergio Busquets enters the game and replaces Arthur.
Barca decide to shore up for the final quarter of the game. Two-assist Arthur is replaced by Busquets.
Sevilla make their final throw of the dice. Lopetegui hauls off the wasteful Luuk de Jong, bringing on Hernandez in his place. Not the worst person to bring on if you need a goal or three.
64'
L. Suárez gets yellow.
Suarez talks himself into the referee's book after he commits a foul on a Sevilla defender. Same old Suarez.
63'
Barca get another corner off Carlos. This time nothing comes of it as Arthur is caught offside from Roberto's ball shortly after.
61'
Pique misses his header from the corner. Sevilla are forcing this as hard as they can, but they need to be careful. Barca have already shown how dangerous they can be with little to work with.
57'
Ocampos needs to resist taking matters into his own hands now. The Argentine balloons an effort over the bar from range.
55'
Ocampos lashes a cross from the right of Barca's box against Pique and into the side netting. Sevilla corner. Munir takes it and Carrico nods wide. What more can Sevilla do except score?
53'
O. Dembélé gets yellow.
Dembele is booked for a bad tackle. It seemed pretty unnecessary.
52'
Make no mistake - Sevilla are going for this. Reguilon jinks past Vidal and has a pop from range. Ter Stegen's save bounces up in front of him, but the keeper grabs hold of it quickly before a Sevilla man can arrive to poke it in.
50'
Sevilla get a bit of respite as Messi is called offside from Todibo's booming clearance upfield.
46'
Joan Jordán enters the game and replaces Óliver Torres.
M. El Haddadi enters the game and replaces Nolito.
Second, Nolito - who was fairly invisible in the first half - is replaced by El Haddadi. Sevilla might as well be bold now.
The second half gets underway! Can Sevilla drag themselves back into this?
45' +1
HALF-TIME: BARCELONA 3-0 SEVILLA
45'
Vaclik intercepts a pass from Messi just in the nick of time before Suarez can get on the end of it. Sevilla just need to get to half-time. If they carry on this way in the second half they should get a few more chances to score. There will be one added minute.
Lopetegui wastes no time in trying to wake up Sevilla. He makes two changes at half-time. First, Torres off for Jordan.
43'
Banega's corner is headed away again. Ocampos connects sweetly with a volley from the edge of the box but it flashes wide across the face of goal.
41'
Navas crosses in from the free-kick and Nolito's header is safely at Ter Stegen. Dembele gets caught offside up the other end of the pitch, and Sevilla counter quickly. Reguilon crosses in andLuuk de Jong's header is blocked by Pique. Sevilla corner.
39'
Nélson Semedo gets yellow.
Semedo is booked for hauling down Ocampos on the edge of Barca's box. The winger's been Sevilla's brightest spark so far. Not his fault that Luuk de Jong's finishing has been off.
35'
O. Dembélé has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Arthur.
GOAL! 3-0 BARCA! Dembele coolly jinks to the centre of the box and fires past Vaclik into the bottom right corner. Sevilla are embarrassingly brittle. They played so well in the first 30 minutes and now the game's probably beyond them already.
Another assist for Arthur, although Dembele made that goal for himself. Never doubt the quality of this Barca side.
34'
Daniel Carriço gets yellow.
Carrico is booked for a crunching tackle on Roberto. Messi's free-kick again whistlers just over the bar.
32'
A. Vidal has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Arthur.
GOAL! 2-0 BARCA! Barca are just too good. Barca tiki-taka it on the edge of the box. Arthur curls a right-footed effort towards goal which Vidal steers into the net first-time. VAR takes a look but Navas is playing Vidal onside. No doubts there!
That was delicious from Arthur. One senses it was a shot rather than a cross, but who cares? Barca are suddenly 2-0 up and cruising.
30'
Arthur robs the ball back off Sevilla, prompting a roar of approval from the Camp Nou crowd. What can Barca make of this?
28'
Sevilla should feel hard done by - they've been the better team so far. Reguilon looks for Nolito but the forward's offside.
27'
L. Suárez has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Nélson Semedo.
WHAT A GOAL BY SUAREZ! 1-0 BARCA! The Uruguayan is in space in Sevilla's box and curls a fantastic overhead kick into the net. That's what you get if you don't score against Barca.
That all came from Semedo's ball in from the left. That was decent enough but Suarez's technique there was special. Vaclik had no chance.
24'
Todibo heads out Ocampos' cross from the right. This time Banega's delivery from the corner is poor. Sevilla need to do better with these chances.
23'
Messi steps up and curls an effort towards the top right corner with his wand of a left foot but it's just over the bar.
22'
Sergio Reguilón gets yellow.
Reguilon is booked for hauling down Messi as he raced after an over-the-top ball. Barca now have a free-kick.
21'
Barca aren't having this all their own way but they're still Barca. Suarez almost tricks his way through the middle but can't quite get his feet together.
17'
What a goal that nearly was! Dembele puts the cleared corner back into the box and Pique's cute flick almost gives him a straight shot at Vaclik. Unfortunately for Barca's centre-back it's just a tad too powerful and bounces to Sevilla's keeper.
15'
Barca keep the ball at the back, gradually forcing Sevilla to retreat into their own half. Suarez gives Reguilon a hard time and pressures the defender into giving Barca a corner down their right.
13'
Sevilla soon win a second corner off Pique. This time Fernando heads over from inside the six yard box. The away side have started brightly.
10'
Sevilla look to make progress down their left flank but Barca nick the ball back. Dembele teases Navas on the end of the box and flashes a low cross across goal but no one in blue and red is there.
9'
Ocampos tries another cross from the right that floats harmlessly out of play this time. Lopetegui barks instructions to his team.
7'
This game's pleasantly end-to-end so far. Semedo angles a pass into the box that's cut out by Carlos. Barca corner. Dembele's effort gets cleared away comfortably.
5'
Sevilla get their first attack of the game. Ocampos' cross from the right causes Ter Stegen some problems and the keeper tips it away before Luuk de Jong can get on the end of it at the far post. Banega's follow-up shot from outside the box is saved.
4'
Messi nods a cushioned header to Suarez whose blast from 40 yards out lands straight into the arms of Vaclik.
3'
Barca start the game with some bite as Frenkie de Jong fouls Banega in Sevilla's half. Reguilon takes the free-kick quickly but Nolito is offside.
1'
And we're off!
Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of this LaLiga clash between Barcelona and Sevilla at Camp Nou, Barcelona.
Barca have not had the greatest start to their league campaign so far. However, two wins in a week over Villarreal and Getafe have moved them up the table to 4th. With Messi fit again and the chance of moving two points behind leaders Real Madrid, things are starting to get back on track.
Barca's opponents today are Sevilla, who sit just behind the Catalans in the table on goal difference. Julen Lopetegui's side have flip-flopped funnily in recent weeks, losing then winning 3-2 thrillers against Eibar and Real Sociedad. Let's hope for similar entertainment here!
BARCELONA (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Jean-Clair Todibo, Gerard Pique, Nelson Semedo; Arthur, Frenkie de Jong, Arturo Vidal; Lionel Messi (c), Luis Suarez, Ousmane Dembele.
SUBS: Sergio Busquets, Neto, Antoine Griezmann, Jordi Alba, Ronald Araujo, Ansu Fati, Ivan Rakitic.
SEVILLA (4-3-3): Tomas Vaclik; Jesus Navas (c), Diego Carlos, Daniel Carrico, Sergio Reguilon; Ever Benega, Fernando, Oliver Torres; Lucas Ocampos, Luuk de Jong, Nolito.
SUBS: Jules Kounde, Joan Jordan, Munir El Haddadi, Nemanja Gudelj, Javier Hernandez, Yassine Bounou, Sergio Escudero.
The two sides are out on the Camp Nou pitch as Cant del Barca rings out. Barca are in their famous blue and red home kit, while Sevilla are wearing their clean white away strip.
Barca's win lifts them to 2nd in LaLiga on 18 points, two points behind league leaders Real Madrid. They've won three league games in a row now, and look back to have recovered from their slow start. Sevilla stay 6th on 13 points despite losing three of their last four games. They'll be OK if they work on their finishing.
Both teams will now disband temporarily for the international break. If Barca keep their form as good as this when they get back, we're in for an entertaining LaLiga title race. That's all for now. Goodbye!
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