In the early morning of April 4, Beijing time, the 30th round of La Liga matches continued. In a focus battle in this round, Barcelona welcomed Sevilla at home. After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Barca won 1-0. After winning the match, Barcelona rose to the second place in the league table.
Barca lined up in a 4-3-3 formation in this game. The goalkeeper is No. 1 Ter Stegen, the backfield four are No. 8 Alves, No. 4 Araujo, No. 3 Pique and No. 18 Alba, the midfielders are No. 21 De Jong, No. 5 Busquets and No. 16 Pedri, and the front line No. 7 Dembele, No. 25 Aubameyang and No. 19 Ferran Torres start.
In the 7th minute of the first half, Araujo's midfielder crossed the ball and Ferranese then deflected his shot. Dembele's cross from the flank in the 12th minute was met by De Jong's close-range header that went high over the bar. In the 21st minute, Alba volleyed from a tight angle on the flank and the ball went just over the crossbar. In the 40th minute Aubameyang fell to the ground in the opposing penalty area, but the referee did not blow the penalty.
Barcelona won a corner kick in the 68th minute, Dembele's corner kick was passed to the middle and Pique's header hit the crossbar and popped up. The deadlock was broken in the 71st minute when Dembele crossed from the flank and Pedri won the ball and shook off the opposing two players, scoring a powerful shot from the perimeter to make it 1-0. Dembele's pass from the right in the 77th minute was nodded by Ferran Torres and the ball was turned away by the Sevilla goalkeeper.
In the end of the 90-minute match, Barca won 1-0 against Sevilla with Pedri's only goal at home. After winning the match, Barca won six consecutive games in La Liga, reaching 57 points in the table, temporarily surpassing Atletico and Sevilla to rise to the second place in the table, 12 points behind real Madrid in front of them.