Barca eye six-trophy haul in calendar year, says Iniesta

There is the concern of Sevilla’s weakened strike force along with the expected absence of new signings like Stephen N’Zonzi but recent history suggests that they will give Barcelona plenty to think about and they’re taken to breach a defence that is far from impregnable. Now, they have to keep that momentum from last year if they want to capture the Super Cup.

The last time the two teams met in the UEFA Super Cup, the final score was embarrassingly one-sided and not in Barcelona’s favour.

The Georgian capital of Tbilisi hosts tonight’s unofficial start to the La Liga 2015/16 regular season featuring Champions League winners Barcelona, facing off against the winners of the Europa League, Sevilla. The Andalusian outfit have won the Europa League title two years in a row and four times in the last eight nine seasons. In any case, we are ready to go out and play well and we want to win.

In April this year they played out a classic, Barca was 2-0 up at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium only for Sevilla to claw its way back and earn a 2-2 draw. Does anybody care about the Super Cup? Sevilla though are deserved underdogs and it is hard to envisage a scenario where they can stop Barcelona’s front three from finding the net.

The Brazilian forward will miss Barcelona’s matches in the European Super Cup against Sevilla and the Spanish Super Cup ties against Athletic Bilbao.

Whether the World Cup and European Championship victor stays or goes, with Barca unable to register any new players until January, Barca boss Luis Enrique is just keen for the window to close.

“Messi and Neymar, along with Javier Mascherano and Dani Alves have come in handy”.

Denis Suarez, Vicente Iborra and Jose Antonio Reyes should support with a solid defensive midfield pairing of the excellent Grzegorz Krychowiak and Ever Banega.

Sevilla: Injured – Pareja, Carrico, Nzonzi, Kolo.

But left-back Benoit Tremoulinas will have to play a lot better than in the last meeting between the sides.

“Pedro will be much more disciplined”. His possible signing for Manchester United – still on the cards – must have left some trace on the attacking midfielder, although Barca rejected the rumours from the beginning, stating Pedro as an important part of the squad. “And the first chance is on Tuesday in Tbilisi”.