Tuesday's La Liga predictions including Sevilla vs. Barcelona

Villarreal vs. Alaves (Tuesday, 6.00pm)

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In-form Villarreal welcome Alaves to Estadio de la Ceramica looking to pick up a fifth consecutive win across all competitions.

Meanwhile, the away side have failed to come out on top in any of their last four outings and will aim to put an end to this barren run of results.

We say: Villarreal 2-1 Alaves

Villarreal have struggled on home turf this term while Alaves have been abysmal on their travels. We expect a tightly-contested affair with a narrow victory for the hosts come the full-time whistle.

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Sevilla vs. Barcelona (Tuesday, 8.30pm)

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Sevilla play host to Barcelona on Tuesday evening having recorded three successive wins in La Liga, the most recent coming against Atletico Madrid.

Meanwhile, Barcelona make the trip to the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium on the back of a much-needed 3-2 victory over struggling Elche.

We say: Sevilla 2-1 Barcelona

While both managers will consider changes given the quick turnaround, we still feel that the end result will be the same. Barcelona should be competitive in a game which they will feel they need to win, but we can only back Sevilla to edge a close fixture.

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