Sevilla and Barcelona head into half time tied at 0-0 following an action-packed 45 minutes of La Liga action.
The hosts started brightly but were almost pegged back in the fifth minute when Neymar found space in the box and let fly, forcing a save out of goalkeeper Sergio Rico.
Barca applied more pressure in the 10th minute as Sergio Busquets headed the ball down for Munir El Haddadi to strike inside the box, but the winger blazed his effort over the bar.
Sevilla came within inches of pegging the champions back in the 13th minute when Marco Andreolli got his head to Michael Krohn-Dehli's looping cross and nodded just wide.
The visitors came agonisingly close to an opener in the 23rd minute as Neymar's free kick came back off the inside of the post and caused a goalmouth scramble before being hacked clear.
Barca powered forward again six minutes before half time as Luis Suarez curled an effort towards the top corner, but his strike came back off the bar and the two sides went into the break level.
Mark Langshaw
