SIX CLEAN SHEETS IN A ROW: 18 IN 34 GAMES THIS SEASON

We are starting to run out of words to describe Sevilla FC's form and statistics in the last weeks. Not only have the team become more clinical in front of goal, they have tightened up even more at the back, making it a herculean task to not just beat them, but to even score a goal. Last night's 2-0 win against FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey was the sixth clean sheet in a row for the team. You have to go all the way back to 19 January in the Mendizorroza for the last goal the team conceded - a goal from Edgar Méndez in a game Sevilla ended up winning. Since then, 618 minutes have passed without Bono being breached.

Since the last goal conceded, Julen Lopetegui's team have beaten Cádiz CF, Valencia CF, SD Eibar, UD Almería, Getafe CF and FC Barcelona. In the six matches, they have scored 14 - 2.3 per game - and conceded none. This run of six clean sheets brings the tally this season up to 18: nine in La Liga, six in the Copa del Rey and three in the Champions League. With 34 games played this season, the team boast of a clean sheet in 52.9% of their matches. Extended to the whole Julen Lopetegui era, the team have 43 clean sheets in 88 matches, an incredible percentage of 48.9%.

Interestingly, this is not the first team Sevilla have reached this stage of the Cup without conceding. In 15/16, the Nervionenses went all the way to the final after keeping a clean sheet in seven games, keeping out UD Logroñés in the Round of 32, Real Betis in the Round of 16, CD Mirandés in the quarter-finals and RC Celta in the semi-finals. Should the team not concede at the Camp Nou on 3 March, they would equal this record and book their ticket for the final at La Cartuja. But that remains a long way away yet.