Sevilla and Barcelona both won their matches comfortably in Tuesday night's Primera Liga action.

Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona moved back to the top of the Primera Division with a resounding 4-1 victory at Racing Santander.

Pep Guardiola's side stormed into a three-goal lead in a devastating spell midway through the first half.

Summer signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring after 20 minutes, and has now scored in all of Barca's four league games this season.

Messi added a second goal four minutes later, before Gerard Pique made it 3-0 with less than half an hour gone.

Messi completed his double with a stunning strike just after the hour, in what was the Argentina winger's last contribution before being replaced by Andres Iniesta.

Oscar Serrano then pulled a goal back for Racing with a fine solo effort.

But there was never any hint of a comeback and Barcelona sent out a new statement of intent by returning to the top of the table ahead of fierce rivals Real Madrid's game at Villarreal on Wednesday night.

Sevilla moved into the top four following a routine 2-0 win at home to in-form Mallorca.

Sebastien Squillaci gave the Andalusians the lead after 17 minutes and summer signing Diego Perotti added a second halfway through the first half to leave the home side in complete control.

They could have had more in a one-sided second half but easily did enough for a deserved three points which takes them into the top four ahead of Wednesday's matches.

Match Reports

Sevilla 2-0 Mallorca

Racing Santander 1-4 Barcelona