Real Betis v Barcelona preview: Visitors can prove cut above

Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: sø 17.mars
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Benito Villamarín

Real Betis will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 24 points behind Barcelona.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only three days ago.

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Real Betis form and stats

Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Real Betis, their manager Quique Setién and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for Real Betis, who won 1-0 against Celta de Vigo. Preceding that match was a defeat to Getafe (1-2).

Real Betis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 18 goals in 27 matches. Real Betis have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Barcelona form and stats

Barcelona's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Barcelona collect 30 points from their 13 away matches. 9 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Barcelona have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture. In general it has been a productive period now for Barcelona as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Real Betis.

Barcelona won their last game, 5-1 versus Olympique Lyonnais played at home. Before that, Barcelona secured a home win against Rayo Vallecano with the score 3-1.

The Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has got the team scoring on the road, with 27 away goals in 13. Barcelona are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches.

Head 2 Head

Barcelona - Real Betis 3-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Real Betis, 1 draw and 8 wins for Barcelona.

Top Goalscorers

L. Messi
26 goals / 12 assists
L. Suárez
17 goals / 5 assists
O. Dembélé
8 goals / 4 assists

Real Betis missing players

Barcelona missing players

Over Real Betis (27 played) Barcelona (27 played)
Over 0.5 93% 96%
Over 1.5 59% 85%
Over 2.5 41% 63%
Over 3.5 19% 44%
Over 4.5 11% 26%
Stat Real Betis (27 played) Barcelona (27 played)
BTTS 41% 59%
CS 37% 41%
FTS 30% 4%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Barcelona 27 19 6 2 69 26 14 10 3 1 42 16 13 9 3 1 27 10 43 63
2 Atlético Madrid 27 16 8 3 39 17 14 11 2 1 23 7 13 5 6 2 16 10 22 56
3 Real Madrid 27 16 3 8 47 32 13 8 1 4 19 8 14 8 2 4 28 24 15 51
4 Getafe 27 12 9 6 36 24 13 8 1 4 20 9 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 45
5 Deportivo Alavés 27 11 8 8 28 30 13 6 6 1 14 8 14 5 2 7 14 22 -2 41
6 Sevilla 27 11 7 9 46 36 13 8 3 2 27 14 14 3 4 7 19 22 10 40
7 Valencia 27 8 15 4 30 23 14 4 9 1 16 8 13 4 6 3 14 15 7 39
8 Real Betis 27 11 6 10 31 32 14 6 4 4 18 17 13 5 2 6 13 15 -1 39
9 Real Sociedad 27 9 8 10 32 32 13 4 4 5 14 14 14 5 4 5 18 18 0 35
10 Eibar 27 8 11 8 35 36 14 7 5 2 25 15 13 1 6 6 10 21 -1 35
11 Athletic Club 27 7 13 7 26 31 14 5 7 2 14 13 13 2 6 5 12 18 -5 34
12 Espanyol 27 9 7 11 32 40 13 8 1 4 19 18 14 1 6 7 13 22 -8 34
13 Leganés 27 8 9 10 27 32 13 6 6 1 17 10 14 2 3 9 10 22 -5 33
14 Girona 27 7 10 10 29 37 14 2 6 6 13 21 13 5 4 4 16 16 -8 31
15 Levante 27 8 6 13 37 48 13 4 3 6 18 25 14 4 3 7 19 23 -11 30
16 Villarreal 27 5 11 11 29 35 14 2 6 6 17 19 13 3 5 5 12 16 -6 26
17 Real Valladolid 27 6 8 13 21 38 13 3 3 7 11 19 14 3 5 6 10 19 -17 26
18 Celta de Vigo 27 6 7 14 36 45 14 4 4 6 19 19 13 2 3 8 17 26 -9 25
19 Rayo Vallecano 27 6 5 16 29 48 14 3 4 7 20 29 13 3 1 9 9 19 -19 23
20 Huesca 27 5 7 15 27 44 13 3 4 6 14 17 14 2 3 9 13 27 -17 22

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