Real Betis vs Barcelona – La Liga – Preview

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Sreya

Real Betis vs Barcelona – Real Betis hosts Barcelona at the Estadio Benito Villamarin on 21st January, Sunday in a crucial La Liga fixture.

Real Betis are tenth in the league standings with twenty-seven points and have hit a streak of form after the winter break, with two consecutive wins in high-scoring matches against Sevilla and Leganes.

Barcelona sit atop the La Liga standings with fifty-one points, eight points ahead of the second-placed Atletico Madrid. Barcelona have won their last five games on the trot and are in tremendous form heading into the business end of the season.

Team News

Joel Campbell, Antonio Sanabria and Antonio Barragan are sidelined through injuries for Real Betis. The visitors will be without the injured Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho.

Real Betis Possible Starting Lineup: Antonio Adan, Francis, Zouhair Feddal, Aissa Mandi, Riza Durmisi, Andres Guardado, Javi Garcia, Fabian Ruiz, Joaquin, Sergio Leon, Cristian Tello.

Barcelona Possible Starting Lineup: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Pique, Thomas Vermalaen, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Paulinho, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez.

“The idea is to keep this winning dynamic going and to do as well as we did in the first half of the season. But Betis will not be an easy opponent to start against.”

– Ernesto Valverde, Barcelona.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Real Betis vs Barcelona H2H Stats, Barcelona have won four and drawn one of their previous five matches against Real Betis. In fact, Barcelona are unbeaten in their last eleven matches against Real Betis in all competitions, winning nine of those games.

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Barcelona’s last four La Liga games, while Real Betis have conceded at least two goals in their previous three league games.

Barcelona are the clear favorites tonight and are expected to win 2-0 tonight.