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FT: Real Betis 2 - 5 Barcelona

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Real Betis (4-2-3-1)

Barcelona (4-2-3-1)

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

10' ⚽ Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 1. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jules Koundé.

20' 🟨 Fermín López (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

22' 🟨 Héctor Bellerín (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

27' ⚽ Goal! Real Betis 1, Barcelona 1. Valentín Gómez (Real Betis) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Fornals with a cross following a corner.

41' ⚽ Goal! Real Betis 1, Barcelona 2. Rodri (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fermín López with a cross following a corner.

45' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Gerard Martín.

45' 🔄 Substitution, Real Betis. Nelson Deossa replaces Dani Ceballos.

51' ⚽ Goal! Real Betis 1, Barcelona 3. Gabriel Jesus (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.

53' ⚽ Goal! Real Betis 2, Barcelona 3. Abde Ezzalzouli (Real Betis) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso with a through ball following a fast break.

54' 🟥 Facundo Bernal (Real Betis) is shown the red card for violent conduct.

55' 🟨 Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.

61' 🟨 Diego Llorente (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

62' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Olmo replaces Fermín López.

62' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Anthony Gordon replaces Karim Adeyemi.

62' ⚽ Goal! Real Betis 2, Barcelona 4. Eric García (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pau Cubarsí with a headed pass following a set piece situation.

64' 🔄 Substitution, Real Betis. Troy Parrott replaces Cucho Hernández.

64' 🔄 Substitution, Real Betis. Rodrigo Riquelme replaces Giovani Lo Celso.

70' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Raphinha replaces Lamine Yamal.

70' 🔄 Substitution, Real Betis. Ángel Ortiz replaces Héctor Bellerín.

70' 🔄 Substitution, Real Betis. Álvaro Fidalgo replaces Pablo Fornals.

79' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Gabriel Jesus because of an injury.

81' ⚽ Goal! Real Betis 2, Barcelona 5. Dani Olmo (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pau Cubarsí.

MATCH STATS

MATCH ENDED

Put together some interesting data on the most completed dribbles across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 this season, and thought id share here.

Yamal is top with 30, from 50 tried. Mbappé is right behind on 29 from 48, and Madrid have three of the top five with Bellingham and Diomande too.

Yamal and Mbappé both complete 60% of what they 'try'. Bellingham is the tidiest of the top five at 70%.

He's also level for the most assists in La Liga with 5.

This will be an interesting stat between Yamal & Mbappe this season, especially given Real's landscape of attackers too. I'd love to hear your thoughts: who takes this one by the end of the season?

(Data source: The Prism, a football scouting and analytics tool I'm currently building. Looking for testers, so feel free to sign up to the waitlist if you are interested in this type of data!)

I am an autistic person, and my current special interest is FC Barcelona.

I started by tracking only the women’s team during the 26/27 Champions League, but I eventually decided to include the men’s team as well.

I want to document the journey of both teams in the Champions League; I’m recording the scores, lineups, statistics, substitutions, MVP, a summary of the goals, and a note on the most notable moments I observed during each match.

I also enjoy drawing, so I’ve illustrated the club crests and decorated the covers of the notebooks where I keep these records (apologies if some of the crests didn’t turn out perfectly).

I wanted to share this with others who also love football and Barça.

Match Information

Squad Depth & Injury Report

FC Barcelona — Hansi Flick

Hamza Abdelkarim is with the B team.

Real Betis — Manuel Pellegrini

Predicted Lineups:

Pitch view — Betis (4-2-3-1):

                         Valles  
        Bellerín    Llorente    Natan    Fran García   
                Fornals              Roca  
          Antony         Isco          Abde  
                     Cucho Hernández

Pitch view — Barcelona (4-3-3):

                     Joan García  
        Koundé    Cubarsí    Martín    Espart  
              Rodri               Pedri  
          Yamal         Fermín          Adeyemi  
                     Gabriel Jesus

Barcelona notes:
Raphinha and De Jong are ready but won't start. The upcomming schedule is heavy with PSG and Madrid next so we want them ready. They should still get few minutes. As always Rodri and Pedri stay in the middle. Fermín should start with Koundé returning after Eric started against Galatasary. Espart should be back at left-back.

Betis notes:
Firpo and Ruibal are out. Bellerín and Fran García start at full-back. Llorente and Natan are the centre-backs. Fornals and Roca protect the middle. Isco starts. Antony and Abde start wide. Cucho starts as the nine. This is Pellegrini’s strongest available eleven. Should be a spicy game hopefully.

Quick Take on Betis

What We Are Watching from Barcelona

I’m going to be going to watch Sabah vs Barcelona in Azerbaijan and need help, to try and get a photo with any player, possible. Is it possible to maybe come early for the match to catch them coming from the bus, or maybe after the game?,

I wouldn’t be able to go to any of the hotels, so that’s out of the situation. Any help would be appreciated thank you.

How would it impact the team,the tactics snd the minutes of the players?

Yeah ik we had him last year too but this year we have basically 2 more midfielders besides him

We got Rodri this summer and Bernal and Gavi returned while Casado went out on loan

How would everything change and what would be the pivot?

Personally I am quite confused ngl

I think Flick would play a 4231 more than a 433 but the pivots and everything is a question

There is Pedri,Rodri and De jong now

Not to mention Bernal and Gavi who have been getting subbed on a bit recently but with limited minutes

With de jong it would be even harder

Not to mention 5 DMs mean u cant js sub on 2 after playing 2 i think the competition may increase more than we imagined

Edit:Guys I am not saying this is a problem i am js wo during the changes

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My sister and I are going to the El Classico game. My little nephew who is 10months old will be with us too. I already got our tickets for my
sister and I but I read somewhere that babies need a ticket / baby pass? I emailed Barca club about it but i didn’t get any reply yet.

People who’ve been to games with a baby, how did you get a pass / did you need a ticket?