Real Betis vs Barcelona

7 February 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–0

Borja Iglesias 38’
Víctor Ruiz 75’

Lionel Messi 59’
Víctor Ruiz 68’ (og)
Trincão 87’

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 3-2 away at Real Betis, with a late winner. Real Betis led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Borja Iglesias put Real Betis ahead in the 38th minute, set up by Emerson. In the second half, Lionel Messi equalised in the 59th minute, set up by Ousmane Dembélé, Ruiz's own goal put Barcelona in front in the 68th minute, Víctor Ruiz equalised with a header in the 75th minute, set up by Nabil Fekir, and Trincão won it in the 87th minute.

Real Betis can feel hard done by, creating 1.88 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Barcelona's 1.33 from 12.

Match stats

8 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 4

3 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.88 xG 1.33

1.88 Non-penalty xG 1.33

2 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Real Betis Barcelona

Kick-off

Borja Iglesias
Assist: Emerson

1-0

38’

Half-time1-0

59’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Ousmane Dembélé

1-1

68’

Víctor Ruiz
Own goal

1-2

Víctor Ruiz
Assist: Nabil Fekir

2-2

75’

87’

Trincão

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Real Betis

Víctor Ruiz

Barcelona

Sergio Busquets
Ousmane Dembélé
Frenkie de Jong

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Real Betis 1.88 xGBarcelona 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Barcelona attacking Real Betis attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Joel Robles	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emerson	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.44	1
Aissa Mandi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Víctor Ruiz	DEF	90	1		2	0.66	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.14	1
Andrés Guardado	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Akouokou	MID	78			0	0.00	0.02	1
Aitor Ruibal	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nabil Fekir	MID	86		1	1	0.02	1.07	2
Juanmi	MID	78			2	0.58	0.00	0
Borja Iglesias	FWD	85	1		2	0.58	0.13	1
Rodrigo Sánchez	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Guido Rodríguez	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Tello	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.03	1
Loren Morón	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Canales	Sub	4			1	0.03	0.04	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Mingueza	DEF	90			2	0.13	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			1	0.47	0.00	0
Ronald Araújo	DEF	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.57	4
Sergio Busquets	MID	81			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miralem Pjanic	MID	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riqui Puig	MID	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	90		1	3	0.37	0.19	3
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	90			2	0.16	0.26	1
Martin Braithwaite	FWD	49			1	0.01	0.00	0
Frenkie de Jong	Sub	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedri	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lionel Messi	Sub	30	1		2	0.14	0.09	2
Trincão	Sub	30	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
Samuel Umtiti	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Betis win 17% Avg odds 5.63

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.57

Barcelona win 62% Avg odds 1.54

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Real Betis D W W D W

Barcelona W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 5-2 Real Betis, 07 Nov 20 Next meeting: Barcelona 0-1 Real Betis, 04 Dec 21 All Real Betis vs Barcelona meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.