Real Betis vs Barcelona

17 March 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Loren Morón 82’

Lionel Messi 18’, 45+2’, 85’
Luis Suárez 63’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 4-1 away at Real Betis. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Lionel Messi put Barcelona ahead with a direct free kick in the 18th minute and Messi made it 0-2 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Luis Suárez. In the second half, Luis Suárez made it 0-3 in the 63rd minute, set up by Gerard Piqué, Loren Morón pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 82nd minute, set up by Diego Lainez, and Messi made it 1-4 in the 85th minute, set up by Ivan Rakitic.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.80 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Real Betis's 1.16 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 16

3 Shots on Target 9

3 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.16 xG 3.80

1.16 Non-penalty xG 3.80

5 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Real Betis Barcelona

Kick-off

18’

Lionel Messi

0-1

45+2’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Luis Suárez

0-2

Half-time0-2

63’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Gerard Piqué

0-3

Loren Morón
Assist: Diego Lainez

1-3

82’

85’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Ivan Rakitic

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Real Betis

Andrés Guardado

Barcelona

Clement Lenglet
Nélson Semedo

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 1.16 xGBarcelona 3.80 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
Pau López	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aissa Mandi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sidnei	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Marc Bartra	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Carvalho	MID	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joaquín	MID	68			0	0.00	0.03	1
Andrés Guardado	MID	90			1	0.02	0.68	2
Sergio Canales	MID	90			2	0.20	0.05	1
Cristian Tello	MID	90			2	0.05	0.09	2
Jesé	FWD	90			2	0.58	0.05	2
Giovani Lo Celso	FWD	69			3	0.11	0.00	0
Emerson	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego Lainez	Sub	21		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
Loren Morón	Sub	14	1		2	0.15	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Roberto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.72	2
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90		1	1	0.05	0.59	1
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ivan Rakitic	MID	89		1	1	0.01	0.06	1
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Arthur	MID	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	MID	90			2	0.09	0.23	1
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	3		5	1.27	1.01	4
Luis Suárez	FWD	90	1	1	7	2.38	0.46	1
Nélson Semedo	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carles Aleñá	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Betis win 13% Bet365 odds 7.00

Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.00

Barcelona win 68% Bet365 odds 1.40

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Real Betis L D W L W

Barcelona D W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 3-4 Real Betis, 11 Nov 18 Next meeting: Barcelona 5-2 Real Betis, 25 Aug 19 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.