14′
6:47 p.m
Similar to Luiz Henrique at the beginning, Pedri is now served with a lob and wants to lift the ball over the goalkeeper. He also puts the thing over the goal!
11′
18:44
Héctor Bellerín launches the next attack before taking Luiz Henrique on the right. The striker immediately moves into the center to look for a finish. But he is blocked by a defender.
9′
18:41
Knappp next to the box, Lewandowski takes a free kick. Once again İlkay Gündoğan takes care of the dead ball and once again the Andalusians are there.
7′
6:40 p.m
The Blaugrana prevailed once on the left, sending Lewandowski to the baseline. However, when the Pole is active on the outside, there is no passing station in the center. His cross pass also rolls through the penalty area untouched.
4′
6:36 p.m
Suddenly the chance for Betis! A long drive is headed before Isco plays a wonderful lob into the path of Luiz Henrique. The attacker wants to lift the bouncing ball over the outgoing Iñaki Peña, but the ball hits the roof of the goal!
3′
6:36 p.m
Gündoğan hits the first corner of the game from the right to the middle. But the Verdiblancos have the upper hand and clear with their heads.
1′
6:34 p.m
Now the ball is rolling in Seville. While Guardado is ending his career in Europe, Pau Cubarsí is just starting his. The 16-year-old makes his first appearance in La Liga today. When Guardado moved to Betis in 2007, he was just born.
18:32
Before kick-off, captain Andrés Guardado says goodbye. The 37-year-old is moving back to his native Mexico to finish his career. He moved to Betis for the first time in 2007. Today he ends this chapter as a player. He also made a stopover for Bayer Leverkusen.
18:27
The atmosphere at Benito Villamarín is of course great when FC Barcelona is a guest. Both teams enter the pitch. It will not be long.
18:21
The game is led by the internationally experienced Jesús Gil Manzano. The almost 40-year-old is assisted by linesmen Ángel Nevado Rodríguez and Javier Martínez Nicolás.
18:13
In the direct duels, Barca usually has the upper hand against the Verdiblancos. The Catalans clearly won the first leg on matchday 5 5-0. Real Betis celebrated their last home win in 2011, when they won 3-1 in the quarter-finals. However, FCB had already won the first leg 5-0, so this victory was more of a correction to the result.
6:09 p.m
Barcelona recently won 1-3 against third division side Unionistas CF. That’s why there is six rotations here. Andreas Christensen is out with a stomach ache. Sergi Roberto, Oriol Romeu, João Félix, Fermín López and Marc Guiu are also on the bench. Ronald Araújo, Pau Cubarsí, Pedri, İlkay Gündoğan, Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal start.
5:57 p.m
Despite the recent win against Granada, Manuel Pellegrini switches to three positions. Neither Andrés Guardado, Ayoze Pérez or Aitor Ruibal are available to the coach. That’s why Héctor Bellerin, who is available again after missing two league games, as well as Johnny Cardoso and Assane Diao start today.
5:49 p.m
As currently fourth in the table (with two games less), Barcelona is not where it actually wants to be. Things didn’t go so badly recently. Two wins in the cup, two wins in the league and the victory in the semi-finals of the Supercopa read pretty well. However, all of that was undone by a crushing 4-1 defeat in the final against Real Madrid. The mood is bad. Victories are necessary!
5:42 p.m
Things haven’t been going so well for Real Betis recently. The team from Sevilla remained winless for six league games in a row. In addition, there was an annoying cup defeat against CD Alavés at the start of the new year. Most recently, the relegation candidate from Granada celebrated a late victory, which may give the Andalusians new impetus. Actually, the squad should be good enough to slide into the international ranks.
5:33 p.m
FC Barcelona is in fourth place in the live table. A win is urgently needed at Betis Sevilla. It starts at 6:30 p.m. Welcome!