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Real Betis - Barcelona live online: scores, stats and updates, LaLiga 2023/24
Real Betis vs Barcelona: LaLiga live!
Barcelona XI
- goalkeeper
- 13Iñaki Peña
- defenders
- 23Koundé
- 4Ronald Araújo
- 3Alex Balde
- 33Pau Cubarsí
- midfielders
- 8Pedri
- 22Gündogan
- 21Frenkie De Jong
- forwards
- 7Ferrán Torres
- 9Lewandowski
- 27Lamine Yamal
- substitutes
- CoachXavier Hernández Creuss
- 14João Félix
- 38Marc Guiu
- 39Hector Fort
- 31Diego Kochen
- 26Ander Astralaga
- 32Fermín López
- 19Vitor Roque
- 18Oriol Romeu
- 20Sergi Roberto
Betis XI
- goalkeeper
- 13Rui Silva
- defenders
- 6Pezzella
- 20Abner
- 19Sokratis
- 2Héctor Bellerín
- midfielders
- 21Marc Roca
- 4Johnny
- 22Isco Alarcón
- forwards
- 11Luiz Henrique
- 12Willian José
- 38Assane Diao
- substitutes
- CoachManuel Pellegrinis
- 8Fekir
- 9Borja Iglesias
- 30Francisco Vieites
- 16Juan Cruz
- 17Rodri
- 34Ricardo Visus
- 27Sergi Altimira
- 33Xavier Pleguezuelo
- 42Pablo Busto
Both sets of players have left their respective dressing rooms and are in the tunnel.
Real Madrid come back
You just knew it was going to happen.
Barcelona are fourth in LaLiga and despite being reigning champions, have not been themselves this season.
Xavi and his staff will be under pressure to move them closer to Girona and Real Madrid at the top in this second half of the season.
T | MP | W | D | L | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 GIR | 49 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
3 ATH | 41 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
4 BCN | 41 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
5 ATM | 38 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
6 RSO | 35 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
Kick-off in Seville is just over 10 minutes away!
Spanish legends
Two legends of the Game - Joaquín and Xavi - met before kick-off to have a chat.
Barcelona have two 16-year-olds in their starting XI today. Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí have both been given the nod by Xavi.
Betis are sitting lower than they would like to be in the table. They will be hoping for a win today to move closer to the European places.
Their next Game in Europe, by the way, is at home to Dinamo Zagreb on February 15.
T | MP | W | D | L | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 VAL | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
8 LP | 31 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
9 BET | 31 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
10 GET | 26 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
11 OSA | 25 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
Warm-ups underway
The Barcelona players are out for their pre-match warm-ups. Kick-off is just around the corner.
Guardado with Betis
Andrés Guardado became a key player in his time at Real Betis, wearing the famous green and white shirt 218 times.
He also went on to win the Copa del Rey with the Andalusian club in 2022 and later became club captain.
Guardado leaves Betis
Earlier this week, Mexican midfielder Andrés Guardado left Betis. He will soon sign for Mexican outfit Club León.
Cardoso comes in
Johnny Cardoso has been signed by Betis to strengthen their midfield. The 22-year-old stands out for his power but also for his Game intelligence and he can operate as a No 6 as well as further forward. He has been capped seven times by the USMNT and played five times for the USA U23 side.
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Real Madrid - Almería live online: Bellingham, second half, score, stats & updates, LaLiga EA Sports
Almería - who are bottom of the LaLiga table - are beating Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu!
Barcelona XI
Xavi has named the following XI at the Benito Villamarín:
16-year-old defender Pau Cubarsí is making his Barcelona debut.
Cardoso debut
Today will be Johnny Cardoso's debut with his new club after joining from Brazilian side Internacional.
He was one of the outstanding players in the Copa Libertadores last year, however, his team were knocked out of the tournament at the semi-final stage against fellow Brazilian outfit Fluminense, in a match that had Betis representatives in attendance.
Betis XI
Here's the Betis team that will play against Barcelona.
There is a start in midfield for USMNT player Johnny Cardoso.
Betis player of the season, Isco, is also in from the start.
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Xavi’s press conference ahead of Barcelona’s LaLiga Game against Real Betis
“It’s a tough one,” said Xavi pre-match.
“They’ve gone a long time unbeaten at home. We are starting the second half of the season with a lot of excitement. Girona and Madrid are ahead but I think we can catch them. [Betis] let you play and this is good for us.”
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Barcelona injury update ahead of Betis in LaLiga: Christensen out against Betis
Ahead of today's Game with Betis, Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernández confirmed that Joao Cancelo will not make it back in time for the trip to Seville, but that he would be back against Athletic in the Copa del Rey quarter-final.
And Barca then suffered a further setback in yesterday afternoon’s session. Andreas Christensen was not able to participate with the squad and won't feature today.
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Real Madrid - Almería live online: first half, score, stats & updates, LaLiga EA Sports
Almería have taken a shock lead at the Bernabéu. Joe has you covered in that one.
Today's venue: Estadio Benito Villamarín
Today's venue in Seville is one of the special ones in Spain. This place will be rocking shortly.
Real Betis squad
Manuel Pellegrini has named the following squad for Betis' home clash against Barcelona today.
Real Betis vs Barcelona: welcome!
Hello and welcome to AS USA's live coverage of this match between Real Betis and Barcelona.
I'm Kieran Quaile and I'll be taking you through all the action from Seville.
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