FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 February 2006
Result
FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Betis
La Liga · Saturday 18 February 2006, 21:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Betis: match report
FC Barcelona beat Real Betis 5-1 in La Liga on Saturday 18 February 2006. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Henrik Larsson opened the scoring in the 16th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Henrik Larsson (16'), an own goal by Melli (28'), Ronaldinho Gaúcho (33'), Ronaldinho Gaúcho (58') and Lionel Messi (84'). Real Betis scored through Joaquín (61').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Real Betis received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 52 points from 23 and Real Betis 15th on 22 points from 23. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Real Betis 14th with 42.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 0 draws and 0 for Real Betis.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Real Betis's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Henrik Larsson
- 21'Yellow card · Luis Fernández
- 21'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 28'Own goal · Melli
- 33'Goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 55'Yellow card · Belletti
- 58'Goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 61'Goal · Joaquín
- 62'Yellow card · Edmilson
- 78'Yellow card · Thiago Motta
- 79'Yellow card · Arzu
- 84'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Edmilson, Oleguer, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Lionel Messi, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Víctor Valdés, Samuel Eto'o
Real Betis line-up
Toni Doblas, Óscar López, Melli, Arzu, Rivera, Dani, Joaquín, Edu, Luis Fernández, Juanito, Diego Tardelli