FC Barcelona 4-2 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 15 January 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 4-2 Real Betis
La Liga · Sunday 15 January 2012, 20:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Barcelona 4-2 Real Betis: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Real Betis 4-2 in La Liga on Sunday 15 January 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Xavi opened the scoring in the 10th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Xavi (10'), Lionel Messi (12'), A. Sánchez (75') and Lionel Messi (86', penalty). Real Betis scored through Rubén Castro (32') and R. Santa Cruz (52').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Real Betis received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 38 points from 17 and Real Betis 11th on 22 points from 17. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Real Betis 12th with 47.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Betis in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Real Betis.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Real Betis's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Xavi
- 12'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 32'Goal · Rubén Castro
- 42'Yellow card · Iriney Santos
- 44'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 47'Yellow card · Salva Sevilla
- 49'Yellow card · Puyol
- 52'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 60'Yellow card · Mario Alvarez
- 69'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 71'Second yellow · Mario Alvarez
- 75'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 81'Yellow card · Javier Matilla
- 85'Yellow card · Chechu Dorado
- 86'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Sergio Busquets, Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Puyol, Dani Alves, Seydou Keita, Xavi, Thiago Alcântara, Lionel Messi, David Villa
Real Betis line-up (4-3-3)
Casto, Isidoro, Mario Alvarez, Chechu Dorado, Nacho, Salva Sevilla, Iriney Santos, José Alberto Cañas, Jorge Molina, Jefferson Montero, Rubén Castro