FC Barcelona 6-2 Real Betis: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

FC Barcelona 6-2 Real Betis

La Liga · Saturday 20 August 2016, 16:15 UTC · half-time 3-1

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FC Barcelona 6-2 Real Betis: match report

FC Barcelona beat Real Betis 6-2 in La Liga on Saturday 20 August 2016. The half-time score was 3-1.

Arda Turan opened the scoring in the 6th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Arda Turan (6'), Lionel Messi (37'), Luis Suárez (42'), Luis Suárez (56'), Lionel Messi (57') and Luis Suárez (82'). Real Betis scored through Rubén Castro (21') and Rubén Castro (84').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Real Betis received 3 yellow cards.

FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 90 points, and Real Betis 15th with 39.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Betis in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Luis Suárez (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Real Betis.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Arda TuranFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Rubén CastroReal Betis · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 42'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 3-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Álvaro CejudoReal Betis
  • 56'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 4-1
  • 57'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 5-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona
  • 68'Yellow card · Dani CeballosReal Betis
  • 77'Yellow card · Rubén CastroReal Betis
  • 82'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 6-1
  • 84'Goal · Rubén CastroReal Betis · 6-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 8, draws 2, Real Betis 0.

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Claudio Bravo, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Denis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Arda Turan

Real Betis line-up (5-3-2)

Antonio Adán, Álvaro Cejudo, Bruno González, Aïssa Mandi, Germán Pezzella, Riza Durmisi, Jonas Martin, Petros, Felix Petersen, Antonio Sanabria, Rubén Castro