Real Betis 2-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 14 February 2009
Result
Real Betis 2-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 14 February 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Betis 2-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Betis drew with FC Barcelona 2-2 in La Liga on Saturday 14 February 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Melli opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Melli (18') and Mark González (25'). FC Barcelona scored through Samuel Eto'o (45') and Samuel Eto'o (84').
Discipline: Real Betis received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 14th on 25 points from 22 and FC Barcelona 1st on 59 points from 22. Real Betis went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Betis win, 2 draws and 4 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read W-D-L-W-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Melli
- 25'Goal · Mark González
- 35'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 45'Missed penalty · Samuel Eto'o
- 45'Yellow card · Achille Emana
- 45'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 77'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 83'Yellow card · Juanma
- 84'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ricardo Oliveira
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo, Melli, Fernando Vega, Branko Ilić, Mark González, Achille Emana, Juande Prados, Sergio García, Ricardo Oliveira, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen