Real Betis 0-5 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 21 January 2018

Result

Real Betis 0-5 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Sunday 21 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Real Betis 0-5 FC Barcelona: match report

Real Betis were beaten by FC Barcelona 0-5 in La Liga on Sunday 21 January 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Real Betis did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Ivan Rakitic (59'), Lionel Messi (64'), Luis Suárez (69'), Lionel Messi (80') and Luis Suárez (89').

Discipline: Real Betis received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Betis were 10th on 27 points from 19 and FC Barcelona 1st on 51 points from 19. Real Betis went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 93.

Real Betis lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (10.0), level with Lionel Messi (10.0).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · André GomesFC Barcelona
  • 51'Yellow card · Riza DurmisiReal Betis
  • 59'Goal · Ivan RakiticFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 64'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Zouhair FeddalReal Betis
  • 67'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona
  • 69'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 0-3
  • 80'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-4
  • 89'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 0-5

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Real Betis line-up (3-4-1-2)

Antonio Adán, Javi García, Zouhair Feddal, Aïssa Mandi, Fabián Ruiz, Riza Durmisi, Andrés Guardado, Francis Guerrero, Sergio León, Joaquín, Cristian Tello

FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)

Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto, André Gomes, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi