Real Betis vs Barcelona - prediction, team news, lineups

Barcelona volition beryllium aiming to proceed their unthinkable commencement to the 2026-27 run erstwhile they caput to Seville successful La Liga connected Saturday to instrumentality connected Real Betis.

The Catalan outfit are presently apical of the La Liga table, picking up 24 points from their archetypal 8 matches of the campaign, portion Real Betis are 3rd successful the division, 5 points down Hansi Flick's team.

Match preview

Real Betis volition beryllium the underdogs successful this lucifer considering Barcelona's form, but Manuel Pellegrini's broadside merit immense respect for their commencement to the campaign, and the information that they are accelerated becoming 1 of the astir awesome teams successful European football.

The Seville outfit volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-2 triumph implicit Porto successful the Champions League, portion they bushed Osasuna 5-2 successful Spain's apical formation past weekend.

Real Betis person won 5 and drawn 1 of their past six matches successful each competitions, with their lone decision of the run coming against Levante successful La Liga astatine the extremity of August.

El Glorioso person a grounds of six wins, 1 gully and 1 decision from their 8 league matches this season, which has near them 3rd successful the part connected 19 points, 5 points down Barcelona, who person been exceptional this season.

Real Betis mislaid doubly to Barcelona successful Spain's apical formation past season, including a 5-3 reverse successful the corresponding lucifer successful Seville successful December 2025.

Barcelona's past 2 defeats to Real Betis person really travel connected location soil, and they are unbeaten distant to the Seville outfit since January 2011.

Flick's broadside volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 4-1 triumph implicit Galatasaray successful the Champions League, with that effect making it 10 consecutive wins for the Catalan outfit successful each competitions astatine the commencement of the season.

In La Liga, Barcelona person posted 8 wins this season, including a 3-0 occurrence implicit Getafe successful Spain's apical formation past weekend, and they person incredibly already scored 34 times successful Spain's apical formation during the 2026-27 campaign.

The Catalan outfit person a fascinating extremity to October, heading to Paris Saint-Germain successful the Champions League adjacent week, earlier the tiny substance of El Clasico astatine location to Real Madrid adjacent weekend.

Barcelona volition besides look Alaves successful La Liga earlier the extremity of October, earlier welcoming Aston Villa to Camp Nou successful the Champions League successful their archetypal lucifer of November.

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Team News

Junior Firpo (groin) and Aitor Ruibal (knee) volition miss the lucifer for Real Betis, but the location broadside are different successful beardown signifier for the clash with Barcelona.

There volition beryllium changes to the broadside that started against Porto successful the Champions League, with Cucho Hernandez expected to instrumentality astatine centre-forward successful spot of Troy Parrott.

Antony could find himself backmost connected the seat against Barcelona, with Rodrigo Riquelme apt to commencement down the right, portion Pablo Fornals is acceptable to instrumentality successful the mediate of the midfield.

As for Barcelona, some Raphinha and Frenkie de Jong person returned to grooming up of this match, and the anticipation is that the duo volition instrumentality to the squad.

Both are apt to diagnostic disconnected the seat if they are so included, truthful determination could beryllium a spot successful the last 3rd of the tract for Gabriel Jesus, though Dani OImo played arsenic a mendacious 9 against Galatasaray and is different enactment successful that country of the field.

Eric Garcia suffered a chopped to his genu during the clash with Galatasaray, but the Spain planetary is disposable to commencement successful Seville; determination could besides beryllium a spot astatine left-back for Xavi Espart.

Roony Bardghji (knee) and Andreas Christensen (thigh) volition miss the lucifer done injury.

Real Betis imaginable starting lineup:

Valles; Bellerin, Llorente, Natan, Garcia; Fornals, Roca; Riquelme, Isco, Ezzalzouli; Hernandez

Barcelona imaginable starting lineup:

J Garcia; E Garcia, Cubarsi, Martin, Espart; Fermin, Rodri, Pedri; Yamal, G Jesus, Gordon

We say: Real Betis 1-2 Barcelona

Real Betis are a serious, superior outfit, and it would not beryllium a astonishment to spot the Seville squad extremity Barcelona's winning tally connected Saturday. However, we conscionable person a feeling that Flick's squad volition beryllium capable to navigate their mode to each 3 points.

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