FC Barcelona 3-2 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 24 September 2008
Result
FC Barcelona 3-2 Real Betis
La Liga · Wednesday 24 September 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 3-2 Real Betis: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Real Betis 3-2 in La Liga on Wednesday 24 September 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring in the 17th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Samuel Eto'o (17'), Samuel Eto'o (23') and Eiður Guðjohnsen (80'). Real Betis scored through F. Monzón (59') and José Marí (67').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Real Betis received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 9th on 4 points from 3 and Real Betis 16th on 2 points from 3. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Real Betis 17th with 42.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Betis in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 1 for Real Betis.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-L and Real Betis's D-D-L.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 17'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 23'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 44'Yellow card · Fernando Vega
- 59'Goal · F. Monzón
- 67'Goal · José Marí
- 75'Yellow card · Capi
- 80'Goal · Eiður Guðjohnsen
- 84'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 85'Yellow card · Mehmet Aurelio
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Gianluca Zambrotta
Real Betis line-up (4-4-1-1)
Casto, Fernando Vega, Nelson, Arzu, Mark González, Capi, Achille Emana, Sergio García, José Marí, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio