FC Barcelona 3-1 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 5 April 2014
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Real Betis
La Liga · Saturday 5 April 2014, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 3-1 Real Betis: match report
FC Barcelona won against Real Betis 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 5 April 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 14th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (14', penalty), an own goal by Jordi Figueras (67') and Lionel Messi (86'). Real Betis scored through Rubén Castro (68').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Real Betis received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 73 points from 31 and Real Betis 20th on 22 points from 31. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Real Betis 20th with 25.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Betis in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Real Betis.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Real Betis's L-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 14'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 60'Yellow card · Lorenzo Reyes
- 67'Own goal · Jordi Figueras
- 68'Goal · Rubén Castro
- 78'Yellow card · Antonio Amaya
- 86'Missed penalty · Lionel Messi
- 86'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
José Manuel Pinto, Marc Bartra, Adriano, Dani Alves, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Pedro, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi
Real Betis line-up (4-3-3)
Antonio Adán, Antonio Amaya, Juanfran, Juankar, Jordi Figueras, Álvaro Vadillo, Nono, Alfred N'Diaye, Lorenzo Enrique Reyes Vicencio, Léo Baptistão, Cedric Mabwati Gerard