FC Barcelona 3-4 Real Betis: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 11 November 2018

Result

FC Barcelona 3-4 Real Betis

La Liga · Sunday 11 November 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-2

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FC Barcelona 3-4 Real Betis: match report

FC Barcelona lost to Real Betis 3-4 in La Liga on Sunday 11 November 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.

Junior Firpo opened the scoring in the 20th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (68', penalty), A. Vidal (79') and Lionel Messi (90+2'). Real Betis scored through Junior Firpo (20'), Joaquín (34'), Giovani Lo Celso (71') and Sergio Canales (83').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Betis received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 24 points from 11 and Real Betis 15th on 13 points from 11. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Real Betis 10th with 50.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Betis in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.9), ahead of Giovani Lo Celso (8.5).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Junior FirpoReal Betis · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Andrés GuardadoReal Betis
  • 34'Goal · JoaquínReal Betis · 0-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Ivan RakiticFC Barcelona
  • 59'Yellow card · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona
  • 67'Yellow card · TelloReal Betis
  • 68'Penalty goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Aïssa MandiReal Betis
  • 71'Goal · Giovani Lo CelsoReal Betis · 1-3
  • 79'Goal · A. VidalFC Barcelona · 2-3
  • 81'Second yellow · Ivan RakiticFC Barcelona
  • 83'Goal · Sergio CanalesReal Betis · 2-4
  • 90+2'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 9, draws 1, Real Betis 0.

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Malcom

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

Pau López, Aïssa Mandi, Marc Bartra, Sidnei, Cristian Tello, Andrés Guardado, William Carvalho, Junior Firpo, Giovani Lo Celso, Loren Morón, Joaquín