Barcelona will try and get their season again on monitor on Sunday once they journey south to face Actual Betis, realizing third place in La Liga is inside their attain.
Xavi Hernandez is below immense stress as Barca boss now his aspect have slipped to fourth, albeit with a recreation in hand over Athletic Membership, and have been thrashed by Actual Madrid within the Supercopa de Espana closing. It may worsen if they’re crushed in Seville and Atletico Madrid win in opposition to Granada, which might see the Blaugrana drop to fifth.
For an under-pressure coach, Xavi has spoken to the press very actually about his precarious place, saying he’ll go away the membership if he feels he has misplaced the assist of the gamers. The Copa del Rey win in opposition to Unionistas de Salamanca did little to assist the coach; it is three factors in opposition to Actual Betis that he actually wants. It will not be straightforward given Betis are at the moment seventh and solely ten factors behind.
Here is all that you must find out about Actual Betis vs Barca in La Liga this weekend.
Actual Betis vs Barcelona H2H Report (Final 5 Video games)
Present Type (all competitions)
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Nation |
TV channel/reside stream |
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United Kingdom |
Viaplay UK, LaLigaTV, Viaplay Xtra |
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United States |
ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ |
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Canada |
TSN+ |
They might be trying comfy in seventh in the meanwhile, however Actual Betis have loads of absentees to take care of and their lineup in opposition to Barca is not a simple one to foretell.
They’ll positively be with out Aitor Ruibal, Ayoze Perez and Hector Bellerin due to damage, whereas Chadi Riad, Youssouf Sabaly and Abde Ezzalzouli are all on the Africa Cup of Nations. In addition to that, the likes of Juan Miranda, Guido Rodriguez, Claudio Bravo and Marc Bartra are all health doubts. Three of these 4 are former Barca gamers.
Actual Betis predicted lineup vs Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Silva; Busto, Pezzella, Papastathopoulos, Abner; Roca, Guardado; Henrique, Isco, Diao; Willian Jose.
Whereas the scenario appears significantly bleak for Betis fitness-wise, Barca have their very own damage troubles. They’re with out Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Joao Cancelo, Marcos Alonso, Inigo Martinez, Gavi and Raphinha for this journey.
Nonetheless, they’ll welcome Lamine Yamal and Ronald Araujo again after they served suspensions in opposition to Unionistas within the Copa del Rey. Loads of modifications can be made to the workforce that received that recreation, with extra recognisable names like Robert Lewandowski and Pedri coming into the beginning lineup.
Barcelona predicted lineup vs Actual Betis (4-3-3): Pena; Roberto, Araujo, Kounde, Balde; De Jong, Gundogan, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Torres.
This can be a very robust contest for Barca given they know something aside from a win will put much more stress on Xavi and Betis are by no means a simple workforce to beat. Barca do have current file in opposition to Betis although.
The sport must be very tight and it may not be full of objectives, however given the standard Barca can have on the pitch and the gamers Betis are lacking, the away aspect must be the favourites.
