Real Betis vs Barcelona 2-5

Barcelona won 5-2 after turning a 2-1 half-time lead into an away victory at Estadio de la Cartuja. The visitors scored three times after the break, while Real Betis were reduced to 10 men on 54 minutes.

Lamine Yamal opened the scoring in the 10th minute from Jules Koundé’s assist, before Diego Valentín Gómez levelled for Real Betis in the 27th minute from Pablo Fornals’ pass. Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante restored Barcelona’s lead on 41 minutes, assisted by Fermín López, and the visitors went in 2-1 up. Real Betis also had a Giovani Lo Celso goal ruled out by VAR on 45 minutes.

Gabriel Jesus made it 3-1 in the 51st minute from Lamine Yamal’s assist, only for Abde Ezzalzouli to pull one back two minutes later after being set up by Giovani Lo Celso. Facundo Bernal was sent off on 54 minutes, and Barcelona made the game safe through Eric García on 62 minutes, with Pau Cubarsí providing the assist after García had come off the bench in the 45th minute. Daniel Olmo Carvajal, who had come on in the 62nd minute, sealed it on 81 minutes from another Cubarsí assist. Barcelona made two changes on 62 minutes, while Real Betis made two on 64 minutes and two more on 70 minutes.

Barcelona had 69% of the ball, 747 passes to Real Betis’ 324, and 17 shots to 6. They also led the shots on target count 10-5, the expected goals 3.07-1.02, and corners 5-2, while Real Betis made 5 saves to Barcelona’s 3.

Fermín López and Lamine Yamal were booked for Barcelona on 20 and 55 minutes. Real Betis had yellow cards for Héctor Bellerín on 22 minutes, Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti on 45 minutes and Diego Llorente on 61 minutes, and Facundo Bernal was shown a red card on 54 minutes.