Barcelona - Betis Football prediction

Barcelona and Betis play at the Camp Nou in a 12th round matchup of the Primera Division. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 4 wins in the last 4 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stage was in 20-08-2017, in a game by the First Division that finished with the victory of Barcelona by (2-0). The goals of the match were scored by A. Toşca (36 'Autogolo) and Sergi Roberto (39') for Barcelona.

Analysis of Barcelona
After 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, the home team is in 1st place, having won 24 points. In the last match, he beat Rayo Vallecano by (2-3), having won 5-1 at home against Real Madrid in the previous game. The team arrives at this meeting after a draw with Internazionale for (1-1). For the championship, Barcelona won 14 points in 18 chances, after 4 wins and 2 draws in the last 6 games they played in their stadium.

In this competition, you do not lose in your stadium there are 6 matches. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 9 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has marked with great regularity, since it has always marked at least one goal in the last 10 games in this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency towards goals, since 46 in 62 finished with More than 2.5 goals in the marker. In 11 games in this competition, managed to turn the score in 2 of the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Barcelona have a great campaign in La Liga, coming from 3 consecutive best victories, one of which has beaten the biggest rival Real Madrid by 5 to 1 even without Messi and goes in search of another positive result to remain in the leadership of the national. The team has a powerful attack that is the best of the national with 31 goals scored, 9 more than the second most scoring team, but their defense still needs adjustments, suffered 14 goals and is the eighth most leaked, so much that suffered goals in the last 9 rounds, something unusual for the Catalan team. Playing at home, as the game of this Sunday, Barcelona is one of 3 unbeaten teams so far, has the best attack, but has conceded goals in the last 5 matches in this type of situation, and in 3 of them suffered 2 goals, again showing that the defense still needs adjustments. For the game against Real Betis, coach Ernesto Valverde will have Messi at his disposal, but the athlete should only play for a few minutes, as Barcelona do not want to rush the athlete back and force some injury.

Betis Analysis
After 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, the visiting team is in 14th place, having won 13 points. In the last match, they drew with Celta Vigo at home (3-3), after having lost in the previous match in a game against Getafe by (2-0). In the last game he played for the Europa League, he tied with Milan at home for (1-1). In the last 5 away games for the championship Betis has won 1, 2 draws and 2 defeats, having won 5 points in 15 chances. In 11 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never managed to turn the score.

Real Betis has been losing performance with every passing game, they have not won 4 games since losing 3 and they have drawn 1 and are looking for a recovery as they are plunging into the qualifying table and now have only 4 points advantage of the relegation zone. The team has a reasonable defense that has conceded 12 goals and is the eighth least leaked, but the big problem is their ineffective attack that scored 8 goals and is the second worst of the national, both that did not score goals in 3 of their last 4 matches. Playing away from home, like this Sunday's clash, Real Betis are a team that attack very little, so much so that they scored just 1 goal in total in the last 5 games away from their domains, again revealing their offensive problems, especially as a visitor. For the difficult game against Barcelona, ​​the coaches Setién and Sarabia have no problems in the starting team and go to the field with the best.