Real Betis vs Barcelona, 2021-22 LaLiga
· Spanish LALIGABarcelona secure Champions League qualification thanks to late Jordi Alba winner
A stunning late goal from Jordi Alba gave Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Real Betis to secure qualification for the Champions League next season.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Attempt saved. Marc Bartra (Real Betis) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 5': Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
- 5': Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Memphis Depay.
- 7': Attempt missed. Juanmi (Real Betis) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Borja Iglesias following a fast break.
- 7': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Youssouf Sabaly.
- 13': Foul by Ronald Araújo (Barcelona).
- 13': Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Ferran Torres (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Foul by Germán Pezzella (Real Betis).
- 14': Borja Iglesias (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
- 14': Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Dani Alves.
- 15': Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Dani Alves.
- 17': Substitution, Real Betis. Rui Silva replaces Claudio Bravo because of an injury.
- 18': Attempt saved. Germán Pezzella (Real Betis) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nabil Fekir with a cross.
- 19': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Marc Bartra.
- 19': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Álex Moreno.
- 20': Attempt saved. Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Memphis Depay with a cross.
- 20': Offside, Barcelona. Ronald Araújo tries a through ball, but Sergio Busquets is caught offside.
- 21': Foul by Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis).
- 21': Gavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Hand ball by Gavi (Barcelona).
- 25': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
- 25': Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Nabil Fekir (Real Betis).
- 26': Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 28': Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Sergio Canales.
- 28': Attempt saved. Sergio Canales (Real Betis) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 32': Foul by Andrés Guardado (Real Betis).
- 32': Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt saved. Memphis Depay (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
- 32': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Rui Silva.
- 35': Offside, Real Betis. Álex Moreno tries a through ball, but Juanmi is caught offside.
- 39': Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).
- 39': Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona).
- 41': Álex Moreno (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Álex Moreno.
- 44': Offside, Barcelona. Dani Alves tries a through ball, but Jordi Alba is caught offside.
- 45': Ferran Torres (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis).
- 45'+3': Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Dani Alves.
- 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrés Guardado.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Real Betis 0, Barcelona 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Real Betis 0, Barcelona 0.
- 46': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
- 46': Sergio Canales (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona).
- 48': Álex Moreno (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Nabil Fekir (Real Betis).
- 49': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Dani Alves (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Foul by Álex Moreno (Real Betis).
- 53': Hand ball by Memphis Depay (Barcelona).
- 53': Offside, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé tries a through ball, but Ferran Torres is caught offside.
- 54': Attempt missed. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Neto.
- 55': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Youssouf Sabaly.
- 56': Offside, Barcelona. Jordi Alba tries a through ball, but Memphis Depay is caught offside.
- 56': Foul by Memphis Depay (Barcelona).
- 56': Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 57': Foul by Jordi Alba (Barcelona).
- 57': Sergio Canales (Real Betis) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Juanmi (Real Betis) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guido Rodríguez.
- 64': Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).
- 64': Sergio Canales (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 65': Foul by Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis).
- 65': Gavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Substitution, Barcelona. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Memphis Depay.
- 66': Foul by Marc Bartra (Real Betis).
- 66': Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
- 68': Attempt saved. Juanmi (Real Betis) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Borja Iglesias.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Gavi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
- 70': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
- 70': Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': Attempt missed. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong with a through ball.
- 72': Foul by Marc Bartra (Real Betis).
- 72': Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Marc Bartra (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Attempt saved. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 73': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Rui Silva.
- 74': Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
- 74': Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Substitution, Barcelona. Adama Traoré replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
- 75': Substitution, Barcelona. Ansu Fati replaces Ferran Torres.
- 75': Foul by Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis).
- 75': Gavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 1. Ansu Fati (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
- 77': Substitution, Real Betis. Rodri replaces Andrés Guardado.
- 77': Substitution, Real Betis. William Carvalho replaces Juanmi.
- 78': Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
- 78': Rodri (Real Betis) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 78': Dani Alves (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Goal! Real Betis 1, Barcelona 1. Marc Bartra (Real Betis) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nabil Fekir with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 80': Substitution, Barcelona. Riqui Puig replaces Gavi.
- 80': Foul by Nabil Fekir (Real Betis).
- 80': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Attempt missed. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jordi Alba with a cross.
- 81': Foul by Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis).
- 81': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Borja Iglesias (Real Betis) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Canales.
- 82': Corner, Real Betis. Conceded by Ronald Araújo.
- 82': Attempt missed. Germán Pezzella (Real Betis) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nabil Fekir with a cross following a corner.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Álex Moreno (Real Betis) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guido Rodríguez.
- 84': Attempt missed. William Carvalho (Real Betis) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nabil Fekir.
- 85': Offside, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets tries a through ball, but Jordi Alba is caught offside.
- 86': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Álex Moreno.
- 88': Foul by William Carvalho (Real Betis).
- 88': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Foul by Ansu Fati (Barcelona).
- 89': Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by William Carvalho (Real Betis).
- 90': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Borja Iglesias (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Eric García (Barcelona).
- 90'+2': Foul by William Carvalho (Real Betis).
- 90'+2': Riqui Puig (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Goal! Real Betis 1, Barcelona 2. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dani Alves.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Real Betis 1, Barcelona 2.
- 0': Match ends, Real Betis 1, Barcelona 2.
- 0': Match ends, Real Betis 1, Barcelona 2.
Statistics
 BAR |
BET |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Fouls | 16 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 1 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 57.7 | Possession | 42.3 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 436 | Accurate Passes | 296 |
| 496 | Passes | 375 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 22 | Crosses | 9 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.6 |
| 53 | Long Balls | 67 |
| 38 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 14 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 7 | Effective Clearances | 22 |
| 7 | Clearances | 22 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: Benito Villamarín
Location: Sevilla, Spain
Attendance: 46,132
Venue: Benito Villamarín
Location: Sevilla, Spain
Attendance: 46,132
LALIGA Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 27 | +46 | 67 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 27 | +33 | 63 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 27 | +21 | 54 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 27 | +18 | 54 |
Line-Ups
Real Betis (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Claudio Bravo (GK) |
| 5 | Marc Bartra  |
| 16 | Germán Pezzella |
| 15 | Álex Moreno |
| 23 | Youssouf Sabaly |
| 8 | Nabil Fekir |
| 18 | Andrés Guardado |
| 21 | Guido Rodríguez |
| 9 | Borja Iglesias |
| 7 | Juanmi |
| 10 | Sergio Canales |
Barcelona (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Neto (GK) |
| 24 | Eric García |
| 4 | Ronald Araújo |
| 18 | Jordi Alba |
| 8 | Dani Alves |
| 5 | Sergio Busquets |
| 30 | Gavi |
| 21 | Frenkie de Jong |
| 19 | Ferran Torres |
| 9 | Memphis Depay |
| 7 | Ousmane Dembélé |
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