Real Betis vs Barcelona Odds & Preview
La Liga Match of the Week

Betis Remain Unbeaten at Home
Last weekend, Real Betis picked up their first La Liga win since November as they defeated Granada, 1-0. Meanwhile, Barcelona were in Saudi Arabia for the Supercopa de España final but they fell 4-1 to Real Madrid. On Sunday, Betis host Barcelona in a high profile La Liga matchup. Barcelona should be motivated following a thrashing at the hands of their biggest rivals. Still, Betis are unbeaten at home in La Liga this season and Barcelona have their work cut out for them. Ahead of Sunday’s match, we’ll run through the Real Betis vs Barcelona odds.
Real Betis vs Barcelona 
Date, time:
Location: Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain
Streaming: Live Sports Stream
Real Betis vs Barcelona Head-to-Head
Barcelona tend to be an excellent soccer betting pick in this fixture. In September, Barça destroyed Real Betis 5-0 as five different players got on the scoresheet. The pre match La Liga betting odds priced hosts Barcelona as -330 favorites. Barcelona have also won on their last six trips to Betis in La Liga. Real Betis last picked up a home win over Barcelona back in 2008. Barcelona have also won nine of the last 10 meetings in La Liga.
Real Betis Finally Grab a Win
With last Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Granada, Real Betis got their first win in La Liga since late November. Betis keeper Rui Silva made an early error that nearly led to a goal but the Granada player was called offside. Real Betis kept knocking on the door and finally found a go-ahead goal through Isco in the 76th minute. Granada had another goal called back for offside and Betis finished the night with a win and clean sheet.
Betis have struggled for goals over the last few months, with just eight in their last ten matches, in all competitions. With an 0-4-2 record vs. the league’s current top six teams, Betis are still looking for a first win this season over a top team. Betis enter the weekend with a 7-10-3 record, which puts them in seventh place at the moment. They’re already 10 points outside of the top four picture but have been a difficult team to defeat this season.
Willian Jose is Betis’s leading scorer this season, with six La Liga goals. However, second-leading scorer Ayoze Perez came off injured vs. Granada. Manuel Pellegrini has a bunch of absences to contend with this weekend. Youssouf Sabaly, Abde Ezzalzouli and Chadi Riad are all away at the Africa Cup of Nations. Meanwhile, Perez, Aitor Ruibal, Juan Miranda, Guido Rodriguez, Marc Bartra and Claudio Bravo are listed as doubtful. Hector Bellerin will certainly miss this one with an ankle injury. Betis are unbeaten at home in La Liga but the Betis vs Barcelona odds price the hosts as +320 underdogs here.
Barcelona Survive Scare on Thursday
Barcelona went on the road to third-tier club Unionistas de Salamanca on Thursday for a Copa del Rey round of 16 clash. The La Liga winners actually fell behind in the first half on a brilliant volleyed strike from Unionistas’ Alvaro Gomez. Ferran Torres managed to equalize on a counter attack just before halftime to ease some of Barça’s worries. In the second half, Jules Kounde and Alex Balde scored for Barcelona as their defenders powered them to a 3-1 victory.
It was quite a shaky performance vs. a third-tier side which followed a 4-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the Supercopa de España final. Barcelona conceded a first half hat trick to the Brazilian last Sunday and couldn’t turn things around. Bettors should note that Barcelona have conceded in eight of their last nine competitive matches and clean sheets have been quite rare.
To be fair, Iñaki Peña made some key stops on Thursday but he hasn’t been able to fill Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s shoes. The German shot stopper will be out until March with an injury. Gavi is also out for the season and Raphinha until February. Meanwhile, Marcos Alonso, Joao Cancelo and Iñigo Martinez are listed as doubtful for Sunday’s match. Barcelona enter the weekend in fourth place, with a 12-5-2 record but they’ve won just two of their last four league games.
Real Betis vs Barcelona Match Analysis & Odds
Barcelona have been dominant in this fixture over the last few seasons but the defending La Liga champions have looked vulnerable as of late. It wouldn’t at all be a surprise if Real Betis manage to keep their home unbeaten streak intact in this one. Still, the hosts are +320 underdogs and Real Betis +0.5 shows +105 odds. Meanwhile, Barcelona are -125 ATS and moneyline favorites.
The Betis vs Barcelona odds also list a draw at +285 odds but each of the last 13 La Liga meetings between these teams has finished with a winner. While Betis are unbeaten at home this season, Barcelona are also unbeaten on the road, with a 4-5-0 record. Don’t sleep on a draw in this one as half of Betis’s matches have finished all square.
Robert Lewandowski will be looking for his first league goal in over a month in this one and he’ll command a lot of respect from the Betis defense. Meanwhile, Betis haven’t scored more than one goal in a La Liga game since November. Still, over 2.5, 3 goals are priced at -115 odds for Sunday’s La Liga match of the week.