In a weekend match on Saturday Dec 4th, in week 16, Real Betis will travel to Barcelona to battle Barcelona in a clash of the La Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Barcelona is fresh off their 3-1 win against Villarreal. Frenkie de Jong struck first for Barcelona in the 48th minute, but Samuel Chukwueze got the equalizer for Villarreal in the 76th minute. Barcelona is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while real Betis sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Levante. Shkodran Mustafi struck first for Levante in the 7th minute, then Juanmi tied it up for Real Betis in the 54th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 63rd minute on a goal by Juanmi. Real Betis should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Barcelona won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Juanmi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Real Betis. Memphis Depay has been the most prolific scorer on Barcelona in the last five matches with three goals
Xavier Hernández Creus’s Barcelona squad will be without Gerard Piqué, Sergi Roberto, Neto, Ousmane Dembélé and Lopez, while Rodrigo Sanchez Rodriguez is unavailable to play for Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti’s team.