After losing to Valencia by 2-1 at home is the big confidence decline for Barca, but the way they have recovered against Sporting (6-0) & Deportivo (8-0) is commendable. Now they will face Real Betis on 30 April at Benito Villamarin at 7:30 PM UK Time and 12:00 AM IST +1. Either yo are a Barca fan or not this match is must watch for all La Liga fans as top three teams will be in action on Wednesday night.
As they have already kicked out of Champions league by Atletico Madrid on 3-2 aggregate. They arch rivals league team Real Madrid has already qualified for UCL 2015-16 semi-final and now are just one point behind them in La Liga table. Last week Barcelona were leading the table with 7 points when they lost to Real Madrid in EL-Clasico by 2-1 and then t0 Real Sociedad by 1-0. These two matches reduce the gap between them and Real. Yesterday, Real Madrid beats Getafe by 5-1.
Next Match:
Real Betis vs Barcelona (La Liga 2015-16)
Date: 30-04-2016, Saturday, Kick-off Time: 12:00 AM (IST) +1; 19:30 (UK)
Match Prediction: Real Betis 0-4 Barcelona
Barca has won the first leg match at Emirates Stadium, London by 0-2. Also, their star player Lionel Messi has scored his 1st goal against Peter Cech in his 7 meeting against him. He has never scored against Cech before this match. Arsenal has never qualified to Quarter-final stage from Round of 16 in last 5 times.
Sky Sports 2 will telecast the match in UK and Sony SIX will broadcast in India. beIN Sports will provide TV coverage in US. If you want to watch live stream of this match stay tuned with us on this page on 2nd Jan. Free Real Betis vs Barcelona Stream would be available here. We will add it 30 minutes before the match time. Live Tv Channels would be added below once the match has started.
Spanish Football giants FC Barcelona while waiting for the new club management to set up back in Barcelona, have set out to the United States to start their pre-season matches ahead La Liga 2015-16 which starts on 21st August 2015.
Though the team would be without their top strikers Neymar and Lionel Messi for the US leg of the tour, the team’s bench strength would still hold a very strong opposition for both US club LA Galaxy and English Premier League’s Manchester United.
Looking at Barcelona’s next match against Fiorentina, while the Spanish team would be playing their first match in months, their US counterpart would be playing the Spanish Giants in between they are already ongoing MLS season, and thus Barcelona can face some problem getting back into rhythm.
Looking at Barcelona’s last 5 matches, the team has a stronghold of having won all 5 matches as compared to LA Galaxy who have won just 3 while losing the other 2. But with the likes of Steven Gerrard present in LA Galaxy team now, it would be interesting to see how Galaxy adapts to take on FC Barcelona.
FC Barcelona Squad:
Claudio Bravo, Jordi Masip, Marc-André ter Stegen, Adriano, Bartra, Dani Alves, Diawandou Diagné, Douglas, Jordi Alba, Jérémy Mathieu, Piqué, Thomas Vermaelen, Aleix Vidal, Busquets, Alen Halilović, Iniesta, Javier Mascherano, Rafinha, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Roberto, Alex Song, Arda Turan, Lionel Messi, Munir, Neymar, Pedro, Luis Suárez
Where to Watch Real Betis vs Barcelona Live on TV:
In the USA at 14:00 EST on: beIN SPORTS CONNECT U.S.A., beIN SPORTS en Español, fuboTV
In the UK at 19:00 BST on: Sky Sports 2/HD, Sky Go UK, NOW TV UK, SKY GO Extra
In Canada at 14:00 ET on: beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada, beIN SPORTS en Español
