Real Betis vs. Barcelona: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Barcelona and Real Betis locked horns in Spain's top flight on Saturday evening, delivering another thrilling contest between two of the top performing sides in La Liga.

League leaders Barcelona entered half-time with a 2-1 lead after Giovani Lo Celso's 43rd-minute equaliser was ruled out for a handball in the build up to the goal.

Barcelona quickly extended their lead through Gabriel Jesus in the second period but were immediately pulled back as Abdessamad Ezzalzouli scored minutes later, only for Facundo Bernal to receive a red card due to a scuffle with Lamine Yamal during the celebrations.

The dismissal turned the game completely in Barcelona's favour, with Eric Garcia and Dani Olmo each adding to the score to help the league leaders secure a 5-2 victory over the hosts.

Here, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and past meetings between Real Betis and Barcelona.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 145

Real Betis wins: 30

Draws: 26

Barcelona wins: 89

Barcelona and Real Betis have locked horns on 145 occasions in all competitions, and Barcelona lead the head-to-head with 89 wins to Real Betis' 30, while there have also been 26 draws throughout history, including both La Liga matches in 2024-25.

Indeed, the two teams played out a 2-2 draw in Seville in December 2024, before sharing the points in a 1-1 draw at Barcelona's temporary home in April 2025.

Unsurprisingly, Barcelona have the most goals in this fixture, finding the back of the net on 347 occasions to Real Betis' 169; Lionel Messi is comfortably the all-time leading goalscorer in this contest, scoring 26 times against Real Betis during his time with Barcelona, while Sandor Kocsis is second in the list with 12.

Barcelona had been on a six-game winning run against Real Betis in all competitions, including 5-0 and 4-2 successes in their two league matches during the 2023-24 campaign, before the 2-2 draw in December 2024.

The Catalan team also thumped Real Betis 4-0 in the league in April 2023, and they are unbeaten against the Green and Whites since a surprise 1-0 reverse at Camp Nou in December 2021, with that run also including a 5-1 success in the last-16 stage of the Copa del Rey in January 2025.

Interestingly, Barcelona's last two defeats to Real Betis have come on home soil, and they are unbeaten away to the Seville outfit since January 2011, when they lost 3-1 in the second leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final but still managed to win thanks to a 5-0 success in the home leg.

In La Liga, Barcelona lead the head-to-head record 75 wins to Real Betis' 22, while there have also been 23 draws; the Catalan team have also won 12 of the last 15 meetings in Spain's top flight, including a standout 5-0 home victory during the 2023-24 campaign.