La Liga, Round 9Real BetisBET Live 1 1 28' BarcelonaBAR Venue Estadio de la Cartuja Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea Lamine Yamal 10Lamine Yamal put Barcelona on track to record their 11th successive victory in all competitions with a stunning early goal at Real Betis this evening. The Spain winger picked up the ball on the right flank after 10 minutes, chopped inside one defender and unleashed a brilliant curling effort into the top left-hand corner from 25 yards.Yamal has now been directly involved in 13 goals in La Liga this season, scoring eight and providing five assists.It was the first real effort of note with Barcelona dominating possession in Seville but failing to really test home goalkeeper Alvaro Valles.Barca had an opportunity to double their advantage after 19 minutes but Karim Adeyemi was unable to beat Valles from a tight angle.Betis confirmed starting team vs BarcelonaReal Betis: Alvaro Valles, Hector Bellerin, Diego Llorente, Valentin Gomez, Fran Garcia, Pablo Fornals, Facundo Bernal, Giovani Lo Celso, Dani Ceballos, Abde Ezzalzouli, Cucho HernandezSubstitutes: Natan, Marc Bartra, Antony, Angel Ortiz, Diego Conde, Alvaro Fidalgo, Rodrigo Riquelme, Nelson Deossa, Troy Parrott, Marc Roca, Isco, Jose Antonio MoranteBarcelona full line up vs Real BetisBarcelona: Joan Garcia, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Gerard Martin, Xavi Espart, Lamine Yamal, Rodri, Fermin Lopez, Pedri, Karim Adeyemi, Gabriel JesusSubstitutes: Joao Cancelo, Alejandro Balde, Brian Farinas, Gavi, Raphinha, Wojciech Szczesny, Anthony Gordon, Dani Olmo, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Bernal, Eric Garcia, Dominik LivakovicLive La Liga table La Liga 2026 Spain Primera Divisin #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 5 1 Barcelona88003472724 W W W W W 2 Atletico Madrid97111981122 W W W W W 3 Real Betis8611149519 W D W W W 4 Real Madrid86021981118 W L W W L 5 Sevilla84221312114 D L W W D 6 Real Sociedad84131215-313 W W L W D 7 Alaves8323128411 L D L L W 8 Deportivo La Coruna92521312111 D L D L D 9 Celta Vigo81528628 D W D D D 10 Athletic Club62227618 D D W W L 11 Villarreal8224131308 D L W W L 12 Espanyol92251112-18 L D L L W 13 Rayo Vallecano72231116-58 D W L W L 14 Getafe8224410-68 L W L D D 15 Racing Santander82241323-108 D L L W L 16 Osasuna8224818-108 L D L L L 17 Levante81431216-47 D D L L D 18 Elche81341117-66 D D W L D 19 Valencia8125615-95 D L W L L 20 Malaga8044413-94 D L L D D Position 1, 2, 3, 4 : Promotion Champions League (League phase) Position 5 : Promotion Europa League (League phase) Position 6 : Promotion Conference League (Qualification) Position 18, 19, 20 : Relegation LaLiga2 Where to watch Betis vs Barca: TV channel, live online streamKick-off on Saturday is at 17:30 BST (12:30 ET / 09:30 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 2 and streaming available on a vast range of devices via the Premier Sports app.A Premier Sports subscription costs �120 a year, �11.99 per month on a 12-month contract or �16.99 per month with 30 days cancellation notice required.Heres the full list of La Liga international broadcasters.Real Betis vs Barcelona La Liga statsBetis are winless in 11 meetings with Barcelona in all competitions (D2), losing 3-1 away and 5-3 at home last seasonThey are without a victory in 15 Liga games at home to Barca (D5) since a 4-1 victory in September 2005, which is their only triumph in 20 such encounters this centurySince losing 5-2 at Levante on August 29, Betis have won six of their seven matches in all competitions (D1), including four successive home winsFollowing 1-0 wins over Real Madrid and Getafe, they have beaten Osasuna 5-2 and Porto 3-2 to help ensure that only Barca (34) and Atleti and Madrid (19 each) had bettered their tally of 14 goals in this seasons top flight before Saturdays actionBefore the latest round of matches, only Barca (66) and Madrid (57) had produced more attempts on target in the 2026/27 Liga than Betis (52)Barcelona have 88 wins to Betis 30 in the all-time head-to-head, scoring 342 goals to their opponents 167, with the sides sharing 26 drawsBarca all-time top scorer Lionel Messis 26 goals against Betis put the eight-time Ballon dOr winner 12 ahead of any other marksman in the history of the fixtureFormer Blaugranes forwards Sandor Kocsis (12), Samuel Etoo (11) and Luis Suarez (10) are the other players to have reached double figures in the fixtureWith 12 goals in seven league appearances this season, Raphina is averaging 1.71 per Liga game and was five ahead of his nearest rivals in the top-scorer charts before Saturdays games, having played a game lessEspanyols Javi Hernandez started the day as the only player to have matched Lamine Yamals total of five Liga assists, with Barca team-mate Anthony Gordon outright second after setting up four goals Topics FC Barcelona Hansi Flick LaLiga Lamine Yamal Raphinha Real Betis If you enjoy reading this article, you can help support our independent football journalism by adding 101 Great Goals as a preferred source You Should Also Read LIVE: Real Betis v Barcelona: Commentary, updates, goals and stats as Lamine Yamal scores early stunner Jon Fisher 17th October, 2026 Real Betis vs Barcelona: Confirmed teams and line ups in La Liga Ben Miller 17th October, 2026 Real Madrid demand immediate Tebas 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