Real Betis 3-5 Barcelona Highlights, La Liga: Ferran Torres Shines In Eight-Goal Thriller

This is the start of our live blog for Barcelona’s trip to Seville to face Real Betis. With the home side chasing European ambitions and the Catalan visitors seeking to consolidate their lead, this clash promises to be intense in Andalusia. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.

• Fixture: Real Betis vs Barcelona, Matchday 15

• Venue: Estadio La Cartuja, Seville

• Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025

• Time: 11:00 PM IST

• Live Streaming: FanCode

Starting XI: Alvaro Valles; Aitor Ruibal, Marc Bartra (c), Natan, Valentin Gomez; Sergi Altimira, Pablo Fornals, Marc Roca; Antony, Cucho Hernandez, Abdessamad Ezzalzouli.

Bench: Adrian (gk), Pau Lopez (gk), Angel Ortiz, Ricardo Rodriguez, Junior Firpo, Diego Llorente, Rodrigo Riquelme, Pablo Garcia, Giovani Lo Celso, Nelson Deossa, Cedric Bakambu, Chimy Avila.

Starting XI: Joan Garcia; Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Gerard Martin, Alejandro Balde; Roony Bardghji, Eric Garcia, Pedri (c); Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Marcus Rashford.

Bench: Eder Aller (gk), Wojciech Szczesny (gk), Jofre Torrents, Andreas Christensen, Tomas Marques, Marc Casado, Fermin Lopez, Dro Fernandez, Marc Bernal, Raphinha, Frenkie de Jong, Robert Lewandowski.

• Matches played: 60

• Real Betis wins: 10

• Barcelona wins: 38

• Draws: 12

Referee Francisco Maeso blows his whistle, and … get tonight's match underway. Can Barcelona increase their lead at the top before Real Madrid's match two nights later? Stay tuned for live updates from the game.

Antony gives Betis an early lead!! The home side puts incredible pressure on the Barca goal, and it bears fruit. Hernandez's miscued effort falls to Fornals, whose shot is also deflected. Antony latches on to the loose ball and makes no mistake from close range and finds the back of the net!

The home side's lead lasts just five minutes as Ferran Torres equalises for Barcelona!! Kounde, who played Antony onside for Betis' opener, set up the Barca forward with a good lowcross, and Ferran finished first time past Alvaro Valles from close range.

Two goals in two minutes for Ferran, and Barcelona take the lead!! Bardghji, who was also involved in Barcelona's first goal, makes the most of his start by laying the ball for Ferran. The striker finds the back of the net again with a clinical finish.

Half an hour of football played, and after the early surprise, Barcelona are well and truly in control of the match. They hold almost three-fourths of the ball and have tested Valles' goal thrice, scoring from two of them. Flick will be hoping that his side can increase their cushion in the first half.

Just as I said, Barcelona double their advantage right after the half-hour mark. Bardghji has been Barcelona's best played on the pitch tonight, and the young Swede gets his name on the scoresheet, latching on to a pass from Pedri before burying it with a bullet strike past Valles. That's his first league goal for the Blaugrana.

That's the hat-trick for Ferran, and Barca are running away with the contest! It was a quick turnover from the visitors, with Pedri leading the charge before laying it off for Ferran. The latter's shot takes a big deflection to go past Valles into the bottom corner.

The referee blows his whistle, and it's half time in Seville. And what a frantic half of football we just witnessed! Barcelona went down early but then fought back in some style. Ferran's hat-trick will steal the headlines, but Bardghji and Pedri were equally vital for the visitors. A big second half awaits!

The referee blows his whistle, and Real Betis get the second half underway. Both sides have made one change at the break, with Barcelona replacing Balde with Christensen. Betis, meanwhile, bring on Deossa in place of Altimira.

It goes from bad to worse for Real Betis tonight. The ball bounces off Bartra's thigh before hitting his arm, but Francisco Maeso blows the whistle and points towards the spot. Yamal steps up to the spot and makes no mistake from 12 yards, firing past Valles to increase Barcelona's lead.

After what seems like an eternity, Real Betis have a sight of goal, and it comes from their first-half scorer Antony. The Brazilian has a first-time attempt from Abde's lofted ball, but Joan Garcia is alert and holds on to the ball.

Minutes after Pablo Garcia's strike was ruled out for offside, Betis pull off a consolation goal through Llorente. Cucho played the ball into the box from the corner. Abde flicks it back for Llorente, who finds the back of the net from point-blank range.

Too little too late for Betis, but Cucho Hernandez reduces the deficit even more, scoring the penalty spot after a foul by Kounde in the box. The Colombian waited for Garcia to commit before slotting it calmly into the back of the net the other way.

The referee blows the whistle to bring the contest to an end, and it has been an eight-goal thriller at Seville. Two penalties, a hat-trick... this game had everything! Barcelona go four points clear of their arch rivals, Real Madrid, at the top of the table.