This is a difficult match for Barcelona because Real Betis plays quite strongly at home and even in the previous 5 home matches Real Betis has not experienced defeat but on the other hand Barcelona is also quite strong after Yamal recovered from his injury making Barcelona's attack line more productive.
The only reason why it looks like Real Betis has been undefeated on there home lately was because of the club they were playing against because when a team is much stronger than some other clubs that's coming on there home makes it almost impossible to loss on there home match but this time they would be facing a very highly and reputable club they have never meet for a very long time and Barcelona will use them as they have been using others on there home, so actually I do not see not any difficulty that awaits Barcelona because is an easy victory for them, however have we forgetting so early on there performance on Santiago Bernabeu?, so actually I think Real Betis are the ones that would have a difficult match today.
I will not assume that Barcelona will easily get 3 points, yes they are a big club that on paper has everything compared to Betis but football is always unpredictable as expected. In some previous matches Barcelona ended up disappointing. Real Betis just need to find a way to make Yamal not play effectively, Yamal is a key player for Barcelona to always win matches this season.
I think Yamal is not even the major cause to Barcelona winning their matches, Dani Olmo, Gavi and Raphinha has also collided along side Yamal effectively to bring them this far in all competitions, we won't call major stat in the team without including Lewandoski who is currently the highest goal scorer in the whole of La Liga. I understand with the presence of Yamal there is always this tight way out for every opponent because he knows how to become exceptional on the pitch, i enjoy most of his dribbles and passes that is one way to enjoy football watching him become a master class.
Once again Barcelona failed against Betis today, even that both teams played very good with many chances to score. The match was thrilling to watch, with the domination from Barcelona with a possession of 62%. However, Betis in the other side could create more chances to score goals, as they played more in attacking without playing or keeping the long run of passes. Betis also were more organized in my opinion than Barcelona players, who once again had many faults in their defensive lines.
I remember my days when I use to gamble and bet on such matches, I would easily fall into betting on Barcelona, and losing my bet for a small reward since the odds weren't high for the Catalonians.
Today's game nearly had me, i gave away an Over 1.5 odds and along side the Liverpool game that was postponed, while they played 1:1 draw i was busy trying to convince myself that an extra goal from Barcelona will be able to close my ticket blissfully for the day just until the 82ND minutes of the game that Torres proved right. The game was tough, a good game but not a convincive one if Barcelona really want's to have the La Liga title to themselves.