Barca laboured to a 5-3 extra-time win over Granada in their Copa outing in midweek, and the big team news for them is that Messi is on the bench, with the 33-year-old having played 120 minutes in that game. Ter Stegen, Alba, Araujo, Busquets and Griezmann are the five players to keep their places.
BARCELONA SUBSTITUTES: Junior Firpo, Arnau Tenas, Neto, Matheus Fernandes, Frenkie de Jong, Trincao, Sergino Dest, Pedri, Lionel Messi, Samuel Umtiti.
BARCELONA (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Oscar Mingueza, Ronald Araujo, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Riqui Puig, Sergio Busquets, Miralem Pjanic; Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Martin Braithwaite.
Betis went out of the Copa del Rey on penalties last time out, and coach Manuel Pellegrini has made five changes in total. Canales, Rodriguez, Carvalho, Montoya and Miranda all drop out, with Juanmi, Guardado, Akouokou, Emerson and Moreno coming in.
REAL BETIS SUBSTITUTES: Daniel Rebollo, Cristian Tello, Sidnei, Sergio Canales, Loren Moron, Yassin Fekir, Guido Rodriguez, Juan Miranda, Martin Montoya, William Carvalho, Rodrigo Sanchez, Joaquin.
REAL BETIS (4-2-3-1): Joel Robles; Emerson, Aissa Mendi, Victor Ruiz, Alex Moreno; Paul Akouokou, Andres Guardado; Aitor Ruibal, Nabil Fekir, Juanmi; Borja Iglesias.
The Blaugrana are in great form away from home, having won their last five league matches on the road. Betis, though, will be no push-overs. They are unbeaten in five LaLiga matches, winning three of their last four.
A tight 2-1 win for Real Madrid over Huesca on Saturday, combined with Sevilla’s 3-0 rout of Getafe, has seen Ronald Koeman’s Barca side drop to fourth ahead of this game. However, they would move into second with a victory.
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