Copa del Rey: Barcelona vs Betis prediction and tips

After winning the Super Cup, Barcelona are now on home soil in the Spanish Cup. Let’s see what to bet on in Barcelona vs Betis.

Barely recovered from Sunday’s Spanish Super Cup match, Barcelona are back in action on Wednesday. The teams are in the last 16 of the Spanish King’s Cup, and against Betis, the bookies have clearly picked the Catalans as the huge favourites.

The match against Real Madrid on Sunday was interesting. Barcelona have once again annihilated their biggest rivals with a gallant 5-2 win, but the cup tie against Betis comes at a very bad time from that point of view. After the night in Saudi Arabia, Barcelona have just two days to prepare for Betis, and on Saturday they face another league game, with Pedri already trailing badly after a poor end to the year.

This could also mean that Flick will have a heavily rotated squad, which is not at all expected for Betis…
The Green and Whites have not had a good year, languishing in mid-table in the league and struggling to progress in the Conference League in February. The problem is their disastrous positional play, with Manuel Pellegrini’s side only managing 21 goals in 19 La Liga games. That leaves them 11 goals short of their expected goal tally this season…

The two teams met in a league match in Sevilla just over a month ago, with the 2-2 final score rather flattering to Barca. Lo Celso’s side created far more chances and Barcelona were in particular pain, despite Yamal getting 90 minutes in this game.

Free tip for Barcelona vs Betis

We are clearly of the opinion that the visitors could be more important in this meeting. Barcelona may field a rotated eleven, which foreshadows that this will not be an easy finger exercise.

With the market having priced Betis heavily, we are backing the visitors with an extra handicap. We get reasonable odds on the +2 Betis tip, which would only be a loser in a 3 or more goal home win. Betis have yet to lose a game by three goals this season, so this is hardly the time to break that streak.

Barcelona vs Betis Start 21:00 CET