Barcelona Play for Saturday 5-12-12

[camelbreath$]

Play Barcelona Over 3.5 Goals vs. Real Betis

Looking at Barcelona's recent form, we see A LOT of goals:

Apr 24	FT	Barcelona	2-2	Chelsea	95,845	Champions League (Semi-finals)
Apr 29	FT	Rayo Vallecano	0-7	Barcelona	15,500	La Liga
May 2	FT	Barcelona	4-1	Málaga	88,000	La Liga
May 5	FT	Barcelona	4-0	Espanyol	98,772	La Liga

Last time Real Betis and Barca met, we saw a 4-2 Barcelona win. Now on the last day of the La Liga campaign, I expect a very open, flowing game and won't at all be surprised to see a similar scoreline.

[camelbreath$]

[ParlayininHTown]

Will Messi cover the over on his own?

[BigTimeWinner]

Pinto is out for Barca, so expect Valdes to be the first GK. If pinto was playing, I would be more comfortable taking the over 3.5 ... Now I am not really sure if Barca will want to score goals or not. Being the last la liga match for Guardiola, we might very well as see a lot of goals from the Barca side.

[camelbreath$]

Get it, Get it, this game is going OVER

[NotSammySosa]

Barcelona never change their style of play. should be attacking. waiting for the starting XI

[RubberKettle]

Any word on lineups?

[BigTimeWinner]

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/match-archive/2011-2012/league/round-38/betis_fc-barcelona/lineup

[RubberKettle]

Barcelona


Lineup

• G
  
  1
  
  Victor Valdés
  
• D
  
  3
  
  Gerard Piqué
  
• D
  
  14
  
  Javier Mascherano
  
• D
  
  21
  
  Adriano
  
• D
  
  2
  
  Dani Alves
  
• M
  
  16
  
  Sergio Busquets
  
• M
  
  15
  
  Seydou Keita
  
• M
  
  6
  
  Xavi
  
• F
  
  20
  
  Ibrahim Afellay
  
• F
  
  10
  
  Lionel Messi
  
• F
  
  17
  
  Pedro

[BigBurk]

Good to see Afellay playing, may be a great addition for the Dutch on the Euro 2012 when he is fully fit.

[BigTimeWinner]

Good to see Afellay playing, may be a great addition for the Dutch on the Euro 2012 when he is fully fit.

Yep, I like affellay a lot, I had really high hopes when he joined the team as a Barca fan, but the injuries kept him away for quite some time.Also, there are sooo many wingers in the barca team. Hope he can get a goal tonight

[RubberKettle]

Barca are going to need 4 for us to win

Betis have had the ball for all of 2 minutes or so

[EaglesPhan36]

Betis needs to shoot when they get in the box. They're trying to make the extra play every time and wind up getting blocked every time.

[FindTheLock]

barcelona aren't looking too crisp. They hold the ball and get a lot of corners, but if barcelona has a weakness it's scoring off corner opportunities. even though the lone goal came from a corner.

[camelbreath$]

If Betis can get one this game will still go over.

[NotSammySosa]

10 man Barca for 30 minutes.

[RubberKettle]

Thanks Dani Alves...getting sent off has sparked this game to life and we could win this over

[ParlayininHTown]

Red cards and draws ... two reasons why I need to stop betting so much on soccer.

[camelbreath$]

2-1 Betis... Please can we get this over!!!

[ParlayininHTown]

Congrats to all the over backers ... I got crushed. Thank goodness for the Yankees.

[NotSammySosa]

Barcelona

[RubberKettle]

Thank you Dani Alves

Love the commentator on ESPN gol gol gol gol gooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[BigTimeWinner]

phew that was a lucky one, we almost got screwed, barca simply did not wanna play in the second half ... I've never cursed at messi as much as in this match lol he was just walking around

[camelbreath$]

we win
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we win