While Barcelona's defence have excelled so far this season, they have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last nine meetings with Real Betis, which bodes well for the hosts heading into Wednesday's contest.
However, with Lewandowski expected to return in attack, the Catalan giants should have enough firepower in their side to outscore their opponents and extend their impressive winning streak to nine matches.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barcelona win with a probability of 66.46%. A draw had a probability of 19.8% and a win for Real Betis had a probability of 13.77%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 0-2 with a probability of 11.88%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (11.43%) and 1-2 (9.77%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.4%), while for a Real Betis win it was 1-0 (4.53%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Barcelona would win this match.
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