Barcelona 5-1 Betis: Statistics and curiosities from the Cup match

FC Barcelona secured their qualification for the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey 24/25 by thrashing Real Betis 5-2. The azulgrana team put on a true recital on another great night of football after the high from Arabia and they remain firm on the path to another title after winning the Supercopa. Beyond the victory and the result, the match also leaves us with a lot of data worth reviewing. 

BARCELONA 5-1 BETIS: STATISTICS AND CURIOSITIES

Barça is already in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey after thrashing Betis (5-1). Getafe, Valencia, Leganés, and Atlético de Madrid are currently their possible rivals. MORE INFO

FC Barcelona thrashed Betis (5-1) in the Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey 2024-2025 with goals from Gavi, Koundé, Raphinha, Ferran Torres, and Lamine Yamal. VIEW SUMMARY AND GOALS

Overwhelming start to the year for FC Barcelona, who against Betis achieved their fourth consecutive victory. Hansi Flick's team started 2025 winning in Barbastro (0-4) in the Round of 32 of the Cup. They then conquered the Supercopa de España by defeating Athletic Club (0-2) in the semi-finals and Real Madrid (2-5) in the final. The fourth victory came against Betis (5-1) in the Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.

In a full run of victories in 2025, Barcelona has scored 16 goals (4 per match) and conceded 3 (0.75 per match). Except for the win against Athletic, which was 0-2, the other 3 matches have been resolved with thrashings: 5 goals against Real Madrid and Betis, and 4 against Barbastro.

Up to nine Barcelona players have scored in the 4 matches played in 2025: Lewandowski (3), Raphinha (3), Lamine Yamal (3), Gavi (2), Ferran Torres, Koundé, Balde, Eric García, and Pablo Torre.

In total, Hansi Flick's Barça has scored 88 goals in the 29 matches played this season, averaging 3 goals per match. The blaugrana team has scored 51 goals in 19 La Liga matches, 21 in 6 Champions matches, 9 in 2 Cup matches, and 7 in 2 Supercopa matches.

Barcelona is the first team in Spanish football with 2 players scoring 20+ goals this season: 26 from Lewandowski and 20 from Raphinha (who also has 10 assists). MORE INFO

In total, Barcelona's attacking trio has scored 55 goals so far this season. Lewandowski 26, Raphinha 20, and Lamine Yamal 9.

Lamine Yamal debuted against Betis with a goal and an assist in the same match for the first time in his career. The forward has played 92 matches, 75 with Barça and 17 with the Spanish National Team. MORE INFO

With his goal against Betis, Raphinha has doubled his scoring records compared to his first two years. He scored ten goals in his first season with Barcelona, ten in the second, and now has 20 in this third. MORE INFO

Gavi has scored two goals in his last three matches with FC Barcelona in all competitions, as many as in his previous 30 matches with the azulgranas. Gavi (a former youth player of Real Betis) scored (at 2 minutes and 42 seconds) the fastest goal of his professional career. It is the earliest goal for Barça in the Copa del Rey since Pedrito's goal against Athletic in the 2012 final (at 2'16"). MORE INFO

Against Betis, Koundé scored his second goal in the Copa del Rey with the Barcelona jersey, after the one he scored last year against Unionistas de Salamanca. MORE INFO

Ferran Torres scored against Real Betis 39 days after his last goal in La Liga (just against the 'verdiblanco' team). Ferran had gone four matches without scoring, but with the goal against Betis, he now has 6 this season and is the fifth top scorer for FC Barcelona. The forward has scored 3 goals in La Liga, 1 in the Cup, and 2 in the Champions League. MORE INFO

Dani Olmo returned to the starting eleven of FC Barcelona against Betis (5-1), in a 'perfect' match for Hansi Flick's team. The German coach opted for the midfielder as a 'false 9' and he responded with two assists. MORE INFO

Barcelona had not had 5 different scorers (Gavi, Koundé, Raphinha, Ferran Torres, and Lamine Yamal) in a Copa del Rey match since January 30, 2019, against Sevilla (Coutinho, Rakitic, Sergi Roberto, Luis Suárez, and Messi).

The most just (and unjust) offside of the year. The semi-automatic VAR has messed up again in a Barcelona match this season. Koundé, in the first half, and Lamine Yamal, in the second half, suffered two surreal offsides. MORE INFO

Barcelona has overcome 49 of their last 54 Copa del Rey eliminations prior to the final. In the last 15 years, they have only been eliminated by Athletic Club (3 times) and Real Madrid (2 times). Barcelona has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey in 18 of the last 20 seasons (only failing in 2010 and 2022). MORE INFO

Barça's perfect record in single-leg home matches. The culés have won all single-leg eliminations at home in the Copa del Rey: 9-0 against Girona in 1949, 5-0 against Leganés in 2020, 1-0 against Real Sociedad in 2023, and 5-1 against Betis in 2025.

Against Betis, Barcelona conceded their first and only goal in a single-leg home match in the entire history of the Cup. Until now, they had always won with a clean sheet: 9-0 against Girona in 1949, 5-0 against Leganés in 2020, and 1-0 against Real Sociedad in 2023.

A respectful and emotional minute of silence was observed at the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc in memory of 'Cholo'! Hugo Sotil, a Barcelona legend and Peruvian football icon, passed away on December 30 at the age of 75.

Betis made a guard of honor for Barça. Before the match started, the Barça team entered the field amid a guard of honor from the verdiblanco players. MORE INFO

Barcelona took advantage of their return to Montjuïc to present the Supercopa de España to all their fans present in the stands, led by Ronald Araujo, the team captain in the absence of Marc-André Ter Stegen. MORE INFO