The space opens up in midfield once again and Vidal decides to have a go from long range. It's a powerful strike, but it's straight at Lopez who gets down well to make the save.
90'
Philippe Coutinho enters the game and replaces L. Suárez.
After that injury, Suarez is substituted, but is still receiving treatment on the side of the pitch, and is replaced by Coutinho.
88'
Carles Aleñá enters the game and replaces I. Rakitić.
Second change for Barcelona now as Rakitic comes off to be replaced by Alena.
87'
Betis are straight back on the attack after the restart, but they aren't moving the ball upfield with any pace at the minute and it's easy for the Barcelona defenders to get it clear.
85'
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by I. Rakitić.
MESSI GETS HIS HAT-TRICK! It's a brilliant finish from the Barcelona captain as he runs onto the ball at the edge of the box and chips the shot over the defenders and the keeper. It bounces off the bottom of the crossbar before hitting the back of the net. 4-1 Barcelona!
Rakitic got his head up and saw Messi's run into the box before playing a short pass into his path.
82'
Loren Morón has scored a goal for Real Betis! Assist by D. Lainez.
Lainez was the first to reach the loose ball and wrong footed the Barcelona defenders with some great footwork before playing in Loren.
LOREN PULLS ONE BACK FOR BETIS! The chance looked like it had gone to waste at first, but Loren makes the run to the edge of the box to hit his shot first time and the ball nestles into the bottom corner. 3-1!
81'
Betis are getting a lot of possession in their own half, but whenever one of the defenders try to move the ball upfield, there is no one making a run to get on the end of it.
79'
Betis have got into a good position down the right wing now and have won a free-kick after Rakitic's challenge on Emerson. Bartra gets on the end of the cross, but he sends his header over the crossbar.
75'
Loren Morón enters the game and replaces William Carvalho.
Final roll of the dice by Setien now as Loren comes on to replace Carvalho.
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74'
Suarez gets into a good position in the box again and gets his shot away between the two defenders closing him down. It's a tame effort though and Lopez is able to make an easy save.
72'
Betis are struggling to get on the ball as Barcelona once again start to build up an attack from the back, but they're keeping their shape well and stopping them from getting into the final third at the minute.
70'
Emerson tries to pick out Lainez as he makes a run into the box and he chips the ball up to him, but Vidal is back helping out with the defence and is able to scoop it away.
68'
D. Lainez enters the game and replaces G. Lo Celso.
Lo Celso is the second player to come off and Lainez comes on in his place.
67'
Nélson Semedo gets yellow.
Emerson Royal enters the game and replaces Joaquín.
Semedo is shown a yellow card for simulation.
Double substitution for Betis now, with Joaquin making way first for Emerson
64'
Nélson Semedo enters the game and replaces Arthur.
First substitution of the game now as Arthur comes off and is replaced by Semedo.
63'
L. Suárez has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Piqué.
SUAREZ MAKES IT THREE! He drifted past three Betis defenders to get one-on-one with the keeper once again, but this time he doesn't miss as he hits his shot low and powerful into the bottom corner of the net. 3-0 Barcelona!
Suarez did the majority of the work for the goal, but Pique's pass from defence picked him out perfectly to set up the chance.
58'
Betis are slowing down the pace of the game a little now and are happy to keep possession in their own half as they wait for some space to open up in midfield that they can move into.
54'
Rakitic has a lot of time and space to pick out a cross on the right wing and he finds Suarez in the box. Once again, the forward tries to play Messi in instead of taking a shot himself, but Bartra reaches the ball first and clears the danger.
52'
C. Lenglet gets yellow.
Lenglet is shown a yellow card for a foul on Joaquin.
49'
Betis play the ball well to pick out Joaquin on the right wing and he just pulls away from Alba to put a cross into the box. Jese is very close to getting on the end of it, but Pique gets across well to clear it.
46'
Barcelona get the game back underway for the second half.
45' +3
HALF-TIME: REAL BETIS 0-2 BARCELONA.
45' +2
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by L. Suárez.
Suarez's run into the box drew in the Betis defenders but he still managed to backheel the ball to Messi to set up the goal.
MESSI DOUBLES BARCELONA'S LEAD! All of the defenders had moved towards Suarez, leaving Messi in some space and he reaches the ball first and just pokes it past the keeper to get his second of the game. 2-0 Barcelona!
45'
Pique rises the highest to get on the end of a corner but he heads his effort down and it is cleared by Betis. There are some half-hearted shouts for a penalty as it hit Sidnei on the arm, but the referee waves away the claim as the defender's back was turned and he didn't know anything about it.
39'
Rakitic is down and clutching his ankle after a collision with Guardado, and that is the third bad challenge that the Mexican has made in the game so far. He's already on a yellow card, so he needs to be careful with his future challenges.
37'
Both sides have been quite sloppy in possession in the middle of the pitch and have been giving the ball away needlessly.
32'
The Betis defenders are struggling to get the ball clear at the minute and Rakitic picks up the ball in a good position on the edge of the box, but he takes too long to decide what he wants to do and Bartra is able to dispossess him and clear the danger.
30'
Suarez has dropped deep into midfield to receive the ball and he plays a brilliant ball over the top of Betis' defenders to pick out Alba, but the left back is well offside and the attack comes to an end.
24'
Vidal play a brilliant pass to Messi who has just pulled away from his defender as he makes his run into the box, but his touch lets him down and Sidnei is able to get back to win the ball back.
22'
Alba gets the ball in a lot of space down the left wing and tries to play Suarez in quickly, but he overhits the pass and Lopez is able to come off his line to collect it.
20'
Betis are straight on the attack and are trying to get a quick equaliser, but Barcelona seem to have found their rhythm in the game now and are closing them down faster now when they get into the final third.
18'
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona!
MESSI GIVES BARCELONA THE LEAD IN STYLE! Barcelona won a free-kick on the edge of the box and the captain stepped up to take it. He curled it beautifully into the top-left corner and out of the reach of Lopez. 1-0 Barcelona!
16'
A. Guardado gets yellow.
Guardado receives a yellow card for dissent.
15'
Betis have played themselves into trouble a couple of times in their own half with a couple of poor passes, which is allowing Barcelona to pile a bit of pressure on the home side.
11'
Barcelona have made a nervous start to this game and don't look comfortable whenever the Betis players start moving forward to attack. They sit back when Tello gets the ball and he takes the shot from outside the box, but it's an easy save for Ter Stegen.
9'
Betis are keeping possession well in their own half and Bartra thinks he sees an opening up front so tries to loop the ball up to Joaquin, but his pass is overhit and rolls out of play.
7'
Messi picks up the ball in midfield and plays a good throughball to Alba, who did look offside as the pass was played. Mandi recovered well to track his run though and made an important tackle to put it out of play.
4'
Betis have made a bright start to the game and are keeping possession well as they move the ball into a dangerous position in the final third, but Barcelona are able to get it clear.
2'
There have been a couple of poor passes from the Barcelona players in the opening couple of minutes in the game which is allowing Betis to put them under pressure early on.
1'
Betis get the game underway at the Benito Villamarin.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the LaLiga game between Real Betis and Barcelona at the Benito Villamarin!
Betis come into this game having lost just one of their last six matches in the league (W5 D1), although that loss did come in their last home game when they lost 2-1 to Getafe. Barcelona, on the other hand, are currently on the longest unbeaten run in LaLiga at the minute, having gone 15 games without losing in the competition (W12 D3).
REAL BETIS STARTING XI (3-4-2-1): Pau Lopez; Aissa Mandi, Marc Bartra, Sidnei; Joaquin, William Carvalho, Andres Guardado, Cristian Tello; Giovani Lo Celso, Sergio Canales; Jese.
REAL BETIS SUBS: Joel Robles, Sergio Leon, Wilfried Kaptoum, Diego Lainez, Loren Moron, Zouhair Feddal, Emerson.
BARCELONA STARTING XI (4-4-2): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Arturo Vidal, Sergio Busquets, Arthur, Ivan Rakitic; Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi.
BARCELONA SUBS: Jasper Cillessen, Carles Alena, Philippe Coutinho, Malcom, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Nelson Semedo, Samuel Umtiti.
The teams are coming out onto the field now, with kick-off just moments away.
Betis performed well in the first half and did cause the Barcelona defenders some problems, but they have played themselves into trouble a couple of times and need to keep possession a bit better if they want to find a way back into the game. Valverde will be happy with his side's performance and Barca look like they have more goals in them.
That's all for tonight, goodbye!
Barcelona extend their lead at the top of LaLiga to 10 points over Atletico Madrid going into the international break. The one downside for Valverde will be that late injury for Suarez as he looked very uncomfortable when he limped off at the end of the match. Betis remain in eighth after that defeat, but remain just one point behind Valencia above them.
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