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La Liga leaders Barcelona visit Real Betis (17: 30 BST) Barca would move four points clear with win Betis start the day in fifth Bobbie Jackson HT: Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona This was meant to be a difficult and testing week for Barcelona in the title race with two games in the space of five days against Atletico Madrid and Real Betis. But they brushed aside fourth-placed Atletico Madrid 3-1 on Tuesday and are making very easy work of fifth-placed Betis this evening. Real Madrid, who sit second, would have been hoping for a slip up in at least one of those games. HT: Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona Ferran Torres has scored his third career hat-trick and second for Barcelona tonight. His previous hat-trick for the club also came against Real Betis back in January 2024 when Barcelona won 4-2. Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona And that's it for a high-scoring and entertaining first half. A Ferran Torres hat-trick helped Barcelona come from a goal down to lead comfortably. Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona Cucho Hernandez finds a way out of a tight space and lays the ball across the box. It comes through to Aitor Ruibal who slams a low shot into the side-netting. Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona Sergi Altimira angles a hopeful ball towards the Barcelona box but it's easily cleared by Gerard Martin and the visitors mount a dangerous-looking counter. Jules Kounde is caught on the back of the head by Abde Ezzalzouli when the ball goes out right and we'll have another stoppage. Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona We're scheduled for five minutes of additional time at the end of this first half. Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona Much better from the hosts. Cucho Hernandez throws himself at a low cross from Aitor Ruibal but his diving header goes just the wrong side of the far post. Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona Real Betis are really struggling to play through Barcelona's press. Antony is caught on the ball as they look to counter. Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona Natan made a desperate attempt to stop Ferran Torres in that move and was close to giving away a penalty. It looks like he has landed awkwardly and he's now receiving some treatment before. Natan gets the magic spray to his knee and limps off. Should be fine to continue. Real Betis 1-4 Barcelona Ferran Torres is happy with just three. The Barcelona forward shows great pace and strength to hold off defender Natan and latch on to a through ball. Torres attempts to go round goalkeeper Alvaro Valles but can't find the angle to get his shot away cleanly. Torres It's a hat-trick for Ferran Torres. The forward is afforded space to turn on the edge of the box and his right-footed shot, which is goal-bound, takes a huge deflection before nestling into the corner. Game over? Real Betis 1-3 Barcelona That third goal feels like it has knocked the stuffing out of Real Betis. Barcelona are slowly moving it around their backline and into midfield without any real pressure. Real Betis 1-3 Barcelona Lamine Yamal attempts a bit of skill, loses the ball but is fouled in the process. Marcus Rashford's subsequent free-kick crashes off the wall and away for a corner. Real Betis 1-3 Barcelona That's Roony Bardghji's first goal for Barcelona following his switch from Copenhagen over the summer. It's only his second start for the club too. Bardghji Barcelona are in control. Pedri finds Roony Bardghji who shows great composure to extend Barcelona's lead. Real Betis 1-2 Barcelona Pablo Fornals emerges on the shoulder of Gerard Martin but it's hooked away just in time by the defender. Real Betis 1-2 Barcelona Pau Cubarsi makes work of dealing with a long ball forward as Sergi Altimira lurks but the Barcelona defender gets enough on it to flick back to his goalkeeper. Real Betis 1-2 Barcelona Slick stuff from Barcelona. Marcus Rashford works a neat one-two with Pedri and clips a ball to the far post where Roony Bardghji's bicycle kick is cleared for another corner. The set-piece doesn't come to anything meaningful. Real Betis 1-2 Barcelona The corner is delivered by Marcus Rashford but it's cleared at the near post by Cucho Hernandez. Real Betis 1-2 Barcelona Marcus Rashford breaks down the left but is well marshalled and settles for a corner. Ferran Torres' last hat-trick came against Real Betis in January 2024 Ferran Torres scored a first-half hat-trick to help fire Barcelona into a four-point lead at the top of La Liga with a 5-3 win over Real Betis. Barcelona, who came into the game at Estadio La Cartuja one point clear of rivals Real Madrid, fell behind after six minutes when former Manchester United winger Antony scored his fifth goal of the season. But Betis' lead only lasted five minutes. Torres rounded off a beautifully worked Barcelona move to tap in at close range to level the match. Torres then gave Barcelona the lead two minutes later with a brilliant volleyed finish inside the box. Twenty-year-old Sweden winger Roony Bardghji scored his first La Liga goal to put Hansi Flick's side into a more commanding lead after half and hour, latching on to Pedri's pass to finish at the near post. The former Manchester City forward then rounded off his third career treble five minutes before half-time with an expertly placed effort from outside the box to make it 4-1. Barcelona continued pushing in the second half and were controversially awarded a penalty after the video assistant referee (VAR) deemed Marc Bartra's block flicked on to his hand. Lamine Yamal coolly netted the penalty for his sixth goal of the season before Diego Llorente made it 5-2 in the 85th minute. Betis then made the scoreline look more favourable after Jules Kounde fouled Abde Ezzalzouli in the box and Cucho Hernandez made no mistake from the spot in the 90th minute. Roony Bardghji celebrating with Lamine Yamal in the win at Real Betis Remember the name: Roony Bardghji. The 20-year-old was handed his third La Liga start of the season by Flick and Roony repaid the faith shown in him by scoring his first league goal and Barcelona's third of the game. Roony, born in Kuwait, has been capped three times by Sweden after moving to the country aged six. A talented teenager, Roony made his competitive debut for Copenhagen aged 16 years and six days to become the youngest player to feature for the club - and scored his first goal six days later. In 2023, Roony scored his first Champions League goal when he netted an 87th-minute winner in Copenhagen's 4-3 victory over Manchester United. And then Barcelona came calling. In July 2025, Roony signed a four-year deal with the Catalan club and made his debut for Sweden three months later. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. 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