Real Betis Vs Barcelona: Barca Boss Hansi Flick Likely To Field Raphinha In La Liga Clash

Hansi Flick is unlikely to rest Raphinha for Barcelona's LaLiga match at Real Betis on Saturday. (More Sports News)

Flick opted to rest LaLiga top-scorer Robert Lewandowski, who had started 20 straight matches in all competitions, for Barcel💧ona's 5-1 victory at Mallorca in midweek.

Raphinha 🔥scored twice in that match, taking his tally of LaLiga 🌳goal contributions for the season to 17, a joint-league high alongside Lewandowski.

The former Leeds United attacker has been crucial to Barca's form under Flick, and the former German𓆏y coach claimed Raphinha is a player he cannot afford to rotate.

Flick told reꦕporters: "We need Rapha. When he is available, he ꧒will play.

"If he's ready for 90 minute♎s, then he'll play 90 minutes꧂. So is Lewandowski, who will also play tomorrow."

Barca, who top ꦕthe LaLiga standings with 37 po🉐ints, snapped a three-game winless run in the league with the victory over Mallorca.

The Blaugrana will be looking to continue the🧜ir momentum and face 10th-placed Betis, who are winless in their last four league matches.

"Betis 😼are a very good team🦄, with very experienced players. They are always capable of pressing high up the pitch, that's their style and we have to be careful," Flick said.

"They know how to play and we have to be focused. Manuel [Pellegrini] is a very experienc♚ed coach, his teams always💮 play very good football.

"His style is very good, his teams like to have the ball. It's not easy for opponents to play aga🍸inst him."

Betis coach Pellegriꦐni is set to take charge of his 500th gamꦆe in LaLiga.

The Chilean will become the eighth coꦬach to hit that milestone in the competition.

His tea🌜ms have scored 762 goals, concedin𓄧g 592. Pellegrini has won 239 matches, losing 138 and drawing 122.

Across his♎ LaLiga coaching tenure, Pellegriniౠ has recorded a 47.9% win ratio. His best win percentage came at Real Madrid, where he won 81.6% of his matches (31 wins out of 38 games).

However, he has lost 19 LaLiga matches against Barca, suffering more defeats against them than he has any other cl🙈ub🦄.