📏 Form Guide

Atlético Madrid

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Atlético Madrid will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Osasuna.

In that match, Atlético Madrid had 65% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Osasuna got 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Catena (25') and Ante Budimir (82') scored for Osasuna.

Their more recent scorelines shine a light on the fact that there has been much resilience in the Atlético Madrid defence. Atlético Madrid have been mean at the back, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their previous 6 clashes standing at 4.

Going into this one, Atlético Madrid are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Real Betis

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Previously, Real Betis drew 2-2 in the La Liga match with Rayo Vallecano.

In that game, Real Betis managed 47% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Real Betis, the goals were scored by Cucho Hernández (51') and Isco (61'). Rayo Vallecano had 20 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Jorge de Frutos (37') and Florian Lejeune (45') scored for Rayo Vallecano.

Illustrating their predisposition for action-packed encounters, we’ve seen goals 22 times in the last 6 games in which Real Betis have played, giving an average of 3.67 goals per meeting. Their opponents have hit 7 of this grand total. We will see if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Their previous form shows that Real Betis:

• haven't won against Atlético Madrid when having played them away from home in the previous 11 league games. It has been a terrible run on the road.
• are unbeaten in their last 6 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 06/03/2022 shows that Atlético Madrid have won 4 of them & Real Betis 1, with the number of draws standing at 1.

In all, 12 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 8 from Atleti and 4 belonging to Béticos. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The last league encounter featuring the two was La Liga match day 11 on 27/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Real Betis 1-0 Atlético Madrid.

On that day, Real Betis had 42% possession and 24 shots on goal with 3 on target.

At the other end, Atlético Madrid got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. José María Giménez (4' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Jesús Gil Manzano.

🗞️ Team News: Atlético Madrid

In all likelihood, Atleti should employ a 4-4-2 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Robin Le Normand, Clement Lenglet, Javi Galan, Giuliano Simeone, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Samuel Dias Lino, Alexander Soerloth and Julian Alvarez.

ℹ️ Team News: Real Betis

Real Betis boss Manuel Pellegrini has some current player fitness concerns. Marc Roca (Foot injury) and Diego Llorente (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game.

There’s a good chance that Béticos appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Adrian, Aitor Ruibal, Marc Bartra, Natan, Romain Perraud, Johnny Cardoso, Pablo Fornals, Antony, Isco, Jesus Rodriguez and Cedric Bakambu.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Atlético Madrid have it within them to fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding when they line up against Real Betis, who might well find it difficult to find the back of the net.

We can therefore see a decent 2-0 victory for Atlético Madrid when the full-time whistle blows.

Renata Leite, 16:01 18/05/2025