📏 Form Guide

Espanyol

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Espanyol will be hoping for a better result after a 1-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Villarreal.

In that game, Espanyol had 55% possession and 12 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Villarreal had 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Yeremy Pino (52') scored for Villarreal.

Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Espanyol have taken part. Regarding the goal split during this period, opposing sides scored a total of 3 and Espanyol got themselves 9. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall be replicated in this next game.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Espanyol:

• are winless against Real Betis in their last 2 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 10 home league matches. A very good run at home.

Real Betis

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Real Betis will go into the meeting following a 2-1 Conference League win to defeat Fiorentina in their previous fixture.

In that match, Real Betis managed 45% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Real Betis, goals were scored by Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (6') and Antony (64'). Fiorentina got 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Luca Ranieri (73') scored for Fiorentina.

Looking at their form, and Real Betis have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 6 goals in total. At the back, Real Betis certainly have room for improvement.

Coming into this meeting, Real Betis have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 25/06/2020 tells us that Espanyol have won 1 of them & Real Betis 4, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

In all, 16 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them from Periquitos and 11 for Béticos. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was La Liga match day 8 on 29/09/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Real Betis 1-0 Espanyol.

That day, Real Betis managed 53% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Giovani Lo Celso (85').

Espanyol had 8 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Alejandro Hernández Hernández.

📋 Team News: Espanyol

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Espanyol manager Manolo González to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed squad. José Gragera (Toe injury) will miss out.

In all likelihood, Periquitos should employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game and select Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Marash Kumbulla, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Urko Gonzalez, Alex Kral, Antoniu Roca, Edu Exposito, Javier Puado and Roberto Fernandez.

📋 Team News: Real Betis

Real Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini has multiple availability issues to deal with. Marc Roca (Foot injury) and Diego Llorente (Hamstring injury) are not able to play.

We reckon that Béticos could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting Adrian, Youssouf Sabaly, Marc Bartra, Natan, Ricardo Rodriguez, Johnny Cardoso, Pablo Fornals, Antony, Isco, Jesus Rodriguez and Juan Hernandez.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Espanyol might need a bit of good fortune to be putting a goal past this Real Betis lineup who we think will likely score one, at least.

We’re therefore seeing a good tussle with a 0-1 winning margin for Real Betis after 90 minutes.

A close call.

Andre Moura, 16:02 04/05/2025