Espanyol vs Real Betis Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Espanyol

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Espanyol head into this game following a 0-0 La Liga drawn match against Real Betis.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Espanyol have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Espanyol have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 6 goals in the process. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Taking a look at their past results, Espanyol:

• haven't won against Real Betis in their previous 7 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.

Real Betis

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Looking at their form, and Real Betis have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in total. Defensively, Real Betis have not been doing too well.

Heading into this fixture, Real Betis haven't been beaten by Espanyol when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 30/01/2019 shows that Espanyol have won 0 of these & Real Betis 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 from Periquitos and 13 being from Béticos. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The last league clash between these clubs was La Liga match day 22 on 21/01/2022 when it finished Espanyol 1-4 Real Betis.

On that occasion, Espanyol had 38% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Raúl de Tomás (14').

At the other end, Real Betis got 15 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Borja Iglesias (31', 53'), Guido Rodríguez (36') and Willian José (76') scored.

The referee was Javier Alberola Rojas.

📋 Team News: Espanyol

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the Espanyol gaffer Diego Martínez to contend with from an otherwise complete group. Keidi Bare (Ruptured ankle ligament) misses out.

🗞️ Team News: Real Betis

Due to a mostly available group, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Real Betis gaffer Manuel Pellegrini to contend with. Nabil Fekir (Muscle Injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Real Betis and Espanyol should play out a closely-fought contest here.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore anticipating a very close game with a 1-1 draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 01:50 17/01/2023