📊 Form Guide

Real Betis

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Real Betis will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 4-1 La Liga losing effort in their last game against Atlético Madrid.

In that game, Real Betis managed 55% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The only player to score for Real Betis was Pablo Fornals (67'). On the other side, Atletico Madrid got 20 shots on goal with 11 on target. Julián Alvarez (10', 75'), Robin Le Normand (45') and Ángel Correa (96') scored for Atlético Madrid.

Fixtures with Real Betis have usually been entertaining ones of late with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 21 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 10 of these accredited to Real Betis. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Coming into this fixture, Real Betis haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Valencia

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Athletic Bilbao in La Liga competition, Valencia will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Valencia had 56% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Athletic Bilbao got 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Álex Berenguer (72') was the scorer for Athletic Bilbao.

The numbers tell their own story, and Valencia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 6 goals overall. At the back, Valencia certainly have room for improvement.

Ahead of this clash, Valencia have left without a victory over Real Betis when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 league matches. Not good at all.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 10/05/2022 tells us that Real Betis have won 3 of these games & Valencia 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

An aggregate of 20 goals were produced between them in this period, with 11 of them from Béticos and 9 for Los Che. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The last league encounter between these sides was La Liga match day 14 on 23/11/2024 when it ended Valencia 4-2 Real Betis.

On that day, Valencia had 49% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by César Tárrega (8'), Hugo Duro (14' Own goal, 50', 53') and Diego López (56').

At the other end, Real Betis had 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Ezequiel Ávila (66') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea.

🗞️ Team News: Real Betis

Marc Roca (Foot injury) and Diego Llorente (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for Real Betis gaffer Manuel Pellegrini.

In all likelihood, Béticos may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system this time and select Adrian, Angel Ortiz, Natan, Nobel Mendy, Romain Perraud, Sergi Altimira, William Carvalho, Aitor Ruibal, Isco, Jesus Rodriguez and Juan Hernandez.

📰 Team News: Valencia

Valencia boss Carlos Corberán has to choose a team with limited availability. Sergi Canós (Herniated disc) and Thierry Correia (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.

We reckon that Los Che might elect for a 4-4-2 formation with a starting lineup of Stole Dimitrievski, Cristhian Mosquera, Mouctar Diakhaby, Cesar Tarrega, Jose Gaya, Luis Rioja, Enzo Barrenechea, Javier Guerra, Andre Almeida, Rafa Mir and Hugo Duro.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Valencia have it in them to find the net against this Real Betis team, however it probably won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Real Betis at the end of this one. We’ll have to see what happens.

Victor Martins, 18:01 23/05/2025