Real Betis vs Athletic Club match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Benito Villamarín (60721 seats)

Real Betis have played excellent football this season, sitting at 5th position in the table. Athletic Club have an outlook both ways from their 8th spot.

Insights:
  • Real Betis have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in La Liga
  • Real Betis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athletic Club have scored away.

Athletic Club have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Only a few days to rest for the team playing at home, as they were involved in a Europa League match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Eintracht Frankfurt, was also a home game here at Estadio Benito Villamarín. The away team is better rested.

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Real Betis form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga, Real Betis have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games.

Goalkeeper Bravo got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.3 out of ten. Bravo saved a penalty.

Preceding that match was a La Liga defeat to Atletico Madrid (1-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Real Betis have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Real Betis as they are travelling to their away game against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Betis in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Real Betis's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Playing away, Athletic Club have won 3 games, drawn 8 and suffered 3 defeats in the La Liga this season. Athletic Club seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The supporters enjoyed Club's previous match versus Levante (placed 20th), a 3-1 win played at home. Midfield player Berenguer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.4/10. Berenguer hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists and hit five key passes.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Athletic Club in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Athletic Club, four draws and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Athletic Club - Real Betis 3-2 was the story when these teams previously played each other, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Real Betis wins - draws - Athletic Club wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real BetisJ. Jiménez López
J. Jiménez López
12 goals
Real BetisB. Iglesias Quintas
B. Iglesias Quintas
7 goals
BetisW. da Silva
W. da Silva
7 goals

Real Betis missing players

Athletic Club missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Betis Athletic Club
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 14 27
14 7 2 Won W 0 3 10
4 2 1 Drew D 2 8 10
9 5 2 Lost L 2 3 7
49 26 9 Scored S 1 10 32
35 18 9 Conceded C 6 12 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 64% 81%
89% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 59%
59% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 21% 41%
41% 50% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 26%
19% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
56% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 48%
22% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 37%
22% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 33%
 
4.8 5 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.4 6.3
5.4 4.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.6 4.3
2.5 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
14.5 16 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.2 12.6
5.3 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 4.3
34% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 21% 28%
 
11.3 10.3 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 14.8 12.3
3.9 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 3.7
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Betis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athletic Club have scored away.
  • Real Betis have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in La Liga
  • Real Betis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 27 19 6 2 56 21 14 10 4 0 32 9 13 9 2 2 24 12 35 63
2 Sevilla 27 15 10 2 39 18 13 10 3 0 28 11 14 5 7 2 11 7 21 55
3 Barcelona 26 13 9 4 48 29 12 8 2 2 27 13 14 5 7 2 21 16 19 48
4 Atletico Madrid 27 14 6 7 50 35 13 8 3 2 23 12 14 6 3 5 27 23 15 48
5 Real Betis 27 14 4 9 49 35 14 7 2 5 26 18 13 7 2 4 23 17 14 46
6 Real Sociedad 27 12 8 7 28 29 13 7 4 2 10 6 14 5 4 5 18 23 -1 44
7 Villarreal 27 11 9 7 47 26 14 8 4 2 34 14 13 3 5 5 13 12 21 42
8 Athletic Club 27 10 10 7 32 26 13 7 2 4 22 14 14 3 8 3 10 12 6 40
9 Valencia 27 9 9 9 41 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 13 4 3 6 19 25 -2 36
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 33 31 14 5 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 12 2 35
11 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 26 31 14 3 6 5 11 19 13 6 2 5 15 12 -5 35
12 Espanyol 27 8 8 11 33 40 14 7 4 3 21 16 13 1 4 8 12 24 -7 32
13 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 4 13 28 32 13 8 2 3 20 9 13 1 2 10 8 23 -4 31
14 Elche 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 29
15 Getafe 27 6 9 12 26 32 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 0 6 8 7 19 -6 27
16 Mallorca 27 6 8 13 26 45 14 4 6 4 13 14 13 2 2 9 13 31 -19 26
17 Granada 27 5 10 12 28 43 13 4 4 5 17 21 14 1 6 7 11 22 -15 25
18 Cadiz 27 4 12 11 23 39 14 1 8 5 11 18 13 3 4 6 12 21 -16 24
19 Deportivo Alaves 27 5 7 15 21 44 14 4 4 6 10 15 13 1 3 9 11 29 -23 22
20 Levante 27 3 9 15 29 54 13 2 6 5 16 21 14 1 3 10 13 33 -25 18

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 27 19 6 2 56 21 14 10 4 0 32 9 13 9 2 2 24 12 35 63
2 Sevilla 27 15 10 2 39 18 13 10 3 0 28 11 14 5 7 2 11 7 21 55
3 Barcelona 26 13 9 4 48 29 12 8 2 2 27 13 14 5 7 2 21 16 19 48
4 Atletico Madrid 27 14 6 7 50 35 13 8 3 2 23 12 14 6 3 5 27 23 15 48
5 Real Betis 27 14 4 9 49 35 14 7 2 5 26 18 13 7 2 4 23 17 14 46
6 Real Sociedad 27 12 8 7 28 29 13 7 4 2 10 6 14 5 4 5 18 23 -1 44
7 Villarreal 27 11 9 7 47 26 14 8 4 2 34 14 13 3 5 5 13 12 21 42
8 Athletic Club 27 10 10 7 32 26 13 7 2 4 22 14 14 3 8 3 10 12 6 40
9 Valencia 27 9 9 9 41 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 13 4 3 6 19 25 -2 36
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 33 31 14 5 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 12 2 35
11 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 26 31 14 3 6 5 11 19 13 6 2 5 15 12 -5 35
12 Espanyol 27 8 8 11 33 40 14 7 4 3 21 16 13 1 4 8 12 24 -7 32
13 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 4 13 28 32 13 8 2 3 20 9 13 1 2 10 8 23 -4 31
14 Elche 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 29
15 Getafe 27 6 9 12 26 32 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 0 6 8 7 19 -6 27
16 Mallorca 27 6 8 13 26 45 14 4 6 4 13 14 13 2 2 9 13 31 -19 26
17 Granada 27 5 10 12 28 43 13 4 4 5 17 21 14 1 6 7 11 22 -15 25
18 Cadiz 27 4 12 11 23 39 14 1 8 5 11 18 13 3 4 6 12 21 -16 24
19 Deportivo Alaves 27 5 7 15 21 44 14 4 4 6 10 15 13 1 3 9 11 29 -23 22
20 Levante 27 3 9 15 29 54 13 2 6 5 16 21 14 1 3 10 13 33 -25 18

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