This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Real Betis at Estadio Benito Villamarín when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Bayer 04 Leverkusen with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Betis and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Real Betis form and stats
Overall La Liga statistics playing at home this season for Real Betis are 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Betis, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Deportivo Alaves away with the result 1-0. Borja Iglesias found the net in that victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Pellegrini Ripamonti when Borja Iglesias scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute. Midfield player William Carvalho got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Carvalho hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 69 successful passes (of 75 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Villarreal (0-2).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 four, drawn one and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the La Liga game versus Rayo Vallecano in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Benito Villamarín.
The Betis fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. On the other hand, Betis have conceded 4 goals.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals against Young Boys.Playing away, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Having won their last three away games Bayer 04 Leverkusen has no reason to fear anyone.
Home advantage was not enough for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in their previous game, as they lost their Bundesliga-match, hosting Bayern München, 1-5. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bayern München was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. It is a concern for Leverkusen that their goalie Lukáš Hrádecký made six saves in the Bayern München game, but still were unable to save them from a beating. Midfield player Florian Wirtz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Wirtz served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
Prior to that result Bayer 04 Leverkusen won their away game at Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga. The scoreline was 4-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Bayer 04 Leverkusen in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Leverkusen, one draw and zero defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Leverkusen now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Bundesliga game at Köln is waiting in only three days.
The Leverkusen manager G. Seoane has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 12 goals in 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Schick 7 goals |   W. da Silva 4 goals |  F. Wirtz 4 goals |
Real Betis missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| Real Betis | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Real Betis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Ferencvaros | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 4 | Celtic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 Sociedad | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Real Betis | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Valencia | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | Mallorca | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Elche | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Granada | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Levante | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 19 | Deportivo Alaves | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -11 | 3 |
| 20 | Getafe | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 19 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 9 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Bochum | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 6 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -15 | 1 |