This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Real Betis at Estadio Benito Villamarín when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and HJK with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting HJK have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 14-5-9 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as HJK have to travel 4300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Real Betis have less rest than HJK in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a La Liga game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Real Sociedad.
Real Betis form and stats
Last season, Betis's Europa League journey ended in the round of 16 against Eintracht Frankfurt.Real Betis have been very solid at home in the La Liga so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
A strong away win for Real Betis against Real Sociedad the last match, as Iglesias and Cruz were on target. Real Betis goalkeeper Silva did an outstanding job against Real Sociedad with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Silva got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.12 out of ten. Silva topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, a fine away victory at Ludogorets. A Europa League game.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the La Liga game versus Sevilla in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Benito Villamarín.
Betis have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Benito Villamarín with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Real Betis are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Benito Villamarín in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
HJK form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs against Fenerbahce.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses both home and away.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa League home loss versus Roma with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Hetemaj, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Hetemaj scored one goal and had 29 successful passes (of 31 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting KuPS before that.Head 2 Head
These opponents have played previously this season: HJK - Real Betis 0-2. One of the profiles has been Jose with 2 goals scored against HJK in these 1 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Iglesias 8 goals |  W. Carvalho 2 goals |  Juanmi 2 goals |
Real Betis missing players
HJK missing players
| Real Betis | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 32% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Betis | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Roma | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | HJK | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Almeria | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Getafe | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Girona | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Elche | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 4 |
