La Liga preview: Can Athletic Club edge out victory against Real Betis?

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

Athletic Club duel Real Betis for glory and football prosperity.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic match!

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Athletic Club form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first La Liga game of the season here at San Mamés Barria. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from Athletic Club's 19 home games.

It's back home for Athletic Club, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Osasuna away with the result 2-0. Williams and Guruzeta found the net in that victory. Simón loved the game against Osasuna. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. The goalie Simón was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.7 out of ten. Simón topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the home game against Real Madrid that was lost 0-2.

Athletic Club has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Real Betis form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the La Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 19 matches.

Real Betis's last game was the home draw against Atletico Madrid (0-0). Sabaly was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.72. The defender Sabaly won 5 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Villarreal at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Real Betis have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Real Betis has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Club wins - draws - Real Betis wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Athletic ClubI. Williams Arthuer
I. Williams Arthuer
1 goals
Athletic ClubG. Guruzeta Rodríguez
G. Guruzeta Rodríguez
1 goals
Real BetisW. da Silva
W. da Silva
1 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Real Betis missing players

Athletic Club Real Betis
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 2 2 2
2 2 2 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
5 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 3
5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9 8
3.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 13
1.5 1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 2.5
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 40%
 
16 14 14 Shots against (avg) S A 18 18 11.5
7.5 8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3
Athletic Club Last season Real Betis
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 8   Won W   8 17
9 3   Drew D   4 9
15 8   Lost L   7 12
47 22   Scored S   20 46
43 15   Conceded C   23 41
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
61% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 61%
45% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
29% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 11%
42% 21%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
29% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 34%
42% 53%   Failed to Score F T   42% 34%
 
6.8 8.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4
3.6 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.5
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
5 2   Red cards R C   6 15
 
14.8 16.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.2
4.9 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
25% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%
 
10.5 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.8 12.3
3.6 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.1

  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 6
2 Valencia 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Girona 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Atletico Madrid 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 FC Barcelona 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
6 Real Betis 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Rayo Vallecano 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Osasuna 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
9 Athletic Club 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
10 Villarreal 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
11 Cádiz 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
12 Real Sociedad 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
13 Mallorca 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Las Palmas 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Celta de Vigo 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
16 Getafe 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
17 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Granada 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
20 Almería 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 38 28 4 6 70 20 19 15 3 1 37 4 19 13 1 5 33 16 50 88
2 Real Madrid 38 24 6 8 75 36 19 13 5 1 44 16 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 78
3 Atletico Madrid 38 23 8 7 70 33 19 13 3 3 41 15 19 10 5 4 29 18 37 77
4 Real Sociedad 38 21 8 9 51 35 19 11 5 3 26 16 19 10 3 6 25 19 16 71
5 Villarreal 38 19 7 12 59 40 19 12 3 4 36 18 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 64
6 Real Betis 38 17 9 12 46 41 19 9 5 5 26 18 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 60
7 Osasuna 38 15 8 15 37 42 19 11 1 7 24 21 19 4 7 8 13 21 -5 53
8 Athletic Club 38 14 9 15 47 43 19 8 3 8 22 15 19 6 6 7 25 28 4 51
9 Mallorca 38 14 8 16 37 43 19 10 5 4 22 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -6 50
10 Girona 38 13 10 15 58 55 19 10 3 6 35 26 19 3 7 9 23 29 3 49
11 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 10 15 45 53 19 9 5 5 28 22 19 4 5 10 17 31 -8 49
12 Sevilla 38 13 10 15 47 54 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 6 5 8 23 29 -7 49
13 Celta de Vigo 38 11 10 17 43 53 19 7 6 6 26 21 19 4 4 11 17 32 -10 43
14 Cádiz 38 10 12 16 30 53 19 7 6 6 19 23 19 3 6 10 11 30 -23 42
15 Valencia 38 11 9 18 42 45 19 8 5 6 27 19 19 3 4 12 15 26 -3 42
16 Getafe 38 10 12 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 19 3 6 10 13 25 -11 42
17 Almería 38 11 8 19 49 65 19 10 3 6 29 22 19 1 5 13 20 43 -16 41
18 Real Valladolid 38 11 7 20 33 63 19 8 4 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 40
19 Espanyol 38 8 13 17 52 69 19 4 7 8 27 35 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 37
20 Elche 38 5 10 23 30 67 19 3 6 10 18 29 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 25

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.