La Liga match prediction: Little separates Real Betis and Athletic Club in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Benito Villamarín (60721 seats)

It's advantage Real Betis so far with their 6th position in the La Liga table, welcoming Athletic Club who are placed 12th.

Insights:
  • Real Betis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Athletic Club have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in La Liga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

These teams have little in common geographically as Athletic Club have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Real Betis form and stats

Real Betis have played 16 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Real Betis, regardless of arena, have all ended draws. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Atletico Madrid.

This is expected to be a close game, with Real Betis perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Real Betis as a small favourite), we find seven games. Real Betis has won five of these, drawn one and lost one.

There will be little rest for Real Betis after this match as they are travelling to Real Madrid for a La Liga game in only three days.

Betis have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Benito Villamarín with 24 goals in 16 league matches. Betis have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Athletic Club have only collected 12 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 2-6-7 (15 played). Club has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 42 days ago, in the Atletico Madrid fixture. Two points from the last two away games for Club, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Deportivo Alavés in the La Liga.

Club lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Athletic Club in our archives, and the results are: one win for Athletic Club, five draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Athletic Club are hosting Atletico Madrid in the La Liga only four days away.

Athletic Club are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Athletic Club have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Athletic Club - Betis 4-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (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 BetisS. Canales Madrazo
S. Canales Madrazo
8 goals
Real BetisB. Iglesias Quintas
B. Iglesias Quintas
7 goals
Athletic ClubA. Berenguer Remiro
A. Berenguer Remiro
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
31 16 5 Played P 4 15 30
14 8 4 Won W 0 2 9
6 4 0 Drew D 1 6 10
11 4 1 Lost L 3 7 11
42 24 6 Scored S 4 16 39
45 20 4 Conceded C 8 20 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
81% 81% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 77%
42% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 47% 40%
29% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 20%
16% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
45% 56% 20% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
32% 31% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 23%
23% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.4
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.7 11.8 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.7 10.8
4 4.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 3.4
34% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 34% 39%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Athletic Club have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in La Liga
  • Real Betis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Atletico Madrid 31 21 7 3 57 20 16 12 3 1 35 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 37 70
2 Real Madrid 31 20 7 4 53 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 16 9 6 1 26 14 29 67
3 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 69 26 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 43 65
4 Sevilla 31 20 4 7 46 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 16 9 3 4 23 16 21 64
5 Villarreal 31 12 13 6 48 34 15 6 6 3 21 17 16 6 7 3 27 17 14 49
6 Real Betis 31 14 6 11 42 45 16 8 4 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 48
7 Real Sociedad 31 12 11 8 48 33 16 6 6 4 26 19 15 6 5 4 22 14 15 47
8 Granada 30 11 6 13 36 50 15 8 3 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 16 31 -14 39
9 Levante 31 9 11 11 38 44 16 5 7 4 22 24 15 4 4 7 16 20 -6 38
10 Celta de Vigo 31 9 11 11 41 48 15 6 3 6 23 26 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 38
11 Osasuna 31 9 10 12 27 36 16 5 5 6 15 19 15 4 5 6 12 17 -9 37
12 Athletic Club 30 9 10 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 15 2 6 7 16 20 6 37
13 Cádiz 31 9 9 13 27 45 16 4 5 7 14 23 15 5 4 6 13 22 -18 36
14 Valencia 31 8 11 12 39 44 15 6 6 3 24 18 16 2 5 9 15 26 -5 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 22 34 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -12 31
16 Deportivo Alavés 31 6 9 16 25 47 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 4 9 12 27 -22 27
17 Huesca 31 5 12 14 31 46 15 3 6 6 15 19 16 2 6 8 16 27 -15 27
18 Real Valladolid 30 5 12 13 27 41 15 3 5 7 16 24 15 2 7 6 11 17 -14 27
19 Elche 31 5 11 15 27 48 14 3 7 4 14 19 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 26
20 Eibar 31 4 11 16 22 41 15 1 6 8 8 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -19 23

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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 Atletico Madrid 31 21 7 3 57 20 16 12 3 1 35 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 37 70
2 Real Madrid 31 20 7 4 53 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 16 9 6 1 26 14 29 67
3 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 69 26 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 43 65
4 Sevilla 31 20 4 7 46 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 16 9 3 4 23 16 21 64
5 Villarreal 31 12 13 6 48 34 15 6 6 3 21 17 16 6 7 3 27 17 14 49
6 Real Betis 31 14 6 11 42 45 16 8 4 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 48
7 Real Sociedad 31 12 11 8 48 33 16 6 6 4 26 19 15 6 5 4 22 14 15 47
8 Granada 30 11 6 13 36 50 15 8 3 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 16 31 -14 39
9 Levante 31 9 11 11 38 44 16 5 7 4 22 24 15 4 4 7 16 20 -6 38
10 Celta de Vigo 31 9 11 11 41 48 15 6 3 6 23 26 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 38
11 Osasuna 31 9 10 12 27 36 16 5 5 6 15 19 15 4 5 6 12 17 -9 37
12 Athletic Club 30 9 10 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 15 2 6 7 16 20 6 37
13 Cádiz 31 9 9 13 27 45 16 4 5 7 14 23 15 5 4 6 13 22 -18 36
14 Valencia 31 8 11 12 39 44 15 6 6 3 24 18 16 2 5 9 15 26 -5 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 22 34 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -12 31
16 Deportivo Alavés 31 6 9 16 25 47 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 4 9 12 27 -22 27
17 Huesca 31 5 12 14 31 46 15 3 6 6 15 19 16 2 6 8 16 27 -15 27
18 Real Valladolid 30 5 12 13 27 41 15 3 5 7 16 24 15 2 7 6 11 17 -14 27
19 Elche 31 5 11 15 27 48 14 3 7 4 14 19 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 26
20 Eibar 31 4 11 16 22 41 15 1 6 8 8 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -19 23

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