Delightful dogfight as daring Real Betis duel with determined Valencia

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 27.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Benito Villamarín (60721 seats)

Real Betis have performed better than Valencia so far this season, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the information you require before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Real Betis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valencia have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in La Liga

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 Valencia.

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Real Betis form and stats

Real Betis have played 5 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Real Betis has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Benito Villamarín, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Real Betis supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Rayo Vallecano in La Liga and win 3-2. Rodrigo Sánchez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Sánchez served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Europa League home game that ended 1-1 versus Bayer Leverkusen.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Betis have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn five and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Betis as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico Madrid in the La Liga. That match is four days after this one.

Betis have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Benito Villamarín with 8 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Betis have conceded 6 goals.

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Valencia form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Valencia have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.

There were no winners in Valencia's previous match, a La Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Mallorca (placed 12th). Valencia's last match (vs Mallorca) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by José Luis Gayà. Gonçalo Guedes, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.04. Guedes scored one goal and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FC Barcelona wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Valencia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Villarreal in just three days.

Valencia have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Valencia have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Betis wins - draws - Valencia wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real BetisW. da Silva
W. da Silva
5 goals
Real BetisJ. Jiménez López
J. Jiménez López
4 goals
ValenciaG. Ganchinho Guedes
G. Ganchinho Guedes
3 goals

Real Betis missing players

Valencia missing players

Real Betis Valencia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
5 2 1 Won W 1 1 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
15 8 5 Scored S 5 7 15
11 6 4 Conceded C 4 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
40% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
30% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 40%
10% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 10%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 70%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
5.5 4.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 3.6
4.7 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.4 4
2.5 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 3.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15.8 17.2 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.8 12.2
5.5 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 4.2
27% 27% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 33% 36%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Betis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valencia have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in La Liga

  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 10 6 3 1 14 9 5 4 1 0 4 0 5 2 2 1 10 9 5 21
2 Real Madrid 9 6 2 1 24 11 3 2 1 0 11 3 6 4 1 1 13 8 13 20
3 Sevilla 9 6 2 1 16 6 4 4 0 0 13 4 5 2 2 1 3 2 10 20
4 Atletico Madrid 9 5 3 1 13 8 5 2 3 0 7 4 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 18
5 Real Betis 10 5 3 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 18
6 Osasuna 10 5 3 2 14 13 6 1 3 2 4 8 4 4 0 0 10 5 1 18
7 Rayo Vallecano 10 5 1 4 17 12 4 4 0 0 12 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 5 16
8 Athletic Club 9 4 4 1 9 5 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 16
9 FC Barcelona 9 4 3 2 15 10 6 4 1 1 14 7 3 0 2 1 1 3 5 15
10 Valencia 10 3 4 3 15 13 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 1 2 2 7 8 2 13
11 Espanyol 10 3 4 3 10 10 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 0 3 2 4 7 0 13
12 Mallorca 10 3 3 4 9 15 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 1 1 3 4 11 -6 12
13 Villarreal 9 2 5 2 10 7 4 2 1 1 7 3 5 0 4 1 3 4 3 11
14 Elche 10 2 4 4 8 12 5 1 4 0 5 4 5 1 0 4 3 8 -4 10
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 Granada 9 1 4 4 7 13 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 0 3 2 2 7 -6 7
17 Cadiz 10 1 4 5 7 15 6 0 3 3 3 8 4 1 1 2 4 7 -8 7
18 Deportivo Alaves 9 2 0 7 4 13 5 1 0 4 2 8 4 1 0 3 2 5 -9 6
19 Levante 10 0 5 5 9 18 4 0 3 1 4 6 6 0 2 4 5 12 -9 5
20 Getafe 9 0 2 7 3 13 4 0 1 3 2 5 5 0 1 4 1 8 -10 2

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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.