Balanced ball game between Real Betis and Villarreal expected

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 01.July
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Benito Villamarín (60721 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Real Betis have their presumed home advantage while Villarreal are ahead 14 points in the La Liga table.

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 Villarreal.

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Real Betis form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga for Real Betis at their home stadium (Estadio Benito Villamarín) is 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager A. Trujillo Oramas led his Betis to a defeat in the La Liga match away at Levante. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Benito Villamarín. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Espanyol in a game that was won 1-0.

A goal frenzy last time out for Real Betis, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Levante. Fun stuff to watch!

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 eight matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost one.

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

The Betis fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 30 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Real Betis have conceded 23 goals.

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Villarreal form and stats

7 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses. That’s the product of Villarreal playing as the away team in the La Liga this season. Villarreal love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Villarreal go into this game after a win, the home game against Valencia that ended 2-0. A draw for Villarreal before that, at their own venue hosting Sevilla (2-2).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Villarreal in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Villarreal, zero draws and four defeats.

After this away game Villarreal return home for a La Liga game against Barcelona. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Villarreal have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 16 games. As opposed to that, Villarreal have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Villarreal - Betis 5-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Real Betis victories, three draws and five Villarreal wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
13 goals
BetisL. Morón García
L. Morón García
9 goals
Real BetisJ. Sánchez Rodríguez
J. Sánchez Rodríguez
8 goals

Real Betis missing players

Villarreal missing players

Real Betis Villarreal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 16 32
9 8 1 Won W 2 7 15
10 4 1 Drew D 0 1 6
13 4 3 Lost L 4 8 11
43 30 7 Scored S 6 20 51
52 23 9 Conceded C 8 21 40
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 75%
62% 81% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 69% 66%
31% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 28%
19% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
72% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 69% 66%
16% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 31%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 6% 9%
 
4.9 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.1
5.5 4.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.2 6.2
2.8 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.2 2.2
7 4 3 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
393 218 61 Total Shots T S 88 203 432
137 76 17 Shots on Target S O 22 62 141
31% 39% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 36%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Betis has the most matches over the total-line (19)
  • Real Betis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Betis have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Real Betis haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Villarreal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 32 21 8 3 60 21 16 12 4 0 35 10 16 9 4 3 25 11 39 71
2 Barcelona 32 21 6 5 72 33 16 15 1 0 48 12 16 6 5 5 24 21 39 69
3 Atletico Madrid 32 15 13 4 41 23 16 10 5 1 23 10 16 5 8 3 18 13 18 58
4 Sevilla 32 14 12 6 45 33 16 7 7 2 22 14 16 7 5 4 23 19 12 54
5 Villarreal 32 15 6 11 51 40 16 8 5 3 31 19 16 7 1 8 20 21 11 51
6 Getafe 31 13 10 8 40 29 16 7 6 3 22 14 15 6 4 5 18 15 11 49
7 Real Sociedad 31 14 5 12 47 39 16 8 3 5 29 16 15 6 2 7 18 23 8 47
8 Valencia 32 12 10 10 41 46 16 9 7 0 26 13 16 3 3 10 15 33 -5 46
9 Athletic Club 32 11 12 9 36 28 16 9 4 3 20 9 16 2 8 6 16 19 8 45
10 Granada 32 12 7 13 38 38 16 9 2 5 19 12 16 3 5 8 19 26 0 43
11 Osasuna 32 10 11 11 38 47 16 6 5 5 22 26 16 4 6 6 16 21 -9 41
12 Levante 32 12 5 15 41 46 16 8 4 4 24 16 16 4 1 11 17 30 -5 41
13 Real Betis 32 9 10 13 43 52 16 8 4 4 30 23 16 1 6 9 13 29 -9 37
14 Eibar 32 9 8 15 34 48 16 7 2 7 22 22 16 2 6 8 12 26 -14 35
15 Deportivo Alavés 32 9 8 15 32 48 16 7 5 4 20 12 16 2 3 11 12 36 -16 35
16 Real Valladolid 32 7 14 11 27 37 15 3 9 3 15 14 17 4 5 8 12 23 -10 35
17 Celta de Vigo 32 7 13 12 31 37 16 5 6 5 18 15 16 2 7 7 13 22 -6 34
18 Mallorca 32 7 5 20 30 55 16 6 3 7 17 19 16 1 2 13 13 36 -25 26
19 Leganes 32 5 10 17 24 46 16 4 4 8 14 21 16 1 6 9 10 25 -22 25
20 Espanyol 32 5 9 18 26 51 16 2 5 9 15 28 16 3 4 9 11 23 -25 24

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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.