Real Betis v Sevilla Match Result
We’ve got an intriguing encounter on Sunday 30 March when Real Betis look to land an important victory over Sevilla. Manuel Pellegrini’s side can realistically finish as high as fifth this term, with the Chilean having the magic touch with this team and they have proven especially hard to beat on home soil this term.
Betis are keen to leapfrog Villarreal and qualify for the Europa League this term, with the home side having won seven and drawn five of their fourteen clashes at the Estadio Benito Villamarín. They have recently been enjoying the winning habit, with victories over Las Palmas and Leganes coming either side of a 4-0 Europa Conference League success against Guimaraes.
It's feasible that Betis might end up winning the Conference League, especially if they continue such strong form. They will also draw confidence from the way in which Real Madrid were defeated 2-1 on Saturday 1 March, with the team having landed seven victories in the space of nine games in all competitions.
Sevilla have had some eye-catching wins this season and that includes a 4-0 success over Valladolid on 16 February, with this being followed by a 1-1 home draw against Mallorca before the same scoreline away to Rayo Vallecano. There was then a 1-0 triumph away to Real Sociedad before a home defeat against Athletic Bilbao.
Away from home, Xavier García Pimienta’s side have been hard to beat in recent encounters. Since losing to Almeria in the Copa del Rey, there have been five successive road trips where a defeat has been avoided and perhaps this means that the draw comes into play as far as this game is concerned.
Goals Under/Over
It comes as no surprise to find Under 2.5 Goals is trading at odds-on and we were expecting the La Liga betting sites to make this outcome a good deal shorter. The 1.72 for two goals or less looks really backable, with this outcome happening in the previous four Sevilla matches. There have been two 1-1 draws before two 1-0 outcomes and it’s clear that this team specialise in low-scoring encounters.
Sevilla’s away games are higher-scoring on average than their home matches, with the team scoring four times away to Valladolid. However, they might struggle to get anywhere near that total when they travel to a Betis side who know how to run a tight ship. Only fifteen goals have been conceded in their fourteen home clashes.
A recent 1-0 win over Las Palmas saw Betis restrict their opponents to just one shot on target, with Real Madrid previously being able to register just two shots on goal.
BTTS
The Spanish La Liga betting sites can’t split between whether we’ll see a BTTS Yes or a BTTS No outcome in this clash. Four of the six previous Real Betis games have seen both teams find the net and their most recent encounter before the international break yielded plenty of goals. A 3-2 success away to Leganes was formidable, with Dani Raba putting the home side two goals to the good before the visitors came storming back with three goals to claim a victory.
There were a sum total of ten shots on target in this clash and this came after Betis scored four goals in that Europa Conference League clash in Portugal. Fourteen goals have been registered in six encounters and the outcome of BTTS Yes depends more on whether we’ll see Sevilla find the net during the ninety minutes.
The visitors have scored twenty away goals in their fourteen encounters on the road, with the team having been on target in their previous three road matches. Before a goalless draw at Getafe, there was a run of five games away from home where Sevilla found the net and all these trends suggest that BTTS Yes could be a good shout.
First Goalscorer
Juanlu Sanchez was able to score twice for Sevilla away to Valladolid, with the Spaniard potentially a decent shout to find the net in this clash. Chidera Ejuke is a talented Nigerian player for the same team who was able to score away to Sociedad and perhaps he can prove to be the match winner once again, although the first goal might instead come from Dodi Lukebakio.
The Belgian has eleven goals this season including strikes against Rayo Vallecano and Valladolid in recent times, with Real Betis having Isco on penalty duties and the Spaniard looks as though he can feature on the scoresheet here. The attacking midfielder has actually pilfered six goals in as many games, with this all starting with a brace away to Getafe.
Cedric Bakambu has been steadily becoming more prolific as the season has worn on, with a brace coming away to Guimaraes in the Conference League and that was followed by a goal against Leganes. The 33-year-old could be back on the scoresheet here, with eight goals registered in all competitions and the lion’s share coming in recent encounters.