Malaga vs Real Betis Preview

Malaga are on a mini revival after a dreadful start to their league season and with Real Betis not in this best of shape right now, they will be looking to take all three points here.

The hosts are currently still in the relegation zone and will remain there even if they win however they seem to have picked up some form and will soon be out of that scrap if they continue their revival.

They have lost only one of their last five league games and that came against Real Madrid away from home.

They have also impressively won two and drawn one of their last three games making it very possible for them to pick apart Betis in this game.

Real Betis have shown signs of sharp decline in form over the past few weeks and that should be a genuine cause of worry for their fans.

In their last game against Atletico Madrid, they gave a good account of themselves but they still head into this game with no win in their last seven games, five of those ending in losses.

They have also lost their goal scoring prowess as three of their last 4 league games have ended in them not scoring.

Only bottom of the table last Palmas have conceded more goals than Betis this season as they have let in 1.93 goals per game and 2.29 goals per away game.

Gonzalo Castro has scored in three of his last four games and could come good for them in this game.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Malaga

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Real Sociedad		0-2		Málaga	10 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
D	Málaga		0-0		Levante	1 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
D	Málaga		1-1		Numancia	28 Nov, 2017	Spanish Copa del Rey
L	Real Madrid		3-2		Málaga	25 Nov, 2017	Spanish Primera División
W	Málaga		3-2		Deportivo La Coruña	19 Nov, 2017	Spanish Primera División

Real Betis

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Real Betis		0-1		Atletico Madrid	10 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
L	Las Palmas		1-0		Real Betis	3 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
L	Real Betis		3-5		Cádiz	30 Nov, 2017	Spanish Copa del Rey
D	Real Betis		2-2		Girona	25 Nov, 2017	Spanish Primera División
L	Eibar		5-0		Real Betis	20 Nov, 2017	Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Málaga		1-2		Real Betis	28 Feb, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Real Betis		1-0		Málaga	23 Sep, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Real Betis		0-1		Málaga	19 Mar, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Málaga		0-1		Real Betis	7 Nov, 2015	Spanish Primera División
Real Betis		1-2		Málaga	31 Mar, 2014	Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results