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Real Betis vs Villarreal

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Benito Villamarín

Date: 3rd February 2018

Kick-off time – 15:15 GMT

Real Betis are one of the best sides to watch on their day but they have been so inconsistent you never quite know if they will be a good team or terrible one on match day.

They have the third worst defencive record in La Liga this term as they have conceded 2.1 goals per game on average.

They have lost 3 and won 3 of their last 6 games, scoring an average of 2 goals in each of those games, while keeping just 1 clean sheet.

Javier Calleja has done an outstanding job at Villarreal even though he hasn’t gotten as much credit as he should.

He took a team that lost its top scorer and has been stricken with so many injuries to within the Champions League places in 5th position.

They come into this game just 1 point behind Real Madrid and 3 behind Valencia who have started dropping points.

A win here would move them inside the top four and on the evidence of current form they should be able to achieve that here.

Villarreal have won 1.55 points per game this season and head into this game off the back of four consecutive wins in all competitions.

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

Real Betis

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Real Betis 0-5 Barcelona 21 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Real Betis 3-2 Leganes 15 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Sevilla FC 3-5 Real Betis 6 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Real Betis 0-2 Athletic Bilbao 22 Dec, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Málaga 0-2 Real Betis 18 Dec, 2017 Spanish Primera División

Villarreal

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Villarreal 4-2 Real Sociedad 27 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Villarreal 2-1 Levante 20 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Real Madrid 0-1 Villarreal 13 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Villarreal 2-1 Leganes 10 Jan, 2018 Spanish Copa del Rey
D Villarreal 1-1 Deportivo La Coruña 7 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Villarreal 3-1 Real Betis 10 Sep, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Real Betis 0-1 Villarreal 4 Apr, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Villarreal 2-0 Real Betis 6 Nov, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Villarreal 0-0 Real Betis 16 Jan, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Real Betis 1-1 Villarreal 23 Aug, 2015 Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

November 2, 2024
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
November 22, 2024
Getafe 21:00 Real Valladolid
November 23, 2024
Valencia 14:00 Real Betis
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Alaves
Las Palmas 18:30 Mallorca
Girona 18:30 Espanyol
Celta Vigo 21:00 Barcelona
November 24, 2024
Osasuna 14:00 Villarreal
Sevilla 16:15 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 18:30 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 21:00 Real Sociedad
November 29, 2024
Mallorca 21:00 Valencia
November 30, 2024
Barcelona 14:00 Las Palmas
Alaves 16:15 Leganes
Espanyol 18:30 Celta Vigo
Real Valladolid 21:00 Atlético de Madrid
December 1, 2024
Villarreal 14:00 Girona
Real Madrid 16:15 Getafe
Rayo Vallecano 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Real Sociedad 21:00 Real Betis

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 13 11 0 2 40 12 +28 33
2 Real Madrid 12 8 3 1 25 11 +14 27
3 Atlético de Madrid 13 7 5 1 19 7 +12 26
4 Villarreal 12 7 3 2 23 19 +4 24
5 Osasuna 13 6 3 4 17 20 -3 21
6 Athletic Bilbao 13 5 5 3 19 13 +6 20
7 Real Betis 13 5 5 3 14 12 +2 20
8 Real Sociedad 13 5 3 5 11 10 +1 18
9 Mallorca 13 5 3 5 10 10 +0 18
10 Girona 13 5 3 5 16 17 -1 18
11 Celta Vigo 13 5 2 6 20 22 -2 17
12 Rayo Vallecano 12 4 4 4 13 13 +0 16
13 Sevilla 13 4 3 6 12 18 -6 15
14 Leganes 13 3 5 5 13 16 -3 14
15 Alaves 13 4 1 8 14 22 -8 13
16 Las Palmas 13 3 3 7 16 22 -6 12
17 Getafe 13 1 7 5 8 11 -3 10
18 Espanyol 12 3 1 8 11 22 -11 10
19 Real Valladolid 13 2 3 8 10 25 -15 9
20 Valencia 11 1 4 6 8 17 -9 7

Spanish Primera Results

November 10, 2024
Real Sociedad 1 - 0 Barcelona
Real Valladolid 1 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 0 - 1 Girona
Mallorca 0 - 1 Atlético de Madrid
Real Betis 2 - 2 Celta Vigo
November 9, 2024
Leganes 1 - 0 Sevilla
Villarreal 3 - 0 Alaves
Real Madrid 4 - 0 Osasuna
November 8, 2024
Rayo Vallecano 1 - 3 Las Palmas
November 4, 2024
Celta Vigo 1 - 0 Getafe
November 3, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Real Betis
Sevilla 0 - 2 Real Sociedad
Barcelona 3 - 1 Espanyol
Atlético de Madrid 2 - 0 Las Palmas
November 2, 2024
Girona 4 - 3 Leganes
Osasuna 1 - 0 Real Valladolid
November 1, 2024
Alaves 1 - 0 Mallorca
October 28, 2024
Mallorca 0 - 0 Athletic Bilbao

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