Real Betis vs Levante Preview

The Spanish La Liga resumes on Friday after a long break even though we had the World Cup to keep us from being bored.

With the likes of Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale, the Spanish top flight is arguably the second most popular league in the world after the English Premier League.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane’s departure would surely affect the division, however, the likes of Philippe Coutinho should be ready to take the season by storm and make fans forget those departures much like when Neymar left.

Real Betis and Levante are not the most high profile teams in the Spanish top division, but they will be looking to start their season in the best possible note before they face bigger opposition.

Real Betis have signed William Cavalho, Sergio Canales, Joel Robles, among others, so Quique Setien would be hopeful that they can better the 6^th place finish they achieved last season.

Paco Lopez helped Levante finish last season in 15^th place after many had expected them to be relegated.

This season is set to be another struggle for survival, and their fans will be hoping that the signing of Coke, Moses Daddy Simon, among others will help them have a good season.

Real Betis have won the last three meetings between these teams, scoring 7 times and conceding none, including wins at home and away last season.

Bookmakers make Real Betis slight odds-on favourites to come out on top in their opening match of the season.

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

Real Betis

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Marseille		2-3		Real Betis	25 Jul, 2018	Friendly
L	Leganes		3-2		Real Betis	19 May, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Real Betis		2-2		Sevilla FC	12 May, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Athletic Bilbao		2-0		Real Betis	5 May, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Real Betis		2-1		Málaga	30 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División

Levante

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Celta Vigo		4-2		Levante	19 May, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Levante		5-4		Barcelona	13 May, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Leganes		0-3		Levante	7 May, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Levante		2-1		Sevilla FC	27 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Athletic Bilbao		1-3		Levante	23 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Levante		0-2		Real Betis	26 Feb, 2018	Spanish Primera División
Real Betis		4-0		Levante	25 Sep, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Real Betis		1-0		Levante	9 Apr, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Levante		0-1		Real Betis	27 Nov, 2015	Spanish Primera División
Levante		1-3		Real Betis	27 Mar, 2014	Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results