Real Betis vs Celta Vigo Competition – Spanish Primera Liga Stadium: Benito Villamarín Date: 12th April 2024 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
La Liga resumes this Friday with Celta Vigo travelling to the Estadio Benito Villamarín to face Real Betis. The hosts come into this tie in desperate need of a win that will end their rotten run of form and keep them in a position to help their quest for European football next season. Betis are currently on a four-game losing run in La Liga leaving them in eighth position, seven points behind the top six. But Athletic Bilbao’s Copa del Rey trophy win means they have the chance to qualify for the Conference League next season if they finish in seventh so there’s still hope for Europe with eight games to go. Bridging the two-point gap between them and seventh-placed Villarreal should be the focus of head coach Manuel Pellegrini who is reportedly leaving at the end of the season. Meanwhile, Celta Vigo will be desperate to pick up another crucial win in their quest for La Liga survival when they play Betis. At the start of the season, the visitors had high hopes of returning to European football through veteran Rafael Benítez and certainly didn’t plan to be scrapping for La Liga survival under his successor by April. But things are looking good for Celta and they’re the latest club to experience the ‘new manager bounce’ phenomenon under Claudio Giráldez. The new manager has collected an important four points from fellow relegation contenders Sevilla (W 2-1 away) and Vallecano (D 0-0 home) over the last two rounds. Giráldez has already earned high praise from some of his players, including striker Jørgen Strand Larsen, who spoke about the squad’s belief in his attacking tactics. And given that the team was already scoring well on the road, accumulating 12 goals across their last seven La Liga away games (W2, D2, L3), fans can expect an exciting attacking display when they meet struggling Betis on Friday. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga: Spanish Primera Liga Table
April 29, 2024
Barcelona
20:00
Valencia
May 3, 2024
Getafe
20:00
Athletic Bilbao
May 4, 2024
Real Sociedad
13:00
Las Palmas
Real Madrid
15:15
Cadiz
Girona
17:30
Barcelona
Mallorca
20:00
Atlético de Madrid
May 5, 2024
Osasuna
13:00
Real Betis
Celta Vigo
15:15
Villarreal
Valencia
17:30
Alaves
Rayo Vallecano
20:00
Almeria
Sevilla
20:00
Granada
May 10, 2024
Alaves
20:00
Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca
13:00
Las Palmas
Villarreal
15:15
Sevilla
Granada
17:30
Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
20:00
Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz
13:00
Getafe
Atlético de Madrid
15:15
Celta Vigo
Valencia
17:30
Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis
20:00
Almeria
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Real Madrid
33
26
6
1
71
22
+49
84
2
Girona
33
22
5
6
69
40
+29
71
3
Barcelona
32
21
7
4
64
37
+27
70
4
Atlético de Madrid
33
20
4
9
62
39
+23
64
5
Athletic Bilbao
33
16
10
7
53
33
+20
58
6
Real Sociedad
33
13
12
8
46
35
+11
51
7
Real Betis
33
12
13
8
41
39
+2
49
8
Valencia
32
13
8
11
35
34
+1
47
9
Villarreal
33
12
9
12
54
55
-1
45
10
Getafe
33
10
13
10
41
45
-4
43
11
Osasuna
33
11
6
16
37
49
-12
39
12
Alaves
33
10
8
15
31
38
-7
38
13
Sevilla
33
9
11
13
42
46
-4
38
14
Las Palmas
33
10
7
16
30
41
-11
37
15
Rayo Vallecano
33
7
13
13
27
42
-15
34
16
Mallorca
33
6
14
13
27
39
-12
32
17
Celta Vigo
33
7
10
16
37
50
-13
31
18
Cadiz
33
4
14
15
23
46
-23
26
19
Granada
33
4
9
20
36
61
-25
21
20
Almeria
33
1
11
21
32
67
-35
14
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