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Real Betis vs Mallorca

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: Benito Villamarín

Date: 23rd September 2024

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Real Betis will return to La Liga action this Monday when they welcome Mallorca to the Estadio Benito Villamarín for their sixth league game of the season.

After earning back-to-back wins in La Liga – both at home – Betis now have the opportunity to secure three successive league victories at the Estadio Benito Villamarín for the first time in almost ten months. That run included a 2-0 triumph over their next opponents Mallorca, forming part of a ten-match unbeaten head-to-head sequence (W8, D2).

That head-to-head dominance includes a current run of five straight victories accompanied by three clean sheets. However, fans won’t expect them to burst into action here as Betis aren’t usually fast starters, having got on the scoresheet in the first half in just one of their last seven league games. Yet, they are good at avoiding defeat when scoring first, having not lost any of their last eleven games when they netted first in such matches in all competitions (W8, D3).

Meanwhile, Mallorca will be desperate to continue their promising start to life under former Osasuna manager Jagoba Arrasate. The visitors have won two of their opening six league games this season (D2, L2), with those wins coming in their last three games.

Ahead of this game, the visitors only find themselves behind Betis on goal difference, albeit having played a game more than their hosts. If they earn an unlikely three points in Seville on Monday, Mallorca will have made their best start to a season in La Liga in 12 years when they also collected eleven points from their first seven matches.

After beating Real Sociedad 1-0 on Tuesday, Mallorca have the opportunity to earn a second successive league win for the first time since April 2023 and consecutive La Liga away victories for the first time since November 2022. In order to achieve those twin objectives though, they must not allow their heads to drop if they concede the opener against Betis as they have lost the last eight head-to-heads when this has happened.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga:

December 21, 2024
Getafe 14:00 Mallorca
Celta Vigo 16:15 Real Sociedad
Osasuna 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona 21:00 Atlético de Madrid
December 22, 2024
Valencia 14:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 16:15 Sevilla
Leganes 18:30 Villarreal
Las Palmas 18:30 Espanyol
Real Betis 21:00 Rayo Vallecano
January 3, 2025
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
January 10, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 21:00 Celta Vigo
January 11, 2025
Alaves 14:00 Girona
Real Valladolid 16:15 Real Betis
Espanyol 18:30 Leganes
Sevilla 21:00 Valencia
January 12, 2025
Las Palmas 14:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Osasuna
January 13, 2025
Real Sociedad 21:00 Villarreal
January 17, 2025
Espanyol 21:00 Real Valladolid

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 18 12 2 4 50 20 +30 38
2 Atlético de Madrid 17 11 5 1 31 11 +20 38
3 Real Madrid 17 11 4 2 37 16 +21 37
4 Athletic Bilbao 18 9 6 3 27 16 +11 33
5 Villarreal 17 7 6 4 29 28 +1 27
6 Mallorca 18 8 3 7 18 21 -3 27
7 Real Sociedad 17 7 4 6 16 11 +5 25
8 Girona 18 7 4 7 26 25 +1 25
9 Osasuna 17 6 7 4 22 25 -3 25
10 Real Betis 17 6 6 5 20 21 -1 24
11 Sevilla 17 6 4 7 18 23 -5 22
12 Rayo Vallecano 17 5 6 6 19 20 -1 21
13 Celta Vigo 17 6 3 8 25 28 -3 21
14 Las Palmas 17 5 4 8 22 27 -5 19
15 Leganes 17 4 6 7 15 23 -8 18
16 Getafe 17 3 7 7 11 14 -3 16
17 Alaves 17 4 4 9 19 28 -9 16
18 Espanyol 17 4 3 10 16 29 -13 15
19 Real Valladolid 18 3 3 12 12 37 -25 12
20 Valencia 16 2 5 9 14 24 -10 11

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