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Match info:

Real Betis vs Malaga 

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium – Benito Villamarin

Date: 31th March

Kick-off time – 21:00 GMT+1

Rock bottom Real Betis host 14th position Malaga this Monday evening in the Spanish Primera Liga in what is a must win game for both sides.


Recent form:

Real Betis have won 3 of their last 7 while Malaga have  won 2 of their last 7.

Form

The Spanish Primera table looks like this:

# 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

A win for Real Betis will move them to within 5 points off 17th place Valladolid.

A win for Malaga will move them into 12th place.

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 20 times in recent years and Malaga have come out on top most often.

History

The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 2:3, 3:0, 0:4, 2:0 and 0:0.

Possible line-ups

Real Betis  (4-4-2)

Adán
Chica
Figueras
N'Diaye
Juanfran
Carlos
Sevilla
Reyes
Mabwati
Castro
Baptistão

Malaga (4-4-1-1)

Caballero
Antunes
Weligton
Flávio
Angeleri
Amrabat
Darder
Camacho
Samu
Portillo
Santa Cruz

Bookmakers make Real Betis favourites to come out on top in this match.

Odds: Real Betis (11/10) Draw (12/5) Malaga (12/5)Gamingtips Prediction – Real Betis 0:0 Malaga 

Real Betis are currently 8 points from safety with just 8 games remaining and a loss tonight will almost ensure they will be playing in the Segunda division next season.

Malaga have had a horrendous season and are just 2 points above the relegation zone.

Both sides average less than 1 goal per game on average and this could be a very tight, nervy game with few goals.

Real Betis have a much worse defensive record than Malaga (conceded 59 in 30 vs Malaga – 38 in 30) and this gives Malaga a slight edge on paper.

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