Real Betis vs Malaga Preview

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 Real Madrid 29 22 6 1 64 20 +44 72
2 Barcelona 29 19 7 3 60 34 +26 64
3 Girona 29 19 5 5 59 34 +25 62
4 Athletic Bilbao 29 16 8 5 50 26 +24 56
5 Atlético de Madrid 29 17 4 8 54 34 +20 55
6 Real Sociedad 29 12 10 7 42 31 +11 46
7 Real Betis 29 10 12 7 34 33 +1 42
8 Valencia 28 11 7 10 32 32 +0 40
9 Villarreal 29 10 8 11 47 51 -4 38
10 Getafe 29 9 11 9 37 42 -5 38
11 Las Palmas 29 10 7 12 29 32 -3 37
12 Osasuna 29 10 6 13 33 43 -10 36
13 Alaves 29 8 8 13 26 35 -9 32
14 Mallorca 29 6 12 11 25 35 -10 30
15 Rayo Vallecano 29 6 11 12 25 38 -13 29
16 Sevilla 29 6 10 13 36 44 -8 28
17 Celta Vigo 29 6 9 14 32 44 -12 27
18 Cadiz 29 3 13 13 20 40 -20 22
19 Granada 28 2 8 18 30 58 -28 14
20 Almeria 29 1 10 18 28 57 -29 13

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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