Deportivo La Coruna vs Real Betis - prediction, team news, lineups

Deportivo La Coruna big Real Betis astatine the Riazor Stadium connected Sunday evening successful La Liga matchday seven, with the hosts looking to bounce backmost from their archetypal decision of the season.

Antonio Hidalgo’s broadside person exceeded expectations successful the opening weeks of the season, but Manuel Pellegrini’s Betis - 3rd successful the table- get looking to marque it six wins from 7 and further cement their spot among the early-season pacesetters.

Match preview

Deportivo person adapted to top-flight shot acold amended than galore expected, sitting seventh successful the array with 9 points from six matches - 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 decision - having scored 9 goals and conceded seven.

That lone decision came successful their astir caller outing, a constrictive 1-0 location nonaccomplishment to Sevilla, with Angelino receiving a reddish paper soon aft the hosts conceded, leaving Hidalgo’s broadside with nary accidental of uncovering an equaliser.

Deportivo had been unbeaten successful 5 matches - an encouraging tally that began with a 1-1 opening-day gully against Elche, followed by different 1-1 stalemate with Malaga, earlier back-to-back wins of 3-1 against Valencia and 3-2 against Villarreal gave the nine genuine crushed for optimism.

A 1-1 gully against Getafe preceded the Sevilla defeat, and portion that nonaccomplishment volition sting, Hidalgo’s men person shown capable crossed the opening weeks of the run to suggest they tin beryllium competitory against stronger opposition.

The aboriginal signs constituent to a broadside that has not simply returned to the apical formation to combat for survival, and if Deportivo tin proceed producing results similar their triumph implicit Villarreal, a propulsion towards the European places by the extremity of the play is not beyond the realm of possibility.

Real Betis, meanwhile, are 1 of the stories of the aboriginal play successful LaLiga, sitting 3rd connected 15 points from 5 wins and 1 decision - level connected points with Real Madrid and 3 down a perfect-record Barcelona.

Manuel Pellegrini’s broadside person carried the momentum of past play - erstwhile they qualified for the Champions League- straight into this campaign, with their lone blemish being a shocking 5-2 decision to Levante that stood arsenic an anomaly successful an different ascendant tally of results.

Most impressively, Betis are the lone squad to person beaten Real Madrid truthful acold this season, claiming a 1-0 triumph astatine the Estadio de La Cartuja earlier this month.

The visitors caput to Galicia connected the backmost of a 1-0 triumph implicit Getafe connected Thursday, with Abde Ezzalzouli’s 45th-minute extremity capable to unafraid the 3 points and widen their fantabulous run.

Betis person besides been exceptional defensively, keeping 4 cleanable sheets successful LaLiga - the astir of immoderate broadside successful the part truthful far.

In their past 5 meetings, Betis person won three, drawn one, and Deportivo person secured lone 1 victory, with the past brushwood being successful 2018 earlier Deportivo’s relegation.

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Team News

Jose Tasende serves a one-match suspension pursuing his reddish paper against Sevilla and volition miss Sunday’s fixture, with Hidalgo needing to reorganise his antiaircraft options.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been the standout performer of Deportivo’s instrumentality to the apical flight, becoming the archetypal subordinate since Zlatan Ibrahimovic successful 2009-10 to people successful each of his side’s opening 5 LaLiga matchdays, and the striker volition again beryllium cardinal to the hosts’ attacking plans.

Noe Carrillo remains a uncertainty contempt returning to training, portion Bil Nsongo could support his spot up beforehand alongside Aubameyang contempt being substituted astatine fractional clip successful the nonaccomplishment to Sevilla.

The backmost 4 is expected to beryllium made up of Adria Altimira, Miguel Loureiro, Jose Maria Gimenez and Giacomo Quagliata successful Angelino’s absence.

For Betis, Aitor Ruibal remains sidelined with a meniscus injury, portion Ismael Barea is retired semipermanent with a cruciate ligament injury, with his instrumentality not expected until precocious December astatine the earliest.

Diego Llorente is targeting a instrumentality to afloat fittingness wrong the adjacent 3 weeks but is improbable to beryllium disposable earlier the planetary break.

Abde Ezzalzouli, who scored the victor against Getafe, is expected to support his spot and volition airs a important menace to Deportivo’s defence connected Sunday.

Deportivo La Coruna imaginable starting lineup:

Roman; Altimira, Loureiro, Gimenez, Quagliata; Cruz, Riki, Amatucci, Hernandez; Nsongo, Aubameyang

Real Betis imaginable starting lineup:

Valles; Firpo, Gomez, Natan, Ortiz; Deossa, Bernal; Ezzalzouli, Isco, Antony; Parrott

We say: Deportivo La Coruna 1-2 Real Betis

Betis person dropped points conscionable erstwhile successful six matches, and their consistency crossed some boxes makes them excessively beardown for a Deportivo broadside that has yet to beryllium genuinely tested astatine this level.

The spread successful people betwixt a Champions League broadside and a recently promoted squad volition yet tell, adjacent if Deportivo marque this uncomfortable for agelong periods.

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