Real Betis vs Real Madrid - prediction, team news, lineups

Real Madrid volition beryllium aiming to marque it back-to-back wins successful Spain's apical formation erstwhile they proceed their run distant to Real Betis connected Friday evening.

Alvaro Arbeloa's broadside are 2nd successful the La Liga table, six points down leaders Barcelona, portion Real Betis are fifth, 5 points up of sixth-placed Celta Vigo.

Match preview

Real Betis suffered disappointment successful the Europa League past week, being knocked retired successful the quarter-finals by Braga, but they returned to winning ways successful La Liga connected Tuesday night, recording a 3-2 triumph distant to Girona.

Manuel Pellegrini's squad person a grounds of 12 wins, 13 draws and 7 defeats from their 32 league matches this season, with 49 points leaving them successful 5th spot successful the table, 5 points up of sixth-placed Celta successful the conflict to suffice for the Europa League.

The Seville outfit person picked up 26 points from their 15 location league matches this season, suffering lone 3 defeats successful the process.

Real Betis recorded a 2-1 triumph implicit Real Madrid successful the corresponding crippled past season, but they suffered a 5-1 decision to the superior giants successful the reverse fixture astatine Bernabeu astatine the commencement of January.

El Glorioso person lone really mislaid 2 of their past six league games against Real Madrid, with 3 draws occurring during that period, including a 0-0 and 1-1 successful Seville.

Real Madrid, meanwhile, volition participate the lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 triumph implicit Alaves, with Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior connected the scoresheet for the superior giants.

Los Blancos person chopped the spread connected part leaders Barcelona to six points, though the Catalan outfit volition person the accidental to again unfastened up a nine-point vantage erstwhile they proceed their play astatine location to Celta Vigo connected Wednesday night.

It is simply a gangly bid for Alvaro Arbeloa's broadside to assertion archetypal from this position, but Tuesday's occurrence implicit Alaves was incredibly important, arsenic it came disconnected the backmost of a tally of 4 games without a win.

Real Madrid were knocked retired of the Champions League by Bayern Munich past week and are facing different run without a large trophy; it is expected to beryllium a large summertime transportation model for the club, portion a caller manager is acceptable to beryllium appointed.

Los Blancos person the second-best distant grounds successful La Liga this season, picking up 30 points from 15 matches, signaling 9 wins successful the process.

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Team News

Real Betis volition invited Antony backmost into their squad for this match, with the ex-Manchester United attacker serving a suspension successful the clash with Girona past clip out.

Junior Firpo (muscle) is out, while Diego Llorente (ankle) and Angel Ortiz (muscle) request to beryllium assessed, but the location squad are different successful beardown signifier for the sojourn of Real Madrid.

Abde Ezzalzouli was the team's standout subordinate against Girona, and helium volition proceed down the left, portion Antony's instrumentality could mean that Giovani Lo Celso drops down to the bench.

As for Real Madrid, Rodrygo remains a semipermanent absentee owed to a superior genu injury, portion the lucifer volition besides travel excessively soon for goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who is inactive retired with a thigh issue.

Raul Asencio could instrumentality to the squad pursuing illness, but Eder Militao is acceptable to miss retired with the hamstring contented that forced him disconnected against Alaves, with Antonio Rudiger truthful successful enactment to diagnostic successful the mediate of the defence alongside Dean Huijsen.

Changes further guardant are improbable contempt the speedy turnaround, with Vinicius and Mbappe acceptable to proceed successful the attack, portion Jude Bellingham, Federico Valverde, Arda Guler and Aurelien Tchouameni should again diagnostic successful a fluid midfield.

Real Betis imaginable starting lineup:

Valles; Bellerin, Bartra, Natan, Rodriguez; Amrabat, Roca; Antony, Fornals, Ezzalzouli; Hernandez

Real Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Lunin; Alexander-Arnold, Rudiger, Huijsen, Carreras; Valverde, Bellingham, Tchouameni, Guler; Vinicius, Mbappe

We say: Real Betis 1-2 Real Madrid

This is simply a truly pugnacious lucifer to predict; Real Madrid person not really beaten Real Betis successful Seville since August 2021, but we are backing Arbeloa's squad to navigate their mode to each 3 points.

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