Valencia vs Real Betis - prediction, team news, lineups

Returning to the Mestalla for their 2nd successive location fixture, Valencia look to assertion their archetypal triumph of the 2026-27 LaLiga play erstwhile Real Betis travel to municipality connected Tuesday evening.

Carlos Corberan’s broadside were held to a goalless gully connected the opening time and volition beryllium anxious to person their chances this clip around, portion Manuel Pellegrini’s men get having claimed a winning commencement and volition beryllium targeting back-to-back victories connected the road.

Match preview

Valencia opened their LaLiga run with a goalless gully against Celta de Vigo connected Saturday - a effect that, portion not disastrous, was frustrating fixed the fig of wide chances Corberan’s broadside failed to convert.

That effect followed a pre-season successful which Valencia failed to triumph their past 3 matches, and with questions inactive to beryllium answered astir their sharpness successful beforehand of goal, Tuesday’s location fixture represents an aboriginal accidental to acceptable the code for the campaign.

Last season, Valencia recorded 13 wins, 10 draws and 15 defeats from their 38 league matches, finishing ninth connected 49 points, and with Los Che ending the run conscionable 2 points disconnected a European spot, determination is genuine content wrong the nine that a propulsion for continental shot is wrong scope this season.

The Mestalla has been a hard spot to sojourn for Tuesday’s visitors, with Valencia winning 8 of their past 15 location league matches against the Andalusians and losing lone four.

Real Betis, meanwhile, made an awesome commencement to the caller campaign, claiming a 1-0 triumph implicit Real Sociedad astatine the Estadio de La Cartuja connected Friday courtesy of a Rodrigo Riquelme extremity successful the 63rd minute.

Manuel Pellegrini’s broadside volition present marque their archetypal distant travel of the play connected the backmost of that winning start, and with Champions League shot secured past play aft finishing fifth, Betis volition beryllium targeting different beardown league run and a top-five decorativeness astatine minimum.

The Andalusians person been progressive successful the transportation marketplace this summer, completing the signings of Facundo Bernal, Fran Garcia and Troy Parrott, the Republic of Ireland striker arriving from AZ Alkmaar to bolster their attacking options.

In the past 5 meetings betwixt the 2 sides, Betis person won 2 compared to 1 triumph for Valencia, with 2 matches ending successful draws.

Valencia La Liga form:

D

Real Betis La Liga form:

W

Team News

Sergi Canos remains absent for Valencia aft suffering a cruciate ligament wounded successful April, and the winger volition play nary portion successful Tuesday’s fixture.

Alberto Mari, Jose Copete and Diego Lopez besides stay sidelined done injury.

Justin De Haas, who made his debut against Celta de Vigo, was withdrawn astatine fractional clip aft picking up an aboriginal booking and sustaining an injury, and the defender is expected to miss astatine slightest 1 week.

Luis Rioja has returned to grooming and could origin into Corberan’s thinking, portion Dimitri Foulquier continues his idiosyncratic betterment and is not expected to feature.

For Betis, Diego Conde and Aitor Ruibal are some ruled retired done enarthrosis and meniscus injuries respectively, portion Ismael Barea continues his betterment from an ACL injury.

Giovanni Lo Celso continues to beryllium sidelined with a musculus complaint, and Gonzalo Petit is besides unavailable with a thigh problem, portion Abde Ezzalzouli misses retired with a genu injury.

Fran Garcia and Facundo Bernal some made their debuts against Real Sociedad and are expected to support their places, portion Troy Parrott could marque his archetypal quality for the nine from the bench.

Valencia imaginable starting lineup:

Dimitrievski; Vazquez, Tarrega, Diakhaby, Gaya; Ugrinic, Guerra, Rodriguez; Pepelu; Sato, Umar

Real Betis imaginable starting lineup:

Valles; Garcia, Natan, Bartra, Bellerin; Roca, Bernal, Fornals; Riquelme, Hernandez, Antony

We say: Valencia 1-1 Real Betis

Betis person mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful their past 5 meetings with Valencia, and small astir the hosts’ opening-day show suggests that tally is astir to end. 

Corberan’s broadside created but could not decorativeness against Celta de Vigo, and a Betis backline volition beryllium hard to interruption down for a Valencia broadside inactive searching for their scoring touch, truthful a gully looks the astir apt result connected Tuesday evening.

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