Betis vs Girona prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2022-09-17 16:30.
Real Betis moved into the top three in La Liga (LL) last Sunday, after maintaining their perfect start to their home campaign via a 1-0 win over Villarreal. By following that up with a 3-2 midweek victory over Ludogorets, the Verdiblancos now have the chance to complete a chain of five straight LL wins at the Estadio Benito VillamarĂn for the first time since 2004/05 – still the club’s most recent campaign to see them earn UEFA Champions League qualification.
As well as being favourites here, Betis are also expected to start well, especially after leading at half-time in four of the five competitive home wins that precede this clash. But with all ten prior H2Hs this century seeing the hosts on the day fail to lead at the interval, another quick start will require going against that curious H2H trend.
Following a 2-1 victory over Valladolid last time out, Girona boast seven points from five LL rounds. That exceeds the tally they held at the same point in 2017/18, which marks the club’s only top-half LL finish in history. But with no top-flight victory on the road since March 2019, the Blanquivermells’ prospects of a result here still seem bleak.
The success against Valladolid led coach MĂchel to praise his side’s “punch”, but his men will need to show more than brute force to get a first H2H away win in over 12 years and move within just two points of Betis, even if they’ve never been denied a goal across six prior visits.
Players to watch: Rodri was the matchwinner in Betis’ most recent home league victory, while two nights earlier, Oriol Romeu was the decisive goalscorer for Girona against Valladolid, meaning his last six goalscoring games have ended either 2-0 or 2-1 either way…
Hot stat: …and four of Girona’s last six LL away defeats have also produced one of those exact scorelines!