Betis vs Mallorca prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-09-22 19:00.
[p]After earning back-to-back wins in La Liga – both at home – Real Betis now have the opportunity to secure three successive league victories at the Estadio Benito VillamarĂn for the first time in almost ten months. That run – a four-game winning streak – included a 2-0 triumph over upcoming opponents Mallorca, forming part of a ten-match unbeaten H2H sequence (W8, D2). [/p]
[p]That H2H dominance includes a current run of five straight victories, which were accompanied by three clean sheets. Don’t expect them to burst into action here however, as Betis aren’t usually fast starters, having got on the scoresheet in the first half in just one of their last seven league games. But they are good at avoiding defeat when scoring first, having not lost any of their last 11 such matches in all competitions (W8, D3). [/p]
[p]Mallorca have begun the season promisingly under former Osasuna manager Jagoba Arrasate and only find themselves behind Betis on goal difference, albeit having played a game more than their hosts. If they earn an unlikely three points in Seville on Monday, Mallorca will have made their best start to a season in La Liga in 12 years, when they also collected 11 points from their first seven matches. [/p]
[p]After beating Real Sociedad 1-0 on Tuesday, Mallorca have the opportunity to earn a second successive league win for the first time since April 2023 and consecutive La Liga away victories for the first time since November 2022! In order to achieve those twin objectives though, they must not allow their heads to drop if they concede the opener against Betis, as they have lost the last eight H2Hs when this has happened. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Giovani Lo Celso’s first goals back in Betis colours following his summer move from Tottenham Hotspur both came on Wednesday against Getafe (2-1), with five of his last six goals for club and country having arrived after half-time. Abdon Prats was Mallorca’s difference maker against Real Sociedad, but that was the first time in six league scoring appearances that he was on the winning side (D2, L3). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Betis’ opponents on the day have received the first booking in nine of their last ten league matches. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]