Real Madrid vs Betis prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-05-24 19:00.
[p]Real Madrid let a three-goal lead slip to draw 4-4 with Villarreal on Sunday, but with the La Liga title already wrapped up, no serious harm was done. Now they will push to conclude their successful league campaign on a winning note while giving fitting Bernabéu send-offs to Nacho Fernández, who will leave this summer having been part of the club since he was 11, and Toni Kroos, who will retire from all football following UEFA Euro 2024.[/p]
[p]Los Blancos are also bidding to go the entire season without losing a home league fixture (W16, D2) for the first time since 2019/20 and will want to stay match-sharp ahead of next month’s UEFA Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund. Goals also seem likely here given that Carlo Ancelotti’s men have netted at least twice in each of their last five La Liga games on their own patch, all of which they have won.[/p]
[p]For the first time since 2020/21, there will be no UEFA Europa League football for Real Betis next term after they lost 2-0 to Real Sociedad last weekend – but they are at least guaranteed a UEFA Conference League qualification spot and will finish seventh regardless of what happens on the final day, so can go all out in a bid to rack up a first H2H win since March 2020 (D4, L3).[/p]
[p]Betis’ league campaign has been dogged by inconsistency on the road (W5, D7, L6), which includes just one point in away games against teams that will finish above them (D1, L4). They can’t therefore be surprised about starting this fixture as big outsiders, especially as injury woes – another season-long theme – have struck again in the final days of the campaign.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Kroos has provided an assist in two of his last four Real Madrid appearances, helping him to ten goal contributions (G1, A9) at club level this term – his highest tally since he managed 15 (G3, A12) in 2020/21. For Betis, Ayoze PĂ©rez has scored in three of their last four fixtures, with his last four goals arriving between the 40th and 80th minutes.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Real Madrid haven’t lost their final league game of the season since Betis beat them 2-0 here in 2018/19 (W1, D3).[/p]