Sevilla vs Betis prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-10-05 16:30.
[p]The 132nd edition of the Great Derby will be played this weekend as [url=https://www.flashscore.com/team/sevilla/h8oAv4Ts/]Sevilla[/url] host Real Betis with the pride of Seville at stake. After valiantly fighting for a point in a 1-1 draw at Athletic Club last time out, the hosts enter here well prepared and anyone wondering how much this game means to the players need only listen to Isaac Romero’s defiant statement that his side will ‘fight for our people and for Jesús Navas, who deserves to leave his final derby with a victory’’.[/p]
[p]The all-time H2H record is stacked in Sevilla’s favour (W62, D32, L37), and they’ve not lost a league game to their eternal rivals since the 2018/19 season (W6, D5)! But fans will know that this is not the European contending team of old, with the side having put together consecutive bottom-half La Liga finishes for the first time this century and opening this campaign in disappointing fashion too (W2, D3, L3).[/p]
[p]Visitors Real Betis arrive bruised after a surprise 1-0 defeat to Legia Warsaw in midweek UEFA Conference League action. That spurred manager Manuel Pellegrini into action, with his side extending their stay in the Polish capital to train for this battle. He’ll hope that returning top scorer Giovani Lo Celso to the starting XI is enough to see his side earn a H2H away win for the first time in six years (D2, L4). [/p]
[p]Pellegrini was furious at his side’s lack of threat in midweek, and that’s something that’s plagued Los Verdiblancos on their travels of late, scoring just once across their last four away league matches. Despite that, Betis have remained tough to beat, losing only one of their last seven La Liga outings on the road (W2, D4), and that came against European champions Real Madrid (2-0), [/p]
[p]Players to watch: This will be the last derby of Sevilla defender [url=https://www.flashscore.com/player/navas-jesus/hWt5ZIrn/]Navas[/url]’ illustrious career and he’ll hope that he can sign off his 697th club game – also making him the player with the most derby appearances – with a repeat of his goal in his side’s 1-0 home win over Getafe on matchday five. Meanwhile, [url=https://www.flashscore.com/player/lo-celso-giovani/UZeyLfKI/]Lo Celso[/url] struck in Betis’ last league away game as part of a run of five goals from his last four appearances.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: The last four La Liga H2Hs have ended in a draw. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Luke Bridle[/i][/p]