Match Report
40 points separated the sides: Real Betis 6th on 60, Málaga 20th on 20. Recent form told a different story for Real Betis: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Real Betis were scoring 1.58 and conceding 1.61, Málaga 0.63 and 1.61, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Real Betis carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: Real Betis 13/15, Málaga 6/15.
The sides have met 12 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Real Betis, 1 draw and 5 for Málaga, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 42% of those meetings. Goals have dried up lately: 1.6 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.5 across the full history.
Estadio Benito Villamarín in Sevilla, capacity 60,721, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.