Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Real Betis (6th, 60 pts) held a 44-point advantage over Real Valladolid (20th, 16 pts). On recent form Real Betis sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Real Betis 1.5 scored and 1.32 conceded per game, Real Valladolid 0.68 and 2.37, with the league averaging 1.31.
Six consecutive defeats weighed on Real Valladolid. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Real Betis against 0/15 for Real Valladolid.
The sides have met 20 times in the GioScore results database: 9 wins for Real Betis, 5 draws and 6 for Real Valladolid, at 1.95 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 35% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Estadio Benito Villamarín, with room for 60,721 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 5-1.
Goal scorers
Real Betis: Jesús Rodriguez (17'), Cucho Hernández (64'), Isco (66'), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (90'), Romain Perraud (84') · Real Valladolid: Chuky (41')
Key stats
Possession: Real Betis 69% · Real Valladolid 31% · Total shots: 16-10 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 4-4