Real Betis vs Real Madrid
Spanish La Liga
Date: Saturday, 15th October 2016,
Kick-Off at 19:45 UK.
Venue: Estadio Benito Villamarin, Sevilla
Inconsistent Betis host draw laden Real Madrid for match day 8 of the 2016/2107 Spanish La Liga season.
Real Betis suffered a 1-0 loss in their last league games before the international break. The Big Green has only been able to manage 2 wins in their first 7 league games of the season, suffered 3 defeats, and shared points in 2 home games so far. Gus Poyet tutored side sits 15th on the log with 8 points.
Real Madrid succumbs to their 3rd consecutive league draw, and 4th consecutive draw in all competition before they dashed for the international break. The Blancos are in search of their first win in 5 games, and have scored awesome 11 goals in the last 3 meetings with their Saturday opponent. Zidane tutored side sits 2nd on the log with 15 points same points as league leaders.
Head To Head
The last meeting was a 1-1 draw in Seville in January. Real Madrid had won the previous 4 matches between the sides though.
Stats
There have been under 3.5 goals in 4 of Real Madrid's last 5 away games in La Liga and in 8 of Real Betis' last 9 home matches.
Team News
Betis are still without exciting young forward Arnaldo Sanabria while Jonas Martin and Aïssa Mendi are also sidelined through injury.
Real Madrid are still missing some key players through injury. Marcelo, Casemiro, Luca Modric and James Rodriguez are all expected to miss out again here. They have what should be a routine home game against Legia Warsaw in the Champions League on Tuesday though so it should be the strongest possible eleven besides those absentees.
