Real Betis vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th February 2024

Real Betis enjoy home advantage, when visitors Athletic Club swing by this coming Sunday for a clash in the La Liga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Real Betis are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Athletic Club in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride, though as it looks like an fairly unequal pairing at Estadio Benito Villamarin.

Real Betis go into their next La Liga match, scoring a humble average of one per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane ten times, while conceding nine. That amounts to an average of 0.9 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring five times.

Athletic Club scored 15 goals, conceded five and managed six clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Real Betis took a hit when Athletic Club handed them a 4-2 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 1-0 win.

Real Betis vs Athletic Club Prediction

Real Betis Form

It could have been better, it could have been worse for Real Betis, who have two points to show from their last three matches. They came up short in a 0-1 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb, followed by a 0-0 draw against Deportivo Alaves. They picked up a point again in the latest round after a 1-1 draw with Dinamo Zagreb. Real Betis claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the La Liga, which also saw them drawing four and losing one matches, in which they scored six and conceded seven goals.

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Atletico Madrid by 0-1. This was followed by a 0-0 with Almeria and a 3-2 win against Girona. Athletic Club claimed just one win from the last six away games in the La Liga. They also drew four and were defeated one times, as they were outscored by three goals to four.

Real Betis don't score many goals but, they are equally tough to crack down. This makes for a low scoring match, when Athletic Club come visiting this coming Sunday.

Real Betis have taken 12 points from their last 11 games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of 12 goals to 17. Athletic Club scored 17 goals and conceded 17 in their last 11 games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. This earned them five wins and 18 points. Real Betis have a record of nine wins, 12 draws and four defeats in the La Liga this season. Athletic Club have a record of 14 wins, seven draws and four defeats in the La Liga.

Real Betis vs Athletic Club Squads

Real Betis Squad

Pellegrini will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Athletic Club from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Claudio Bravo (0/7), Francisco Vieites (0/3), Guilherme Fernandes (0/0), Rui Silva (0/16), Abner (0/17), Chadi Riad (0/14), German Pezzella (1/24), Hector Bellerin (0/17), Juan Miranda (0/14), Marc Bartra (0/3), Nobel Mendy (0/0), Pablo Busto (0/0), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (0/8), Xavi Pleguezuelo (0/0), Youssouf Sabaly (0/3), Gines Sorroche (0/0), Guido Rodriguez (1/14), Isco (6/22), Johnny (0/5), Marc Roca (2/22), Pablo Fornals (0/0), Quique Fernandez (0/0), Rodri (0/18), Sergi Altimira (1/11), William Carvalho (0/12), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (1/19), Aitor Ruibal (2/13), Assane Diao (2/16), Ayoze Perez (4/19), Cedric Bakambu (0/0), Ezequiel Avila (1/19), Nabil Fekir (0/8), Willian Jose (7/21).

Athletic Club Squad

Below is the full team squad of Athletic Club. The manager Valverde will pick his starting XI against Real Betis from these players:

Julen Agirrezabala (0/0), Unai Simon (0/25), Aitor Paredes (1/24), Daniel Vivian (0/23), Hugo Rincon (0/0), Imanol Garcia de Albeniz (0/4), Inigo Lekue (0/18), Oscar de Marcos (1/18), Yeray Alvarez (0/9), Yuri Berchiche (3/19), Ander Herrera (0/17), Benat Prados (0/15), Dani Garcia (1/10), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (1/19), Mikel Jauregizar (0/4), Mikel Vesga (3/18), Oihan Sancet (3/23), Raul Garcia (0/11), Unai Gomez (2/16), Alex Berenguer (6/22), Asier Villalibre (1/12), Gorka Guruzeta (9/24), Iker Muniain (1/14), Inaki Williams (9/22), Malcom Ares (0/8), Nico Williams (3/21).

Real Betis vs Athletic Club Team News

Real Betis are sweating on the fitness of no less than five players before their match on Sunday. Real Betis have to alter their line-up, as both Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Juan Miranda and Marc Roca get a day in the shade.

Isco, Ayoze Perez, Guido Rodriguez, Youssouf Sabaly and Marc Bartra are all absent from the Real Betis squad that faces Athletic Club at Estadio Benito Villamarin.

Athletic Club have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Real Betis at Estadio Benito Villamarin.

Nico Williams won't be travelling with Athletic Club this time, as he nurses an injury.

Real Betis vs Athletic Club Lineups

Real Betis vs Athletic Club H2H

Real Betis took a hit when Athletic Club handed them a 4-2 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 1-0 win. In last ten encounters between the clubs, Athletic Club have been the dominant force winning five matches against Real Betis. The bookies have Athletic Club to win this match at best price odds of 6/5.

Real Betis vs Athletic Club Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Athletic Club come visiting Real Betis. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet seven times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 10/11 with the bookies.

Real Betis vs Athletic Club Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Alex Berenguer has been hitting the net regularly and now has four goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Sunday, it is because Athletic Club bank on him to build on these numbers against Real Betis. The latter relies on Isco, who found the target four times in six games.

Real Betis claimed three wins, drew four and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Athletic Club won five, drew four and lost one of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Real Betis on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened three times for Athletic Club in their last 10 league games away from home.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times. Real Betis managed an average of 0.9 goals, with Athletic Club averaging 1.5 goals. Real Betis saw over 2.5 goals in two of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Athletic Club's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.9 goals in these matches.