Betis take on the visitors Athletic Bilbao in the round 15 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Thursday, December 29th at Estadio Benito Villamarín (Sevilla).
Betis have a new era under Pellegrini. It was Spain where Manuel once began to create a European reputation for himself. Returning, he again shows his class, skill in the ability to bring ambitious middle peasants to the maximum level. Suffice it to recall that before this mentor, the “cucumbers”, with their claims and a good, to put it mildly, composition, could not enter the international arena. And now the current 6th place looks like the peak of the fall! All because of previous successes (Betis returned to the Europa League, and last spring they finished in 5th place in La Liga and took the Copa del Rey), as well as the fact that after a powerful start to the new season, with 5 victories with the defeat to Real Madrid, in October-November there were mostly failures. In this segment, only Almeria and Real Sociedad were defeated, with 3 draws and the same number of defeats. It is clear that the team flew out of the quartet of leaders. But there are hopes that during the pause, an experienced Chilean figured out how to correct the mistakes made.
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Athletic have reputation of one of the old-timers of Spanish football – they had spent all seasons in elite division, never being relegated. The previous coach, Marcelino García Toral, had a great start, winning the Super Cup. But it did not work to develop success. Twice playing in the final of the Copa del Rey, Athletic invariably lost. And in the LaLiga, it didn’t work out to get into the European Cup zone. So it turned out that in the summer they decided to change him to Ernesto Valverde. He had already worked well at San Mames, from where he left for Barcelona. So far, the “Ant” even exceeds any expectations. Half of the La Liga matches played, 7 out of 14, were won. And, having collected 24 points in the starting segment, it turned out to go on break associated with the World Cup, in 4th place - and this is the Champions League zone! They would like to stay there, but Atletico and Betis overtake only formally, having an equal number of points won. In general, the pace cannot be slowed down - it is better, on the contrary, to increase it.
Athletic played well in head-to-head confrontations - recently there was a 5-match series without defeats. But in the spring, Betis finally took a victory, in the minority due to the only goal of Borja Iglesias. The pair is considered fairly equal. But both Pellegrini’s Betis and Valverde’s Athletic play pragmatic football. We recommend betting on the fact that in this match there will be “total less than 2.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
