Betis welcome the visitors Valencia in the Spanish Copa del Rey – Semi-finals. The match will be held on Thursday, February, 7th, at the Estadio Benito Villamarin (Sevilla).
The hosting Betis keep up playing attacking football. They did not shut out even at the Camp Nou, and in the home encounter against Real Madrid, they possessed 74% of the playing time. Possession, however, is not always fruitful for the hosts. Betis often pressure the opponent, but they don’t always end in opportunities. Not surprisingly, they managed to score 26 goals in 22 La Liga matches. They shipped many goals in 6 league fixtures, in other matches, however, they scored not more than 1 goal, if they did.
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The travelling Valencia were rather effective lately; even Barcelona and the strong in defense Getafe surrendered under their pressure. Also, the ‘Bats’ netted 3 goals to Villarreal. Still, it is not yet the time to predict that Valencia will keep making goals. The team will find it hard to impose their play in outings at least. While at the Camp Nou the ‘Bats’ succeeded to score twice, in their last trips, they were less effective, featuring only 5 goals in 7 rounds. Actually, only in 4 of 17 outings in this campaign, Valencia made 2 goals; in 7 rounds, they failed to find the net at all.
The last sides’ head-to-head ended in a 0:0 scoreline. We can hardly expect effective football tomorrow either, given the status of the coming encounter. Betis will take the initiative, but will passively attack Valencia’s goal, hoping for their slipup. The ‘Bats’ are capable of locking the box, as they did in the 2nd half against Barcelona; that is, the hosts will pass from one wing to another, trying to stretch the visitors’ defense, while the latter will look for a chance to counterattack. If it goes like that, the clash under analysis will not produce over 3 goals; the history record also favors our bet on under 2.5 goals. Betis were effective in only 9 La Liga rounds of 22, Valencia were in 7 clashes. Moreover, both sides did not fail in the last matches. Betis allowed only 3 goals in 4 latest rounds, whereas within the same period, Valencia did 4; 2 of the goals came from Barcelona.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals.
