On February 1, Benito Villamarin will host the match of the 17th round of Examples, in which Betis will meet with Barcelona. The start of the fight is scheduled for 21:00 European time.
Betis
The team, under current coach Manuel Pellegrini, has progressed both previous seasons. As a result, in the last temporade, she won the long-awaited trophy, the national cup, in combination with reaching the playoffs of the Europa League and 5th place in the Example. It seemed that in the new temporade, the “cucumbers” could rise even more and compete for the right to play in the Champions League next autumn. But the Betikos looked really convincing only at the start, with 5 wins in 6 rounds. Suffice it to say that for the rest of the time they have won fewer matches. Instability remained even after a long break, in winter. Yes, we won Rayo Vallecano, and on the road. But at the same time, before that, there was a goalless draw at home with Atlético, and after that – a “dry” defeat to Espanyol. The club flew out of the cup and the Super Cup, albeit on penalties. And only with “Getafe” it turned out to grind out the victory – with the only ball from the penalty spot in the 86th minute.
Barcelona
The club has been looking for its game for a very long time and painfully. The savior was seen in Xavi, but he was in no hurry to become something like the “new Guardiola”. Including this season, when the “blue garnet” again flew out of the Champions League after the group stage. But gradually the situation changed, and the victory in the Super Bowl was proof of this. Yes, this is a so-so trophy, but nothing was won at all in the last tempo! In addition, in the decisive match they beat the main enemy, Real Madrid. At the same time, a series of victories continued both in the Example and in the cup, where, due to a single goal, Dembele was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Sociedad. Also, 1-0, we beat Girona at the weekend.
head-to-head statistics
The clubs exchanged away wins last season. In this they crossed paths in the Super Cup and Barcelona only won on penalties.
Forecast
Bookmakers are only waiting for the victory of the guests from Catalonia. But, given how pragmatically clubs have been playing in recent years, it’s worth using “total under 2.5 goals” with a coefficient of 2.09 according to Parimatch.
