Real Betis will get another chance to return to the winning ways this weekend when they travel to Ciutat de València for a clash with Levante in the 24th round of the La Liga. Showdown on 13th February 2022 at 18:15 EAT.
Levante have been hovering at the bottom half of La Liga over the past six years and have significantly made it to the semi finals of the Copa del Rey last year. Time is for Levante as they look to rescue their season and stave off relegation. They sit bottom of the table, 12 points from safety and have registered just one home win.
Alessio Lisci’s men will be hoping for better results in this match coming off 3-0 La Liga loss in their last game against Getafe. In that fixture, Levante managed 59% possession and 11 shots with two of them on target. Getafe got 14 shots with eight of them on target and goals by Enes Ünal (1′, 29′) and Carles Aleña (95′).
Meanwhile, Real Betis have dropped by a considerable amount of points for a team who considered themselves to be in the title race. Coming into this game, Real Betis has picked up two wins, two loses and a draw in the last five games both home and away. Betis scored nine goals and both teams scored two goals in the last five games.
Manuel Pellegrini’s side comes into this fixture on the back off 1-2 Copa del Rey win versus Rayo Vallecano in their most recent game. In that game, Real Betis had 48% possession, 15 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Borja Iglesias (26′) and William Carvalho (68′). Rayo Vallecano got 12 shots with six of them on target and a goal by Álvaro García (5′).
Levante vs Real Betis head to head
Since 2001 these two teams have 27 matches against each other in which; Real Betis has 13 victories, Levante 10 victories and there have been four draws.
- Real Betis 3-1 Levante 28/11/21
- Real Betis 2-0 Levante 19/03/21
- Levante 4-3 Real Betis 29/12/20
- Levante 4-2 Real Betis 28/06/20
- Real Betis 3-1 Levante 24/09/19
Home
- Getafe 3-0 Levante
- Levante 0-2 Cadiz
- Levante 2-0 Mallorca
- Villarreal 5-0 Levante
- Levante 3-4 Valencia
Away
- Vallecano 1-2 Real Betis
- Real Betis 0-2 Villarreal
- Real Sociedad 0-4 Real Betis
- Espanyol 1-4 Real Betis
- Real Betis 4-0 Alaves
Levante team news
Levante will be without the services of Shkodran Mustafi, Sergio Postigo and Jose Campana this weekend through injuries, while Roger Marti is absent through suspension.
Real Betis team news
Claudio Bravo and Martin Montoya will miss the match through injuries, while Sergio Canales and Victor Camarasa are unlikely to be available for selection.
Prediction and odds
Betis has chance return to the winning ways in La Liga after their loss against Villarreal while Levante seem to be heading down to the Segunda Division and should be a shock if they suffer their 14th league defeat of the campaign.
- Real Betis Win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both teams to score (No)
