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Sevilla vs Real Betis: Spanish La Liga, match week 35,
Date: Sunday 24-04-2016
Kickoff: 15:00 GMT

Sevilla’s hope of European competition next season was dented by Sporting Gijon in the midweek leaving them 5 points below Celta Vigo and Athletic club, they now hope for a home win against mid table opponents Real Betis to keep their fighting spirit alive.

Meanwhile Real Betis got a narrow home win against Las Palmas in the midweek, extending their new form to 3 games unbeaten after 3 straight defeats, they will be looking forward to grab at least a point in this game to extend their new form to 4 games unbeaten.

Form comparison

• Sevilla are on a downward slide as they have gone 5 straight games without a win, with 4 defeats and a draw.
• Despite Sevilla’s recent poor form, they are still strong at home and are unbeaten in 14 of their last 15 home games.
• Real Betis seem to have waken up recently after 3 straight defeats they have gone 3 games unbeaten, winning 2 and drew 1.
• Real Betis are not good in away games, they are without a win in 5 of their last 6 away games.

Sevilla: Team News

Vitolo has joined Marco Andreolli and Benoit Tremoulinas in Sevilla’s injury lists. Adil Rami has knock and could miss this game if no certified fit in time.

Sevilla: Predicted Line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rico
Escudero, Kolodziejczak, Carriço, Coke
Klychowiak, N’Zonzi
Benaga, Reyes, Krohn-Dehli
Gamiero.

Real Betis: Team News

Martin Montoya is struggling for fitness, Alfred N’Diaye also has a knock but may still shake it off before the Kickoff, Dani Ceballos is also having fitness issues.

Real Betis: predicted Line-up (4-2-3-1)

Adán
Montoya, Pezzella, Gonzalez, Vargas
N’Diaye, Petros
Kadir, Joaquín, Musonda
Castro.

Sevilla vs Real Betis: Head-To-Head stats

Sevilla have dominated Real Betis in their recent games, wining their last 5 meetings and also kept clean sheets in their last 5 games.

Sevilla won 4:0 in their last game at home against Real Betis, they have now scored 12 goals against Real Betis in 5 matches and conceded none.

Sevilla vs Real Betis: Prediction

Though Sevilla seem to be on the decline, they are still Favourites in this game, with their good home record and their dominance over Real Betis recently, I expect them to get something out of this game and perhaps go back to wining ways.

The game is expected to record at least 2 goals, considering Sevilla’s goal scoring form against Real Betis.