SEVILLA. Real Betis and Athletic Club didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday..

The match was played at the Estadio Benito Villamarín stadium in Sevilla on Thursday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. In front of 53,565 spectators.​ The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández with the collaboration of José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Manuel García Gómez. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Real Betis was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Athletic Club that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Athletic Club was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 0 were on target. However, that was not enough Athletic Club to win the encounter​.

Real Betis shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Athletic Club shot 11 times, 0 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Real Betis received 1 yellow card (Joaquín). Regarding the opposition, Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards (Mikel Vesga, Oier Zarraga, Yuri Berchiche and Dani Vivian).

(Real Betis) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Standings

After this contest, Real Betis will have 25 points like Athletic Club to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Athletic Club will have 25 points like Real Betis to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Betis will host FC Barcelona on the 1st of February with a 21-4 head to head stats in favor of FC Barcelona (5 draws).

Athletic Club will play away agasint Real Sociedad on the 14th of January with a 11-11 head to head.

Real Betis – Formation

Real Betis adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti decided to play with the following team: Rui Silva (6.7), Youssouf Sabaly (7.4), Luiz Felipe (7.6), Félix Martí (6.9), Álex Moreno (6.9), William Carvalho (7.1), Andrés Guardado (7.2), Luiz Henrique (7.0), Nabil Fekir (7.2), Sergio Canales (6.3) and Borja Iglesias (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Rodri Sánchez, Loren Morón, Claudio Bravo, Juanmi (6.8), Joaquín, Martín Montoya, Willian José (6.9), Ricardo Visus, Víctor Ruiz, Juan Miranda and Aitor Ruibal.

Substitutions

Real Betis made 7 changes: Borja Iglesias for Willian José (66′), Iñaki Williams for Álex Berenguer (72′), Sergio Canales for Juanmi (77′), for (84′), Luiz Henrique for Joaquín (85′), for (85′) and for (86′).

Best player: Luiz Felipe​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Betis was Luiz Felipe.

His rating is (7.6) with 57 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Athletic Club – Formation

Also Athletic Club adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ernesto Valverde Tejedor played with: Unai Simón (7.4), Óscar de Marcos (7.3), Daniel Vivian (7.1), Yeray Álvarez (6.9), Yuri Berchiche (7.1), Dani García (7.3), Mikel Vesga (6.3), Iñaki Williams (6.6), Oihan Sancet (6.9), Nico Williams (6.4) and Gorka Guruzeta (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Álex Berenguer (7.1), Iñigo Martínez, Asier Villalibre, Íñigo Lekue, Julen Agirrezabala, Aitor Paredes, Unai Vencedor, Oier Zarraga (6.3), Ander Capa, Raúl García (6.2), Iker Muniain (7.0) and Mikel Balenziaga.

Athletic Club could not rely on the presence of Oier Zarraga (injured).

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 4 changes: Oihan Sancet for Iker Muniain (67′), Gorka Guruzeta for Raúl García (72′), Dani García for Oier Zarraga (77′) and Luiz Henrique for Aitor Ruibal (84′).

Best player: Unai Simón​

The player that probably impressed the most for Athletic Club was the goalkeeper: Unai Simón. His rating is 7.41. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Real Betis – Athletic Club – 0-0
• Girona – Rayo Vallecano – 2-2
• Atlético Madrid – Elche – 2-0