SEVILLA. Real Betis was capable to reverse the score against Sparta Praha to win 2-1. It was Sparta Praha to strike first with an early goal of Veljko Birmancevic at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 9′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Isco gave the win to Real Betis in the 79′ minute.
The match was played at the Estadio Benito Villamarín stadium in Sevilla on Thursday and it started at 11:45 am local time. The referee was Duje Strukan with the collaboration of Bojan Zobenica and Alen Jakšić. The 4th official was Fran Jović. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 23.31 degrees Celsius or 73.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 17 Total 10
- 4 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 101 Attack 100
- 33 Dangerous attack 16
- 82 Ball safe 88
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 12
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Real Betis was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Sparta Praha that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Real Betis was more aggressive with 33 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Betis won the match.
Real Betis shot 17 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Sparta Praha shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Real Betis received 4 yellow cards (Abner Vinícius, Aitor Ruibal, Assane Diao and Guido Rodríguez). Regarding the opposition, Sparta Praha received 3 yellow cards (Matej Rynes, Lukas Haraslin and Veljko Birmancevic).
Match Timeline
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Real Betis – Formation
Real Betis
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46'
79'
Real Betis started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti decided to play with the following team: Alejandro Santillán, Rui Silva , Aitor Ruibal , Germán Pezzella , Marc Roca , Juan Miranda , Guido Rodríguez , William Carvalho , Assane Diao , Isco , Abde Ezzalzouli and Borja Iglesias .
The home team had on the bench: Claudio Bravo, Héctor Bellerín , Ayoze Pérez , Willian José , Rodri Sánchez, Andrés Guardado , Abner Vinícius , Francisco Vieites, Dani Pérez, Ginés Sorroche and Enrique Fernández López.
Substitutions
Real Betis made 5 changes: Juan Miranda for Abner Vinícius (46′), Abde Ezzalzouli for Ayoze Pérez (46′), William Carvalho for Andrés Guardado (60′), Borja Iglesias for Willian José (75′) and Assane Diao for Héctor Bellerín (85′).
Best player: Isco
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Betis was Isco.
His rating is with 1 goal, 53 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
Sparta Praha started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Brian Priske Pedersen played with: Filip Panak, Peter Vindahl Jensen , Asger Sörensen , Filip Panak , Ladislav Krejci , Tomas Wiesner , Qazim Laçi , Kaan Kairinen , Matej Rynes , Veljko Birmancevic , Lukas Haraslin and Jan Kuchta .
These were the players on the bench: Ángelo Preciado , Lukas Sadilek , James Gomez, Victor Olatunji , David Pavelka, Adam Karabec , Jan Mejdr, Jakub Pesek , Vojtech Vorel, Jaroslav Zeleny, Vaclav Sejk and Martin Vitik.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Tomas Wiesner for Ángelo Preciado (60′), Lukas Haraslin for Adam Karabec (81′), Jan Kuchta for Victor Olatunji (81′), Qazim Laçi for Lukas Sadilek (68′) and Veljko Birmancevic for Jakub Pesek (69′).
Best player: Veljko Birmancevic
The most impressive player for Sparta Praha was Veljko Birmancevic.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (56% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- SC Freiburg – West Ham United – 1-2
- Bačka Topola – Olympiakos Piraeus – 2-2
- Olympique Marseille – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
- AEK Athens – Ajax – 1-1
- Real Betis – Sparta Praha – 2-1
- Aris Limassol – Rangers – 2-1
- Sporting CP – Atalanta – 1-2
- Raków Częstochowa – Sturm Graz – 0-1
- Liverpool – Union Saint-Gilloise – 2-0
- Toulouse – LASK Linz – 1-0
- Villarreal – Rennes – 1-0
- Maccabi Haifa – Panathinaikos – 0-0
- Roma – Servette – 4-0
- Slavia Praha – Sheriff – 6-0
- Häcken – Qarabağ – 0-1
- Molde – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-2
