TALAVERA DE LA REINA. Real Betis tops Talavera CF 4-2. Real Betis took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio El Prado stadium in Talavera de la Reina on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández with the help of José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Alejandro Lucena Perdomo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Betis was in firm control of the ball 58% while Talavera CF was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Betis was putting more pressure with 88 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Betis won the encounter.​

Talavera CF shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Betis shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Talavera CF received 4 yellow cards (D. Anon, J. Martin, Pichin Dani and J. Fernandez). Talking about the opposition, Real Betis received 1 yellow card (Juanmi).

Standings

After this match, Talavera CF stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. On the other side, Real Betis has points (0th).

Next matches

Talavera CF – Formation

Talavera CF started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Víctor Cea Zurita decided to play with the following team: Rubén Miño (6.4), Pablo Monroy (6.4), Tomas Enrique Bourdal (6.0), Juanma (6.2), Juan Góngora (7.7), Jordi Martín (6.3), Jordi Ortega (6.3), Vicente Romero (6.4), David Añón (7.3), Borja Diaz (7.3) and Rodrigo (6.0).

The home team had on the bench: Edu, Mike James, Victor Jose Ruiz Ramos, Choco (6.1), Dionicio Escalante, Toño Calvo (6.5), Mitko Rusanov, Edmilson dos Santos, Jon Cebeiro (6.9), Christian (7.7) and Dani Pichín (6.4).

Substitutions

Talavera CF made 6 changes: J. Ortega for T. Calvo (64′), V. Romero for J. Ceberio (64′), J. Martin for C. Perales (74′), R. Rodrigues for E. Gomes (74′), P. Monroy for Pichin Dani (83′) and D. Anon for Choco (97′).

Best player: Juan Góngora​

The player that probably impressed the most for Talavera CF was Juan Góngora.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 42 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 13 crosses.

Real Betis – Formation

Real Betis started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti played with: Joel Robles (6.2), Aitor Ruibal (6.7), Germán Pezzella (7.1), Edgar Gonzalez (7.0), Juan Miranda (6.7), Guido Rodríguez (8.6), William Carvalho (7.0), Joaquín (7.3), Rodrigo Sánchez (7.1), Cristian Tello (6.7) and Borja Iglesias (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rui Silva, Marc Bartra, Álex Moreno (6.6), Víctor Ruiz (6.5), Héctor Bellerín, Andrés Guardado, Diego Lainez (7.5), Sergio Canales (8.6), Rober Gonzalez, Juanmi (7.0) and Willian José (6.9).

Real Betis could not rely on the presence of V. Ruiz (injured).

Substitutions

Real Betis made 6 changes: Rodri for D. Lainez (64′), Joaquin for S. Canales (68′), C. Tello for Juanmi (69′), W. Carvalho for Willian Jose (92′), J. Miranda for A. Moreno (92′) and G. Pezzella for V. Ruiz (115′).

Best player: Sergio Canales​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Betis was Sergio Canales.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 26 passes (88% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 9 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 68′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Copa Del Rey.​

• Lugo – Mirandés – 1-2
• Amorebieta – Almería – 1-2
• Atlético Baleares – Getafe – 5-0
• Talavera CF – Real Betis – 2-2
• Albacete – Cádiz – 0-1
• Arenteiro – Valencia – 1-1
• Llanera – Mallorca – 0-6
• Deportivo La Coruña – Osasuna – 1-2
• Mancha Real – Granada – 1-0