SEVILLA. Villarreal conquers Real Betis with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Torres (41′) and a goal from E. Capoue (83′). Real Betis was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Benito Villamarín stadium in Sevilla on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 44,870 spectators.​ The referee was Pablo González Fuertes who was helped by Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno and Israel Bárcena Rodríguez. The 4th official was José Alberto Pardeiro Puente. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.8 degrees Celsius or 60.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Betis had a strong ball possession 61% while Villarreal was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Villarreal was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Villarreal won the match.​

Real Betis shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Villarreal shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Real Betis received 2 yellow cards (S. Canales and B. Iglesias). On the other side, Villarreal received 3 yellow cards (S. Chukwueze, A. Moreno and E. Capoue).

Standings

After this encounter, Real Betis will stay with 40 points to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal will have 35 points like Real Sociedad to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Betis will play away against Levante on the 13th of February with a 10-9 head to head record in favor of Real Betis (3 draws).

Villarreal will host Real Madrid on the 12th of February with a 15-4 head to head in favor of Real Madrid (12 draws).

Real Betis – Formation

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: Rui Silva (6.1), Héctor Bellerín (7.1), Germán Pezzella (6.7), Marc Bartra (6.8), Juan Miranda (6.8), Guido Rodríguez (6.8), Andrés Guardado (6.6), Sergio Canales (6.7), Nabil Fekir (7.1), Juanmi (6.8) and Willian José (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: William Carvalho, Rodrigo Sánchez (6.8), Youssouf Sabaly, Álex Moreno, Diego Lainez, Víctor Ruiz, Cristian Tello (6.4), Edgar González, Paul Akouokou, Borja Iglesias (6.3), Joel Robles and Aitor Ruibal (6.2).

Substitutions

Real Betis made 4 changes: Willian Jose for B. Iglesias (59′), A. Guardado for Rodri (59′), Juanmi for A. Ruibal (84′) and N. Fekir for C. Tello (88′).

Best player: Héctor Bellerín​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Betis was Héctor Bellerín.

His rating is (7.1) with 42 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Villarreal – Formation

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

Unai Emery Etxegoien played with: Gerónimo Rulli (7.4), Juan Foyth (6.9), Raúl Albiol (7.0), Pau Torres (8.0), Alfonso Pedraza (7.4), Samuel Chukwueze (6.4), Étienne Capoue (7.5), Dani Parejo (6.8), Alberto Moreno (7.6), Gerard Moreno (6.6) and Paco Alcácer (6.5).

They had on the bench: Sergio Asenjo, Moi Gómez, Arnaut Danjuma (6.1), Giovani Lo Celso (6.5), Manu Trigueros (6.7), Vicente Iborra, Serge Aurier (7.1), Iker Álvarez, Aïssa Mandi, Pervis Estupiñán, Mario Gaspar and Yéremi Pino (6.8).

Villarreal could not rely on the presence of M. Trigueros (injured).

Substitutions

Villarreal made 5 changes: G. Moreno for M. Trigueros (35′), P. Alcacer for A. Danjuma (63′), J. Foyth for S. Aurier (64′), A. Moreno for G. Lo Celso (77′) and S. Chukwueze for Y. Pino (77′).

Best player: Pau Torres​

The player that probably impressed the most for Villarreal was Pau Torres.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 40 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• FC Barcelona – Atlético Madrid – 4-2
• Real Betis – Villarreal – 0-2
• Real Madrid – Granada – 1-0
• Valencia – Real Sociedad – 0-0