SEVILLA. Real Betis prevails over Granada 1-0 after Isco scored just 1 goal (76′). Real Betis made the most of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Estadio Benito Villamarín stadium in Sevilla on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 50,197 spectators.​ The referee was Guillermo Cuadra Fernández with the collaboration of Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Alejandro Estévez Iglesias. The 4th official was Aimar Velasco Arbaiza. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.93 degrees Celsius or 73.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Betis had a superior ball possession 57% while Granada was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Betis had a more offensive attitude with 72 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Betis won the match​.

Real Betis shot 25 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Granada shot 6 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Real Betis received 3 yellow cards (Assane Diao, Sokratis and Isco). On the other side, Granada received 4 yellow cards (Augusto Batalla, Myrto Uzuni, Antonio Puertas and Bruno Méndez).

Standings

After this match, Real Betis has 31 points to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Granada will stays with 11 points to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Betis will host FC Barcelona on the 21st of January with a 24-4 head to head record in favor of FC Barcelona (5 draws).

Granada will host Atlético Madrid on the 21st of January with a 14-1 head to head in favor of Atlético Madrid (4 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 (7.0), Aitor Ruibal (7.1), Germán Pezzella (7.0), Sokratis (7.3), Abner Vinícius (7.3), Marc Roca (7.9), Andrés Guardado (7.8), Luiz Henrique (8.9), Isco (8.1), Ayoze Pérez (6.4) and Willian José (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Johnny Cardoso, Nabil Fekir (6.8), Borja Iglesias, Juan Cruz, Rodri Sánchez, Sergi Altimira, Francisco Vieites, Xavi Pleguezuelo, Ricardo Visus, Pablo Busto (7.5) and Assane Diao (6.6).

Real Betis could not rely on the presence of Assane Diao (injured) and Pablo Busto (injured).

Substitutions

Real Betis made 2 changes: Ayoze Pérez for Assane Diao (19′) and Willian José for Nabil Fekir (69′).

Player of the match: Luiz Henrique​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Betis was Luiz Henrique even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.9 with 36 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 20. He performed 5 crosses.

Granada – Formation

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

Alexander Jesús Medina Reobasco played with: Augusto Batalla (7.9), Bruno Méndez (6.7), Kamil Piatkowski (7.5), Ignasi Miquel (7.0), Carlos Neva (6.6), Bryan Zaragoza (6.3), Sergio Ruiz Alonso (7.0), Gonzalo Villar (7.7), José Callejón (6.4), Myrto Uzuni (6.8) and Lucas Boyé (6.3).

They had on the bench: André Ferreira, Óscar Melendo (6.4), Raúl Torrente, Miguel Rubio, Martin Hongla (6.6), Matías Arezo (6.6), Antonio Puertas (6.6), Njegoš Petrović, Adri López, Jesús Vallejo and Gerard Gumbau (6.6).

Substitutions

Granada made 5 changes: José Callejón for Matías Arezo (68′), Bruno Méndez for Óscar Melendo (90′), Myrto Uzuni for Antonio Puertas (86′), Gonzalo Villar for Martin Hongla (87′) and Sergio Ruiz Alonso for Gerard Gumbau (68′).

Player of the match: Augusto Batalla​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Granada was the goalkeeper: Augusto Batalla. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Mallorca – Celta de Vigo – 1-1
• Athletic Club – Real Sociedad – 2-1
• Las Palmas – Villarreal – 3-0
• Real Betis – Granada – 1-0