SAN FERNANDO. Real Betis beat Mallorca to win 2-1. B. Iglesias was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Real Betis to strike first with an early goal of B. Iglesias at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 56′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Iglesias gave the win to Real Betis in the 73′ minute with a penalty scoring a double.

The match was played at the Estadio Iberoamericano 2010 stadium in San Fernando on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Pablo González Fuertes with the support of Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno and Israel Bárcena Rodríguez. The 4th official was Albert Ávalos Martos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.9 degrees Celsius or 78.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Mallorca was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Real Betis that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Real Betis was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Betis won the match.​

Mallorca shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Real Betis shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Mallorca received 7 yellow cards (C. Grenier, D. Rodriguez, M. Valjent, A. Raillo, R. Battaglia, P. Maffeo and J. Costa). Regarding the opposition, Real Betis received 8 yellow cards (W. Carvalho, Juanmi, N. Fekir, G. Pezzella, R. Gonzalez, G. Rodriguez, R. Silva and L. Moron).

Standings

After this match, Mallorca stays with 1 points to occupy the 12th place in the table. On the opposite side, Real Betis has 6 points (3rd).

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Mallorca will play away with Rayo Vallecano on the 27th of August with a 6-6 head to head record.

Real Betis will host Osasuna on the 26th of August with a 14-7 head to head statistic in favor of Real Betis (3 draws).

Mallorca – Formation

Mallorca started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Javier Aguirre Onaindía decided to play with the following team: Predrag Rajković (6.1), Pablo Maffeo (6.8), Martin Valjent (6.5), Antonio Raíllo (6.5), Copete (6.5), Jaume Costa (7.1), Clément Grenier (6.9), Rodrigo Battaglia (5.8), Dani Rodríguez (6.4), Kang-in Lee (7.9) and Vedat Muriqi (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Sánchez (6.6), Pere García, Josep Gayá, Lago Júnior (6.8), Franco Russo, Javi Llabrés, Abdón Prats (6.8), Ángel Rodríguez, Giovanni González, Brian Cufre, Leo Román and Iddrisu Baba (6.8).

Substitutions

Mallorca made 4 changes: C. Grenier for A. Sanchez (64′), D. Rodriguez for A. Prats (79′), R. Battaglia for I. Baba (80′) and J. Copete for L. Junior (87′).

Best player: Kang-in Lee​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Mallorca was Kang-in Lee.

His rating is (7.9) with 31 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 19. He performed 7 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Real Betis – Formation

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

Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti played with: Rui Silva (8.1), Aitor Ruibal (6.4), Germán Pezzella (7.3), Edgar González (7.0), Álex Moreno (6.6), Guido Rodríguez (7.0), William Carvalho (6.6), Rodri Sánchez (6.3), Nabil Fekir (7.3), Juanmi (5.8) and Borja Iglesias (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Paul Akouokou (6.7), Rober González (6.3), Loren Morón (6.4), Fran Delgado, Dani Martín and Juan Miranda.

Substitutions

Real Betis made 3 changes: Rodri for R. Gonzalez (64′), B. Iglesias for P. Akouokou (79′) and W. Carvalho for L. Moron (88′).

Best player: Rui Silva​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Betis was the goalkeeper: Rui Silva. His rating is 8.05. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Osasuna – Cádiz – 2-0
• Mallorca – Real Betis – 1-2
• Celta de Vigo – Real Madrid – 1-4