SEVILLA. Real Betis and Sevilla draw 1-1. J. Navas scored the first own goal (44′) for Real Betis. N. Gudelj made it even (82′). Sevilla was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%)​

The match was played at the Estadio Benito Villamarín stadium in Sevilla on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez with the help of Raúl Cabañero Martínez and Juan José López Mir. The 4th official was Jorge Díaz Escudero. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.2 degrees Celsius or 59.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sevilla was in firm control of the ball 63% while Real Betis was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sevilla was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Sevilla to win the match​.

Real Betis shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Sevilla shot 21 times, 4 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

Real Betis received 4 yellow cards (W. Carvalho, Luiz Henrique, A. Moreno and C. Bravo). Talking about the opposition, Sevilla received 6 yellow cards (M. Acuna, E. Lamela, Papu Gomez, N. Gudelj, A. Telles and J. Sampaoli).

Also, Sevilla didn’t finish the match with 11 players after G. Montiel (Sevilla) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (38′).

Standings

After this encounter, Real Betis will have 24 points like Atlético Madrid to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Sevilla will have 11 points like Celta de Vigo and Cádiz to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Betis will play away with Valencia on the 10th of November with a 17-10 head to head in favor of Valencia (6 draws).

Sevilla will host Real Sociedad on the 9th of November with a 14-7 head to head record in favor of Sevilla (7 draws).

Real Betis – Formation

Real Betis adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti decided to play with the following team: Claudio Bravo (6.7), Youssouf Sabaly (6.3), Germán Pezzella (7.0), Edgar González (7.7), Álex Moreno (7.0), Guido Rodríguez (7.1), William Carvalho (6.8), Sergio Canales (7.2), Nabil Fekir (7.1), Aitor Ruibal (6.9) and Borja Iglesias (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Loren Morón, Rui Silva, Martín Montoya, Paul Akouokou, Juan Cruz, Andrés Guardado (6.2), Víctor Ruiz, Rodri Sánchez, Juan Miranda, Dani Martín, Luiz Henrique (6.2) and Willian José.

Substitutions

Real Betis made 3 changes: A. Ruibal for Luiz Henrique (57′), W. Carvalho for A. Guardado (57′) and S. Canales for Willian Jose (90′).

Best player: Edgar González​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Betis was Edgar González.

His rating is (7.7) with 39 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

Sevilla – Formation

Also Sevilla adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: Bono (7.0), Gonzalo Montiel (6.9), Nemanja Gudelj (8.0), Karim Rekik (7.1), Marcos Acuña (6.4), Joan Jordán (6.8), Ivan Rakitić (6.9), Óliver Torres (6.4), Erik Lamela (6.4), Papu Gómez (6.9) and Rafa Mir (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jesús Navas (6.2), Kike Salas, José Ángel Carmona, Suso, Adnan Januzaj, Youssef En-Nesyri (6.7), Thomas Delaney, Alex Telles (7.0), Kasper Dolberg (6.2), Marko Dmitrović and Alberto Flores.

Substitutions

Sevilla made 4 changes: R. Mir for J. Navas (43′), M. Acuna for A. Telles (46′), O. Torres for Y. En Nesyri (50′) and J. Jordan for K. Dolberg (78′).

Best player: Nemanja Gudelj​

The most impressive player for Sevilla was Nemanja Gudelj.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 66 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Villarreal – Mallorca – 0-2
• Real Sociedad – Valencia – 1-1
• Real Betis – Sevilla – 1-1
• Atlético Madrid – Espanyol – 1-1