Real Betis and Sevilla will play on Sunday at 4:15 p.m. In the first Seville derby of the season. Five points separate Betis and Sevilla In the qualifying table after passing the first third of … a race. It will be a match that will witness the absence of many players from both teams, who have witnessed in the past week how the list of injured players is growing.
Real Betis who He was able to defeat his biggest rival in the last derby last March (2-1), could reverse the negative streak that has continued since the 1994-1995 season. Since that campaign, the Green and White have been unable to win back-to-back derbies. In the same way to achieve victory in Sanchez PizjuanManuel Pellegrini will equal his best record with Petic in the first fourteen league matches (24 points).
With regard to classification, If Real Betis can add three goals in the Seville derby, they will almost certainly remain in fifth place. The only possibility for Betis to occupy sixth place, even if it wins the match against Sevilla, is for Espanyol (sixth place with the same points) to win over Celta Vigo by a difference of six goals compared to the victory achieved by Betis.
On the other hand, the green and white team distanced itself from the Champions League positions in the last two league matches. after Double draw against Valencia and GironaConsecutive victories for Villarreal and Atletico Madrid increased the gap with Betis by eight and seven points. On this day, the Yellow Submarine will face Real Sociedad at home, while the Colchoneros will host Real Oviedo at the Estadio Metropolitano.
On the other hand, Getafe and Athletic Bilbao are the closest candidates in terms of the fifth and sixth places occupied by Betis and Espanyol. Although the difference is four points so far, Real Betis’ victory over Sevilla may increase the difference to six or seven points if Azulones and Bilbao do not win over Elche and Levante, respectively.