Betis has a direct duel in the League against Real Sociedad , after each team has finished the group stage of the Europa League. The Verdiblancos traveled to Glasgow with their homework done, where they lost to Celtic 3-2. The txuri urdin team played it against PSV and won by 3 goals to 0. Both teams have finished in second position and are already waiting for a rival for the round of 32 , which will come from Sheriff, Leipzig, Dortmund, Porto, Zenit or Atalanta.
In League, they are only separated by a point . Betis is third with 29 while Real is in fifth position. A visiting victory would put him back in the Champions League positions; a local one, would establish him even more among the first four.
As for the streaks, Betis is the one with the best dynamics : they have accumulated three wins in a row in the League, the last one at the Camp Nou. The previous ones, 3-1 against Levante and 0-3 in Elche. The txuri urdin team has just lost 0-2 against Madrid and in previous games they lost at Espanyol and tied with Valencia. In Cup, both teams passed the first round and after the duel in the League they will play the second.
Betis could once again have its star. Nabil Fekirhe saw the fifth yellow card against Levante on November 28 and missed out on the victory at the Camp Nou. Nor was he at Celtic Park because of the sanction he is dragging in the Europa League, which also deprived him of the first leg of the round of 32.
It is also assumed that Pellegrini makes many changes in the 11 compared to the one that took the field in Glasgow , as many substitutes did. La Real, meanwhile, faced PSV with a team full of starters.
Betis – Real Sociedad schedule
The game of the 17th day of the League will be played on Sunday, December 12 at 18:30 at the Benito Villamarin . The match will be led by Sanchez Martinez, from the Murcian school. Medie Jimenez will be in the VAR.
Where to watch Real Betis – Real Sociedad on television
The match between Manuel Pellegrini’s men and Imanol Alguacil’s men can be seen on television through Movistar Plus, on its Movistar La Liga channel (dial 46). On the internet it can be followed through the page of Diario de Sevilla, where we will offer the retransmission minute by minute.
