It is essential to know the rivalry that surrounds this type of match before playing it. When a new signing arrives in the city of Seville, the press always asks about the derby: what have they told you about the game, if you know how big it is…
To understand what it means and soak up it, you can approach Joaquin at Betis or Jesus Navas at Sevilla, as both are the players who have played the most derbies in the history of each club.
Joaquin, 24 participations in derbies TheBetico
winger , tied with Esnaola, has played in the Seville derby 24 times. 20 have been in the First Division, 2 in the Cup and 2 in the silver category. The one from Puerto, in addition, has scored two goals against the eternal rival. The last one, in the 2018/2019 season, served for the Verdiblancos to take the three points, since their goal in the final stretch was the 1-0 with which the match finally ended.
On behalf of Sevilla, Jesus Navas , tied with Pablo Blanco and Antonio Alvarez, has played the match of the city’s greatest rivalry 22 times . Only 2 have been in the Cup and the remaining 20 in the First Division. The winger, for his part, has not yet released his scoring record against Real Betis.
The list is still made up of mythical names like Julio Cardenosa, with 21 games, or Rafael Gordillo, with 19, by Betis. On the sevillista side we find Curro Sanjose and Francisco Lopez with 20 disputed derbies or Jose Antonio Reyes with 17. As for the top historical scorers , Cardenosa and the sevillista Torrontegui are the most prominent, with 7 goals each. The rojiblanco also scored them in just 8 games.
Navas will miss the derby due to injury
The Los Palacios player will not be able to add derby number 23 and thus increase his list due to an injury he suffered against Lille . The Sevilla captain has damaged the rectus femoris of his right quadriceps and will be away from the pitch for about 8 weeks.
His position, in principle, will be occupied by Montiel , although another option that Julen Lopetegui has is to use Kounde on the right side of the defense and that Rekik be the one to accompany Diego Carlos in the axis of defense.
