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AC Milan vs Real Betis Balompie, Europe 2018-19 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2018-19
AC Milan
1 – 2
Full Time
Real Betis Balompie
Thu 25 Oct 2018 · 16:55 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Alessio Romagnoli 31' Y
Gonzalo Higuain 45' Y
Y 45' Canales
Y 80' Giovani Lo Celso
Y 86' Pau Lopez
Samu Castillejo 90' R

Overview

Match Preview

AC Milan vs Real Betis Balompie — Europe .

Match Details

  • Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
  • Referee Dave Goossens
  • Referee Jan de Vries
  • Referee Rob van de Ven
  • Referee Martin van den Kerkhof
  • Referee Scott Parker (England)
7 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
1
AC Milan 2 games · Avg 2.5 goals Real Betis Balompie
Last 5 meetings
2018-10-25 AC Milan 1–2 Real Betis Balompie

Recent Form

AC Milan
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Oct Real Betis Balompie H 1–2 L
21 Oct FC Internazionale Milano A 0–1 L
07 Oct AC Chievo Verona H 3–1 W
04 Oct PAE Olympiakos SFP H 3–1 W
30 Sep US Sassuolo Calcio A 4–1 W
27 Sep Empoli FC A 1–1 D
Real Betis Balompie
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Oct AC Milan A 2–1 W
21 Oct Real Valladolid CF H 0–1 L
07 Oct Club Atletico de Madrid A 0–1 L
04 Oct F91 Diddeleng H 3–0 W
30 Sep CD Leganes H 1–0 W
27 Sep Girona FC A 1–0 W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
Real Betis Balompie this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Betis Balompie
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/2
61-75
1/1
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for AC Milan to score. At the same time, Real Betis Balompie does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 15' Real Betis Balompie is showing some good football. However, Real Betis Balompie are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 25' Antonio Sanabria needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 30' GOAL! Antonio Sanabria scores on 30. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso
  • 31' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Alessio Romagnoli.
  • 36' Real Betis Balompie started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
  • 41' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Betis Balompie is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 45' Gonzalo Higuain is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
  • 46' Another substitution for AC Milan to replace Tiemoue Bakayoko by Suso on 46 minute.
  • 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 55' What a strike from Giovani Lo Celso! The score is 0-2.
  • 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Betis Balompie needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 67' The whistle greets Sergio Leon as he departs to be replaced by Tello.
  • 72' It looks surprising Real Betis Balompie does not make any changes. Sidnei has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 77' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tiemoue Bakayoko, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 79' Lorenzo Moron is replacing Antonio Sanabria for the Real Betis Balompie side.
  • 80' The referee shows Real Betis Balompie player a Yellow card on 80.
  • 80' It is a substitution in AC Milan team. Lucas Biglia is replaced by Andrea Bertolacci on 80 minute.
  • 83' Goal! Patrick Cutrone scores his 41 goal in 515 matches.
  • 86' Real Betis Balompie player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 90' It’s gonna be a Red card for Samu Castillejo.
  • 90' Another change for Real Betis Balompie made on 90 minute. William Carvalho leaves to be changed by Zouhair Feddal.
  • Another three points for Real Betis Balompie.

Lineups

AC Milan Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gennaro Gattuso

Real Betis Balompie Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Quique Setien

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.32 AC Milan xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.33 Real Betis Balompie xG
I would bet for: AC Milan or Real Betis Balompie 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AC Milan35% Draw29% Real Betis Balompie36%
Actual: Real Betis Balompie win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.65
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 49%
51%
± 3.5 28%
72%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

AC Milan or Draw
65%
Draw or Real Betis Balompie
65%
AC Milan or Real Betis Balompie
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
AC Milan26% Draw47% Real Betis Balompie27%
Actual: Real Betis Balompie win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.3%
0 – 0
9%
0 – 1
8.4%
1 – 0
8.3%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 1
7.9%
0 – 2
6.1%
2 – 0
6%
2 – 2
5.3%
1 – 3
3.6%
3 – 1
3.5%
0 – 3
2.7%

Asian Handicap — AC Milan

Handicap AC Milan covers Push Real Betis Balompie covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 10% 84%
-1.5 16% — 84%
-1 16% 19% 65%
-0.5 35% — 65%
+0.5 64% — 36%
+1 64% 19% 17%
+1.5 83% — 17%
+2 83% 11% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

AC Milan keeps clean sheet
27% ✓
Real Betis Balompie keeps clean sheet
27% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.