Real Betis Balompié vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, La Liga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2022-23

Real Betis Balompié

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RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Sat 15 Apr 2023 · 16:30 UTC Estadio Benito Villamarin HT 45' · FT 45'

Luiz Felipe 15' Y

Martin Montoya 17' Y

Y 38' Vinicius de Souza Costa

Y 39' Vinicius de Souza Costa

Y 64' Leandro Cabrera

Overview

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Real Betis Balompié vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — La Liga at Estadio Benito Villamarin.

Real Betis Balompié 12 games · 26 pts (2026/27)
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Alejandro Hernandez
Referee Jose Naranjo
Referee Ricardo de Burgos
Referee Alejandro Muniz
Referee Diego Sanchez
Referee Francisco Ortega (Spain)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	12	33
2	Real Madrid CF	12	30
3	Club Atlético de Madrid	12	28
4	Real Betis Balompié	12	26
5	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	12	22
6	Sevilla FC	12	18
7	Athletic Club	11	16
8	RC Deportivo La Coruna	12	15
9	Villarreal CF	12	15
10	Real Racing Club de Santander	12	14
11	RC Celta de Vigo	12	13
12	Deportivo Alavés	12	13
13	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	11	12
14	CA Osasuna	12	12
15	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	12	12
16	Getafe CF	12	12
17	Levante UD	12	11
18	Elche CF	12	10
19	Valencia CF	12	9
20	Málaga CF	12	5

Head-to-Head

Real Betis Balompié 12 games · Avg 2.7 goals RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-15 Real Betis Balompié 3–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2023-01-21 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–0 Real Betis Balompié 2022-01-21 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–4 Real Betis Balompié 2021-09-19 Real Betis Balompié 2–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2020-06-25 Real Betis Balompié 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Recent Form

Real Betis Balompié

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Apr	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	H	3–1	W
09 Apr	Cádiz CF	H	0–2	L
02 Apr	Club Atlético de Madrid	A	0–1	L
19 Mar	RCD Mallorca	H	1–0	W
16 Mar	Manchester United FC	H	0–1	L
12 Mar	Villarreal CF	A	1–1	D

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Apr	Real Betis Balompié	A	1–3	L
08 Apr	Athletic Club	H	1–2	L
01 Apr	Girona FC	A	1–2	L
18 Mar	RC Celta de Vigo	H	1–3	L
11 Mar	Real Madrid CF	A	1–3	L
05 Mar	Real Valladolid CF	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Real Betis Balompié		RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
#4	Position	#15
26	Points	12
12	Played	12
8 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 6
20	Scored	13
15	Conceded	14
+5	GD	-1
2.17	PPG	1.00
67%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Real Betis Balompié this season

33% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

Real Betis Balompié are 4th (26 pts). RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Betis Balompié

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

9/2

46-60

1/4

61-75

2/3

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

1/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Betis Balompié

Bartra	3 G
Rodrigo Riquelme	3 G
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli	3 G
Cucho Hernandez	2 G	2 A
Isco	2 G

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Roberto Fernandez	6 G
Tyrhys Dolan	1 G
Alex Calatrava	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Real Betis Balompié host RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — let the battle begin!
5' Pacheco has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' Real Betis Balompié seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
15' Poor challenge from Luiz Felipe. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
17' Martin Montoya picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
22' With 0 assists to his name this season, William Carvalho is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Real Betis Balompié.
27' GOAL! Ayoze Perez scores on 27. Assisted by Luiz Henrique
28' Brilliant from the ! Ayoze Perez makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 28.
33' Supporters expect more eagerness from Dani Gomez, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Benito Villamarin with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
34' The deadlock is broken! Juan Miranda gets on the scoresheet on 34 minutes.
38' Vinicius de Souza Costa is having his name booked by the referee on 38.
39' Controversy at the stadium! Vinicius de Souza Costa argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
44' 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.
49' Cesar Montes adds to his 1 season tally! RCD Espanyol de Barcelona lead 0-4 — and this changes everything.
54' Luiz Felipe is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona so far.
59' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
60' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona make a change. Nico Ribaudo trudges off to be replaced by Denis Suarez on 60 minutes.
63' Rodri gets the nod from Real Betis Balompie. He replaces Borja Iglesias and will look to change the dynamic.
64' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
68' Pedrosa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Javi Puado on 68 minute.
69' Assisted by Rodri with the perfectly-timed delivery and William Carvalho makes no mistake. 0-5!
74' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Betis Balompié and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
79' The RCD Espanyol de Barcelona bench stirs into life. Ruben Saez is withdrawn and Ronael Pierre-Gabriel gets his opportunity.
81' The Real Betis Balompie bench stirs into life. William Carvalho is withdrawn and Joaquin gets his opportunity.
86' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Betis Balompié that had 364 games and scored 469 goals.
It finishes all square. Real Betis Balompié and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona share the spoils 3-1.

Lineups

Real Betis Balompié Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Manuel Pellegrini

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

Starting XI

9
Joselu
17
Martin Braithwaite
13
Pacheco
24
Sergi Gomez
10
Sergi Darder ↓ Dani Gomez 79'
7
Javi Puado ↓ Pedrosa 68'
4
Leandro Cabrera
23
Cesar Montes
21
Nico Ribaudo ↓ Denis Suarez 60'
12
Vinicius de Souza Costa ↓ Keidi Bare 79'
27
Ruben Saez ↓ Ronael Pierre-Gabriel 79'

Bench

Coach Luis García

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Giovani Lo Celso	3
Borja Iglesias	3
Willian Jose	2
Guido Rodriguez	2
Martin Braithwaite	2
Sergi Darder	2
Ayoze Perez	2
Bartra	2

Head to Head

Real Betis Balompié Form

2023-04-15 Real Betis Balompié 3–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2023-04-09 Real Betis Balompié 0–2 Cádiz CF L 2023-04-02 Club Atlético de Madrid 1–0 Real Betis Balompié L 2023-03-19 Real Betis Balompié 1–0 RCD Mallorca W 2023-03-16 Real Betis Balompié 0–1 Manchester United FC L 2023-03-12 Villarreal CF 1–1 Real Betis Balompié D

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2023-04-15 Real Betis Balompié 3–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2023-04-08 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–2 Athletic Club L 2023-04-01 Girona FC 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2023-03-18 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–3 RC Celta de Vigo L 2023-03-11 Real Madrid CF 3–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2023-03-05 Real Valladolid CF 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.78 Real Betis Balompié xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.98 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

I would bet for: Real Betis Balompié to win 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Betis Balompié56% Draw24% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona20%

Actual: Real Betis Balompié win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.76

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Real Betis Balompié or Draw

81%

Draw or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

44%

Real Betis Balompié or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Betis Balompié39% Draw45% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona16%

Actual: Real Betis Balompié win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

1 – 0

10.5%

2 – 0

9.8%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

8.2%

3 – 0

5.7%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

5.3%

1 – 2

5.2%

2 – 2

4.7%

0 – 2

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Real Betis Balompié

Handicap	Real Betis Balompié covers	Push	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	23%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	12%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Betis Balompié keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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