Ten facts about the derby between Betis and Sevilla | Relief
If Joaquín Caparrós started the derby at the start of the week boasting about Sevilla’s record against Betis in recent times, an analysis of previous data offers other perspectives to find clues to the new rivalry. Sergio Ramos’ goals against Betis, all in a Real Madrid shirt, Cédric Bakambu’s recordsanother of the debutants in the derby against Sevilla or the numbers of both coaches act as signs that could indicate the future of the match.
While both team leaders this week noted that precedents are useless once the ball is in play, the patterns suggested by Opta’s data do help to understand the Seville derby. From Sevilla’s recent dominance to Manuel Pellegrini’s poor results against Sevilla.despite the fact that his career at Betis places him among the best coaches in its history.
Betis’ bad streak
To begin with, Betis have not won any of their last ten matches against Sevilla in La Liga (D4 L6). If they don’t win, Betic’s side will face the worst winless run of any team in the Seville derby. in the history of the competition, surpassing the previous result also achieved by the Verdiblancos between 1997 and 2004 (10P 7E 3D).
Latest derbies
The last three matches between Sevilla and Betis in La Liga ended in a draw.. Only once in the history of the Seville derby have both teams drawn four games in a row – from February 2000 to October 2022.
Seville figures
Sevilla have 49 wins in 105 matches against Betis in La Liga. (26E 30D). Only against Espanyol (73), Athletic (66) and Valencia (58) have Sevilla won more games than against Real Betis in the competition’s history.
Dynamics of Betika
The green and white team have won their last two La Liga games and will play in a tie if they win. three wins in a row in the competition for the first time in more than a year (3B in February 2023).
Quique improves Sevilla
Sevilla have won their last three La Liga victories, the same number of wins as they had in their previous 12 games. in the competition (W3 D3 L6) and has not achieved four consecutive wins in the top category since April 2021 (W5).
Sevilla start
Sevilla, along with Girona and Real Madrid, is the team that scores the most goals in the first quarter of an hour. matches in La Liga 2023/24 (8) and Betis correspond least to this period (2).
Debutant Bakambu
Cedric Bakambuone of Betis’s winter additions, indicating the starting line-up, He scored four goals in four matches against Sevilla in La Liga.their best result against the same opponent in the competition along with Sporting Gijon (four goals in three games).
The rebirth of Sergio Ramos
Almost two decades later, Sergio Ramos returns to the derby arena with numbers that threaten the green and white. Camero scored four goals in 24 matches against Betis. in the league, three of them were achieved by the head and shirt of Real Madrid. Only in the match against Barcelona (four) did Camas score more goals than against Betic in the tournament (also three goals against four other teams).
Pellegrini data
Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini has won just 21% of his matches against Sevilla. in LaLiga (24L W5 D9 L10) only against Real Madrid (14% – 3/22) and Barcelona (19% -5/26) has the worst winning percentage in the competition among all opponents with a minimum of three matches.
Kike figures
Sevilla coach Quique Sanchez Flores won seven of his 13 matches from the bench against Real Betis in La Liga (D2 L4). Only three of Sevilla’s last 14 managers have lost on their league debut. against the Betik team in the competition (W5 D6), the last of which was Pablo Machin in September 2018 (1-0).