La Liga, Matchday 36 on Thursday, 15.05.2025 at 19:00
Betis Sevilla is the second-best La Liga team in the second half of the season (33 points) and recently reached the final of the Conference League.
Los Verdiblancos impress with their attacking play, which is mostly built up via the two wings. The visitors can rely on this again in the Rayo Vallecano Betis Sevilla tip.
My recommendation is a bet on “Betis Sevilla to score over 1.5 goals” at odds of 2.35 with Bwin.
Manuel Pellegrini is not experimenting much with his starting lineup and continues to field Betis Sevilla in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
In return, the 71-year-old gives his players the freedom to let their creativity run wild in the final third and look for dribbling opportunities.
According to Wyscout, only three teams (Barca, Real Madrid, Bilbao) have attempted more dribbles than Los Verdiblancos (897).
The players of the sixth-placed team tend to start their direct duels from the wings. No other La Liga team attacks less through the center than Pellegrini’s side (22 percent).
Antony’s winter loan has helped the team enormously. The dribbling right winger has become an integral part of the starting line-up and has even scored in two consecutive La Liga away games.
The Brazilian has a congenial partner at his side in former Madrid player Isco. The 33-year-old likes to transport fans into a world of Joga Bonito with his creative moments and has created the most chances per 90 minutes in the league (3.4).
In general, it can be said that the Andalusians have been quite successful in their recent away games and are one of the strongest visiting teams in the Spanish Primera Division.
Los Verdiblancos are unbeaten in five away games (4W, 1D) and have scored at least twice in five of their previous six away games. This trend is set to continue in the Rayo Vallecano vs. Betis Sevilla prediction.
However, I still have some respect for Betis Sevilla before placing a bet on them to win. Rayo have won their last two league games in a row and are unbeaten in their last two head-to-head matches (1W, 1D).
In addition, Pellegrini’s side are always prone to conceding goals. Both teams have scored in the visitors’ last eight consecutive La Liga matches. You can get odds of 1.78 for this bet at Winamax.
The home side are coached by Inigo Perez. Under his guidance, Los Franjirrojos play an intense pressing game (10.0 PPDA), which has already resulted in 259 high ball wins (6th).
Betis Sevilla also pose a threat with their counter-pressing and have even managed to force a few more high ball wins (165). In percentage terms, the visitors created the most shots (18.8%) from these ball wins.
In the league comparison of expected goals, Manuel Pellegrini’s side occupy a respectable fifth place (52.4 xG).
Rayo Vallecano cannot match this figure (41.6 xG) and also struggles with its own shooting accuracy (8.00 percent).
However, this could also be due to the fact that the chosen finishing positions are rather mediocre to poor in comparison to the rest of the league (0.09 xG/shot).
With the exception of Leganes (44 percent), no team in the Spanish Primera Division takes a higher percentage of its shots outside its own penalty area than Perez’s side (42 percent).
Betis Sevilla has scored at least two goals in five of its previous six competitive games and is playing refreshingly attacking football in the second half of the season.
Manuel Pellegrini’s players are happy to take advantage of the freedom they are given in the final third and regularly create high-quality scoring chances.
My Rayo Vallecano Betis Sevilla prediction is: Betis Sevilla will score at least two goals!
