Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid: Preview and Predictions

Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid
Spanish La Liga
Date: Sunday, 14th May April 2017
Kick-off at 19:00 UK / 20:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Benito Villamarin.

Atletico Madrid can secure the third position and the qualification for the group stage of Champions league this weekend when they travel to Estadio Benito Villamarin to play the struggling Real Betis side.

The hosts are lucky to have secured the survival in the elite because they have been horrendous over the last couple of weeks.

Real Betis

The team’s owners decided to take a pretty odd move and sack Victor Sanchez only two games before the end of the season in Primera Division.

The decision is, however, natural if we know that Los Beticos have lost three games on the trot allowing as many as eight goals in the last two fixtures against the likes of Deportivo Alaves and Leganes.

The new head coach Alexis Trujillo will thus have a super tough job on the debut facing Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid

Atleti were off to a dream start in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final tie with Real Madrid, but they strangely allowed Karim Benzema to walk through the defensive line and set up everything for Isco’s goal which removed all doubts about the finalist.

Atleti have generally been enjoying a decent form in Primera Division where they took four wins in last five matches conceding only a single goal during the run.

Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid: Head to head

Atletico Madrid have been just brutal in the most recent head to head meetings with Real Betis as the team from the capital picked dup seven consecutive wins over Los Beticos.

Moreover, the Green-and-Whites scored only a single goal in last seven encounters with Atleti.

Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid: Prediction

Everything points out to a very tough evening for the hosts at Benito Villamarin.

Based on what is written above, we must see the value in backing Atletico Madrid to win to nil at the odds of 11/8.