Match Preview

Today’s Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid preview examines a contest that most bookmakers’ perceive to be a foregone conclusion this weekend. Real Betis welcome Atletico Madrid to the Benito Villamarín on Sunday having not won any of their last six fixtures. Los Verdiblancos are looking to improve upon their 15th place finish in 2016/17, though huge improvements are needed if they are to finish higher in the table this season.

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In the run-up to today’s Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid betting tips, the home side have looked short of confidence. Their self-belief hasn’t been helped by their ramshackle defence who have conceded thirteen times in their last four outings against Eibar, Girona, Cadiz and Las Palmas. Conceding numbers like that would be a little more understandable had they played some of the country’s better teams, but Manager Quique Setién knows that allowing that many goals to go in against the aforementioned sides is completely unacceptable.

Diego Simeone’s Colchoneros are doing well to hang on to Barcelona’s coattails at the summit of the La Liga table. Barca have won eleven and drawn three of their fourteen league fixtures since August, but Atletico are still within six points of the Catalonians thanks to their equally impressive unbeaten start. As ever with Simeone’s side, the foundation for their success has been built on their outstanding defensive organisation – the club from the capital have only conceded seven times in Spain’s top flight so far this term.

Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid Prediction and Betting Advice

Even if you ignore the respective current league positions of the teams in our Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid bets, there is still plenty of evidence to suggest that an away win is on the cards this Sunday at the Benito Villamarín. When we take a look at the head-to-head record between these two clubs, we can immediately see that historically this is an incredibly one-sided fixture.

The Andalusians haven’t beaten Los Rojiblancos since 2011 – that’s a full twelve matches without a victory against their more successful opponents. In fact, Atletico have won eight of the last nine meetings between the pair, though the sides drew 1-1 on their most recent meeting at the end of May.

Quique Setién’s men have won just five of their fourteen La Liga games since the season kicked-off in August, so expecting them to get one over on their unbeaten visitors this weekend is much too big an ask. When all the information is considered and analysed, it’s clear that the La Liga soccer odds at 10Bet for our outright prediction are insanely generous, so our advice is to take that price while it’s still available.

Despite the success in recent seasons of the away side featured in our Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid predictions, they have forged a reputation more for their dogged defending rather than their expansive attacking play. While considering Simeone’s team to be “just” a defensive outfit is probably a little unfair, the statistics suggest that there is merit to their notoriety.

Their fourteen La Liga matches so far this season have averaged just 2.1 goals per ninety minutes. Their weekend opponents have actually scored the same number of league goals this season, despite their far lower placing the table, which supports the hypothesis that Los Rojiblancos are a low scoring side in general.

Ten of Atl. Madrid’s last thirteen matches in all competitions ended with under 2.5 goals registered. Furthermore in three of the last four meetings between our featured clubs, under 2.5 goals were scored. With evidence aplenty, the smart bettor backs there to be under the same number of goals again on Sunday in Andalusia. Ladbrokes have some outstanding odds to match the second of today’s Spanish football tips, making them our bookie of choice on this occasion.