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Malaga vs Real Betis Predictions: Malaga to Win Andalusian Derby

20:00 Monday 18 December 2017
Simon Winter
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  • Malaga are unbeaten in 4 matches in a row at home (Malaga to win ) — 13/10 StanJames.com
  • Malaga have kept 1 clean sheet in their last 17 fixtures (both teams to score ) — 8/11 Betfair

Match Preview

Bottom club Malaga welcome Real Betis to La Rosaleda Stadium on December 18th in the Andalusian Derby, looking to extend their unbeaten run at home to five games. Three of those fixtures just prior to our Malaga vs Real Betis preview were in La Liga, allowing the Albicelestes to pick up seven of their eight points this season. Things had been looking incredibly bleak for the Boquerones, but their upturn in form has resurrected hopes of a relegation escape.

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Ahead of today’s Malaga vs Real Betis betting tips, the home team drew 0-0 against Levante, 1-1 in the Copa del Rey against Numancia, and beat Deportivo La Coruna and Celta Vigo 3-2 and 2-1 respectively in a positive sequence that came more or less out of the blue. Five of their eleven La Liga defeats in 2017/18 were by slim one-goal margins, however, so a change in luck was probably overdue for Manager Míchel.

Things haven’t been looking quite as positive for away team Head Coach Quique Setién. Los Verdiblancos are without a win in six games even though they have come up against some of the division’s weakest outfits over the last month. Home draws against Getafe and Girona were made all the worse by defeats against Espanyol, Eibar, and Las Palmas, while lower league Cadiz put five past them at the Benito Villamarín in the cup.

Malaga vs Real Betis Prediction and Betting Advice

The home side are favourites to win in our Malaga vs Real Betis bets for a couple of reasons. Firstly, their recent spike in form on their own patch cannot be ignored and an unbeaten run of four there, which is their best run of the season so far, will have galvanized the confidence of Míchel’s squad.

Secondly, Los Verdiblancos have been generally atrocious on the road in 2017/18, winning just one of their seven matches outside Andalusia since August. Remarkably, their only win on their travels this season came at Real Madrid, though that result should be seen as an anomaly and not a reflection of their usual performances away from home.

Betis have actually won on their last two visits to La Rosaleda, but they were, in fact, their only two victories there in six trips. Quique Setién’s defence have been conceding a lot of goals lately against some pretty uninspiring teams and that should be their downfall again this time. The La Liga football odds for today are provided by StanJames.com, whose prices are the clear winners when compared to the other bookmakers.

We are tipping both sides to score in the last segment of this week’s free Malaga vs Real Betis predictions. It won’t shock you to learn that bottom club Malaga have only kept one clean sheet in their last seventeen games and though their total of twenty-eight conceded in fourteen games doesn’t seem overly poor for a club in the last position, they still concede on a consistent basis.

They away team have actually conceded the same number of goals in La Liga this season with twenty-eight, despite their far loftier position of eleventh. Los Lobos have shipped the majority of those goals on their travels, allowing their opponents to score on sixteen occasions on the road compared to twelve at home.

In terms of goal getting at the attacking end of the pitch, the home team have only failed to score twice in their last seven, while the visitors to La Rosaleda have scored in twelve of their last fifteen outings. When the numbers are evaluated, it makes sense to expect goals at both ends again on December 18th. Betfair have you covered with some excellent odds for the second of today’s Spanish football betting predictions.

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