Athletic and Betis came into the fifteenth day of the League tied on 24 points. The rojiblancos appear in fourth position in the table and the verdiblancos in sixth. Atlético de Madrid, surprisingly, is fifth with the same score of both.
Victory in the match at Villamarín scheduled for tomorrow from 7:15 pm will allow the winner of the match to sleep in third position in the table, as Real, who lead both contenders by two points, do not play until Saturday. The lions rely on themselves to make the temporary leap into the standings. The people of Seville, on the other hand, should also be aware of what will happen to Wanda in the rivalry between Simeone’s men and Elche.
Valverde was not usually bad in duels against Betis. The current coach of the Bilbao team has faced the Verdiblancos in a total of twenty league games. The total balance is ten wins, six draws and four losses. That counts his matches as manager of Athletic, Barça, Espanyol and Valencia.
half a win
The statistics as a rojiblanco coach in these league matches against the Verdiblanca squad are almost identical. Of the ten matches in the regularity tournament in which this Sevillian team was measured, five ended in victory, three in a draw and two in defeat.
Applied to this analysis in cup format, parity is total. Two cup crosses with matches won, two drawn and one lost or, what is the same, one draw lost in the semifinals on penalties (2004-05) and another triumph after returning to San Mamés (2013-14) .
Valverde’s league matches against the Verdiblancos haven’t been bad during his time on the Barça bench either. Out of five in the League, they have won four and lost just one. In Espanyol, on the other hand, he did not beat Betis (three defeats and one draw). Things got better for him as coach of Valencia, as he won the only match played as a tenant on Che bench.
The rival coach
Pellegrini hasn’t been bad either in his matches as coach of Betis, Málaga, Real Madrid and Villarreal against Athletic. The Chilean coach has accumulated 22 matches against the lions with a balance of twelve wins, five draws and many defeats. As for the Verdiblanco team, its record is one win, one draw and two losses. In the Cup they were eliminated in a single match in the quarterfinals of 2020-21 in a penalty shootout.
Source: La Verdad
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