He Real Betisafter Villarreal’s victory last night in Girona (0-1), is obliged to win on Thursday at the Gran Canaria Stadium in UD Las Palmas and reach 58 points to mathematically prove their classification for the Conference League, where with another victory on Sunday against Real Sociedad in Benito Villamarín they will secure sixth place and access to the Europa League with 61 points. Had Villarreal not won yesterday, Betis could have used a draw or even a loss at Las Palmas to secure seventh place on Thursday.
Real Betis will arrive in Las Palmas with 55 points in their locker, compared to 54 for Real Sociedad, 51 for Villarreal (with one more game) and 48 for Valencia, who play in Anoeta just after the clash in Gran Canaria stadium between Betics and Canaries. Villarreal and Valencia can still reach 57 points, so Real Betis must reach 58 as soon as possible to ensure qualification, even for the Conference League, as some multiple draws could hurt them.
At the moment there is still a possibility of a quadruple final tie of 57 points in 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th place between Betis (10 points in direct confrontation), Real Sociedad (10 points) , Villarreal (9 points ) and Valencia (6 points), which will be resolved in that order if Betis loses at least to Real, which will surpass Betis if they win at Villamarín by more than one goal.
For this quadruple tie to be possible, Valencia needs to win its three remaining games – against Real Sociedad, Girona and Celta -, Villarreal two – against Real Madrid and Osasuna -, Betis draw with Las Palmas and Real Madrid and lose to Real , and the team of San Sebastian, lost to Valencia and Atlético and beat Betis.
A three-way tie at 57 points?
There is also the possibility of a triple tie on 57 points between Villarreal, Real Sociedad and Betis, with the Verdiblancos always 8th (in which case Valencia would be 9th). This triple tie can happen with either a tie with Betis-Real Sociedad, where the first is Villarreal, or a victory for the San Sebastian team at Villamarín, where the blue and white will win.
The remaining triple ties Betis-Real Sociedad-Valencia on 57 points or Betis-Villarreal-Valencia on 57 or 55 points will always be won by Betis thanks to the two victories achieved against Che.
Source: La Verdad
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