Follow the live match between Betis and Real Madrid that is played at Benito Villamarín. After Barça's victory against Real Sociedad, Zidane's team needs the victory at home to regain the leadership he reached in the classic last week. The French coach trains with Courtois; Militao, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Lucas, Benzema and Vinicius in the starting lineup. Betis, 14th in the standings, has only won one of its last 10 games and has not added all three points since January 19.
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25'43 '' - What an entry from Casemiro to Nabil Fekir! The Brazilian loses the ball to the pressure of the French soccer player, who ends up falling down when the meringue is thrown at ground level to amend his mistake.
03/08/2020 21:29
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24'33 '' - DATA. Real Madrid are undefeated in 16 of LaLiga's last 17 games, reaping 11 wins and five draws. During this period he was only defeated against Levante in the Ciutat de Valencia.
03/08/2020 21:29
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23'53 '' - The board of the Heliopolis set does not come out. Guardado had sought to surprise with a tense center towards the front for the punch of Joaquín Sánchez but his shipment is not measured with the precise force.
03/08/2020 21:27
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23'00 '' - Ecuador of the first part in Benito Villamarín. The game is somewhat thick, with a Betis that does not end up having good feelings. No one manages to move the marker.
03/08/2020 21:27
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21'32 '' - DATA. Casemiro is the player of the game with more passes attempted in the opposite field so far (twelve passes, with 75% success).
03/08/2020 21:24
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20'39 '' - The game resumes. The Mexican may continue to be of the game despite the painful set.
03/08/2020 21:23
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19'32 '' - Saved, on the ground. González González has stopped the game for doctors to attend to the midfielder, who has accidentally received a kick in the ribs of Loren Morón when they both tried to anticipate a ball that Casemiro wanted to fight.
03/08/2020 21:23
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18'59 '' - Marc Bartra clearance! The defender avoids the shot of Karim Benzema. Meringues are looking for centers in the area with some frequency.
03/08/2020 21:22
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17'43 '' - It is now Guardado who exchanges roles with Edgar González. The Mexican goes down meters to start the circulation.
03/08/2020 21:22
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16'58 '' - DATA. Vinícius Júnior has participated directly in seven goals in his last 11 games as a starter with Real Madrid in all competitions (four goals and three assists).
03/08/2020 21:20
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15'00 '' - First quarter of an hour at Benito Villamarín. The 0-0 remains on the scoreboard. No goal shot at the moment.
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13'56 '' - There are shouts of "resignation directive" by the Betic fans. The people are not at all happy with the sports management and make their discomfort visible.
03/08/2020 21:16
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12'52 '' - Neither team manages to be the protagonist. Both sets alternate ball possession although it is Real Madrid who lives for the longest time in the opposite field.
03/08/2020 21:16
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11'05 '' - DATA. Only Espanyol (45) and Mallorca (43) conceded more goals than Real Betis (42) during the first 26 LaLiga matches. The Betics average 1.6 goals conceded per match played.
03/08/2020 21:13
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10'21 '' - Marcelooooooooo !!! It waseeeeeraaaaaa !! The Brazilian tries a volley that goes very high. It presents no problems for the verdiblanco keeper.
03/08/2020 21:13
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09'43 '' - Wind music in the stands of Benito Villamarín when Joel Robles takes his time to build a play from behind.
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08'40 '' - A Benzema who, by the way, has only scored one goal in his last ten LaLiga matches. He is the only one of the last 31 shots he has tried in the competition (against Atlético de Madrid in February).
03/08/2020 21:13
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07'39 '' - Benzema falls in the big area !! The Frenchman attacks the space to go to the auction at a center put by Casemiro and is knocked down in a body with Emerson. There is nothing punishable for González González.
03/08/2020 21:13
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06'41 '' - Ovation of the stands for Joaquín Sánchez, who struggles to run backwards to swipe a ball from Toni Kroos.
03/08/2020 21:10
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05'03 '' - DATA. The Verdiblanco team has not won this season any of their duels against the top five classified at the end of the 26th round: 0-0 against Real Madrid; 2-3 in Benito Villamarín and 5-2 in Camp Nou against Barça; 1-2 against Sevilla; 1-1 in Benito Villamarín and 1-0 against Getafe and 1-2 against Atlético de Madrid.
03/08/2020 21:10
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04'18 '' - First chance for Real Betis! Loren Morón is encouraged with a distant shot that goes very high.
03/08/2020 21:10
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03'23 '' - Edgar González acts as a single pivot, embedding himself between the centrals when Real Betis has to get the ball played. In the defensive phase, those of Rubi defend with two blocks of four men, with an advanced defense to move Real Madrid away from the final meters.
03/08/2020 21:10
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02'45 '' - The match at Benito Villamarín is number 199 of Zinedine Zidane as coach of Real Madrid in all competitions. He has 131 wins and only 25 defeats. Against Eibar will become bicentennial.
03/08/2020 21:06
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01'53 '' - First long possessions by Real Madrid. Vinícius and Lucas Vázquez lie down in the bands, which makes Modric or Kroos, depending on the profile where Betis played the ball, be the ones who will bite with the first pressure.
03/08/2020 21:06
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START THE PARTIDOOOOOOO IN THE BENITO VILLAMARÍN !!! Roll the ball through the Heliopolis Coliseum!
03/08/2020 21:03
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We already have both teams on the grass! This is about to start! Are you going to miss it?
03/08/2020 20:56
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The collegiate José Luis González González, belonging to the Committee of Arbitrators of Castilla y León, will be responsible for providing justice. The Ponferrada team has been in the Spanish soccer elite for more than 200 games since its debut in the 2009/10 season. He will be assisted in the VAR by Santiago Jaime Latre (Aragon Referees Committee).
03/08/2020 20:43
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Rubi has not won in his five matches with Real Madrid in LaLiga (1E 4D) although he drew the last one (0-0 in the first round this season).
03/08/2020 20:43
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Unmarked from the league derby against Atlético at the beginning of February, Karim Benzema is going through a scoring drought that notably accuses Real Madrid. The Frenchman arrives at a field that is special for him, where he has scored in four of his last five visits to Benito Villamarín in LaLiga (four goals in total) although he remained unmarked in the last one, in January 2019.
03/08/2020 20:43
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Historic Joaquín Sánchez !!! The one in Puerto de Santa María, with his title tonight, becomes the third solo player with the most matches played in the history of LaLiga (544) after Andoni Zubizarreta (622) and Raúl González (550).
03/08/2020 20:43
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Only Osasuna (14) has added more points in LaLiga this season after fitting the first goal than Real Betis (13) while Real Madrid has never lost when he has scored (15P 14V 1E).
03/08/2020 20:40
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The defeat at the Ciutat de Valencia puts Real Madrid on alert, which this season has not yet linked two punctures away from Santiago Bernabéu. It is necessary to go back to the end of the last league course (1-0 in Vallecas and 3-1 in Anoeta) to remember this sequence of defeats.
03/08/2020 20:40
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Real Betis has already received seven red cards in LaLiga 2019/20, its highest figure in the same campaign in the competition since 2013/14 (nine).
03/08/2020 20:40
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The heliopolitanos receive Real Madrid with a very poor dynamic of results, without knowing the victory in their last six games in LaLiga (3E 3D). He has not won since mid-January, when he endorsed Real Sociedad 3-0 at Benito Villamarín.
03/08/2020 20:40
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In that sense, the Sevillian team has lost in the last three times at home, their worst streak of defeats at home against the whites in the top category.
03/08/2020 20:40
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The Bético Coliseum is the scene of joys for Real Madrid, which has won in four of its last five league visits to Benito Villamarín. During this period Betis does not know the victory, reaping only one draw.
03/08/2020 20:40
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For his part, Zinedine Zidane goes out with the following eleven players (4-1-4-1): Thibaut Courtois - Eder Militao, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo - Casemiro - Lucas Vázquez, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Vinícius Junior - Karim Benzema.
03/08/2020 20:38
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We already have the initial ounces confirmed !! Joan Francesc Ferrer 'Rubi' puts in line the following lineup (4-1-4-1): Joel Robles - Emerson, Sidnei, Marc Bartra, Álex Moreno - Edgar González - Nabil Fekir, Sergio Canales, Andrés Guardado, Joaquín Sánchez - Loren Morón
03/08/2020 20:38
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The prick against Levante in the Ciutat de Valencia and the painful comeback that Manchester City made in Santiago Bernabéu compromising the knockout round of the Champions League uncovered a period of crisis and doubts that have been dispelled with the triumph in the ' Classic 'at the expense of Barcelona, recovering the leadership in LaLiga and marking distances with a point of advantage over the Catalan team. Whites, now yes, depend exclusively on themselves, so winning at Benito Villamarín seems necessary not to lose the head of the table.
03/08/2020 20:38
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With a team designed for higher levels and with real stars in its squad, the reality of Real Betis Balompié is that it is far from competing for a European place. Before the start of the day, the Andalusians were thirteen points from the sixth classified, a distance longer than the one with the second-to-last classified (eight points).
03/08/2020 20:38
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Benito Villamarín throws the curtain on the 27th day of the domestic championship with a real great match between two teams with very different objectives. While the visiting team fights to remain the leader of LaLiga, in an exciting fight with Barcelona, the Verdiblancos seek to recover sensations to avoid getting into the fight to avoid the decline of category.
03/08/2020 20:34
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Good night Everybody! Welcome to the broadcast of this match between Real Betis Balompié and Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of LaLiga. We begin with the previous meeting (9:00 p.m.)!
03/08/2020 20:34
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