Real Betis vs Getafe Prediction: Don’t expect many goals

In Wednesday evening's pool match of the 36th round of the Spanish championship, Betis will face Getafe. Both teams are motivated and will both try to score as much as possible. The bookmakers are siding with the Sevilla side, who are the home team.

Betis drew 0:0 away against Sevilla in the last round of the Spanish league. Before that, they had two away wins over Athletic and a home win over Rayo. Before the start of the 36th round, Sevilla is in sixth position, six points ahead of Athletic with three games to go and four points behind fifth-placed Villarreal. It should be remembered that sixth place allows their owner to qualify for next season's Europa League. Betis need only pick up three points from the remaining three games to be guaranteed a place in the Europa League because the Sevillians are ahead of the Basques in their head-to-head encounters. Betis has the eighth-best home record in the division, +9=4-4, 25:16 goal difference.

Getafe has three defeats in their last five encounters against Almeria, Espanyol, and Real Madrid. In this period, there is a win over Celta and a home draw with Elche. The four most recent matches involving Getafe have been low-scoring. Getafe is 17th in the league table, with 35 points, and only a couple of other points ahead of relegation-zone side Valladolid. The away statistics for Getafe are 17th in the division, +2=5-10, 12:25 goal difference.

Betis need a win against Getafe on Wednesday to guarantee a place in next season's Europa League. The Metropolitan team is desperate for points, but they are markedly inferior to the Sevillians in their squad selection and current form and have a poor record in their away matches. In this pairing, we are on the side of the home side, and as for the total, we doubt that the upcoming game will be rich in goals.

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