📊 Form Guide

Real Betis

LWWLWW

Real Betis are hoping to win again following the 1-2 La Liga victory against Mallorca.

In that match, Real Betis managed 35% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. For Real Betis, the scorers were Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (18') and Cédric Bakambu (45'). Mallorca had 14 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Vedat Muriqi (66') scored for Mallorca.

Three or more goals per game were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Real Betis have been involved. Their opponents scored 10 of them in this period whereas Real Betis totted up 8. That pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this game, of course.

Their previous form shows that Real Betis:

• have not lost a league tie with Rayo Vallecano in their previous 3 games.
• haven't beaten Rayo Vallecano in their previous 4 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Rayo Vallecano

WLLLLW

Rayo Vallecano will come into the clash following on from a 3-0 La Liga win to beat Atlético Madrid in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Rayo Vallecano managed 41% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Rayo Vallecano, the goalscorers were Pérez (40'), Valentín (45') and Nobel Mendy (76'). On the other side, Atletico Madrid got 9 shots at goal with 4 on target.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Rayo Vallecano, three or more goals have been hit. The average number of goals per game in that time is 3, with the average number of goals for Rayo Vallecano equalling 1.17.

Their prior results show that Rayo Vallecano:

• have not beaten Real Betis in away games against them for the last 7 league matches. Not the best of away records.
• have not won away from home in their last 6 league games.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 15/05/2023 tells us that Real Betis have won 2 of these and Rayo Vallecano 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

In all, 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 for Béticos and 6 for Franjirrojos. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league clash featuring the two was La Liga match day 16 on 15/12/2025 when the final score was Rayo Vallecano 0-0 Real Betis.

On that occasion, Rayo Vallecano managed 59% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target.

At the other end, Real Betis got 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea.

🗞️ Team News: Real Betis

We are thinking that Béticos will possibly make use of the 4-2-3-1 system this time and select Alvaro Valles, Aitor Ruibal, Diego Llorente, Natan, Ricardo Rodriguez, Pablo Fornals, Marc Roca, Antony, Alvaro Fidalgo, A. Ezzalzouli and Cedric Bakambu.

📰 Team News: Rayo Vallecano

It’s our belief that Franjirrojos seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Augusto Batalla, Andrei Ratiu, Florian Lejeune, Nobel Mendy, Pep Chavarria, Pathe Ciss, Unai Lopez, Ilias Akhomach, Isi Palazon, Alvaro Garcia and Jorge de Frutos.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Rayo Vallecano have the firepower to find the net against this Real Betis side, but it might not quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We think that it’s going to be a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Real Betis at the end of the match. We’ll have to see what happens.

Andre Moura, 15:05 21/02/2026