The only team in Primera, which was able to win tournaments of all three first divisions of Spain, has been in the shadows in recent years and did not please with meaningful football, but not this year. The white-greens made good progress in the Spanish Cup, where they defeated Multivera, Sporting Gijon and Real Sociedad. The team stopped at the stage of the quarterfinals, where they lost to Athletics (1:2). In the championship of La Liga Betis managed to break into sixth place in 27 rounds. Manuel Pellegrini’s charges have 13 victories and three peaceful outcomes, which brought 42 points, which is three less than has the fifth Real Sociedad. Following a series of brilliant victories over Villarreal (2:1), Getafe (1:0), Cadiz (1:0) and Alaves (3:2), the Heliopolitans lost in the derby to their fellow countrymen from Seville (0:1). It should be noted the worst performance of the team in terms of goals scored among the teams from the first seven. Of the 36 goals that the team was able to score, seven goals were scored by Canales. Today will not be able to enter the field Camaras and Martin, who has an injured knee.
Rizespor is one of the teams that are ahead of the direct relegation zone by two points. In this regard, guests of the upcoming meeting will face a nervous ending of the season, in which they will try to maintain their residence in the Superilga. The victory in the last round, which the club scored in the home match against Hatayaspor, helped Rizespora to improve the standings. Prior to that, the team lost away to Kayserispor (1:2) and also shared points with Sivasspor (0:0) and Ankaragucu (1:1).