Levante
Real Betis
Match summary
Levante won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Real Betis. It was 2-2 at half-time.
In the first half, Adrián De la Fuente put Levante ahead with a header in the 24th minute, set up by Jon Ander Olasagasti, Marc Bartra equalised in the 34th minute, Enzo Bardeli put Levante back in front in first-half stoppage time, and Rodrigo Riquelme equalised with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Marc Roca. In the second half, Roger Brugué put Levante back in front with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Enzo Bardeli, Brugué made it 4-2 in the 70th minute, and Jon Ander Olasagasti made it 5-2 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Etta Eyong.
The chances backed that up: Levante created 3.35 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Real Betis's 1.92 from 20.
Levante secured a resounding 5-2 victory against Real Betis in this La Liga fixture, despite registering only forty percent possession and fewer total attacks than their opponents. Real Betis dominated territory and completed five hundred and seventy-three passes compared to three hundred and seventy-eight by the hosts, while also winning eight corners to five. However, Levante proved far more clinical in front of goal, generating an expected goals figure of 3.35 from nineteen total shots, ten of which hit the target. Discipline was well-maintained throughout the encounter, with each side receiving a single yellow card in a match that saw nine fouls committed by Levante and seven by Real Betis.
The action began with a disallowed goal following an offside VAR review in the seventeenth minute, before Adrián Dela opened the scoring for Levante with a header in the twenty-four minute. Marc Bartra equalised for Real Betis with a right-footed shot in the thirty-fourth minute. Enzo Bardeli restored Levante's lead with a right-footed shot in added time at the end of the first half, but Rodrigo Riquelme levelled again with a header four minutes later to make it 2-2 at the break. In the second half, Roger Brugué scored with a header in the fifty-sixth minute and followed up with a left-footed strike in the seventieth minute. Pablo García received a yellow card for an off-the-ball foul before Jeremy Toljan was cautioned for Levante. Jon Ander Olasagasti completed the scoring with a header in the ninety-fifth minute.
