Real Betis vs Real Madrid

Match summary

Real Betis beat Real Madrid 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Troy Parrott put Real Betis ahead from a corner in the 81st minute.

Real Madrid can feel hard done by, creating 3.65 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Real Betis's 0.90 from 10. Kylian Mbappe-Lottin had a penalty saved for Real Madrid.

Real Betis secured a 1-0 victory against Real Madrid in La Liga matchday 4 despite managing only 42 percent possession and 10 shots compared to the visitors' 20 attempts. Real Madrid dominated territory and attacking metrics with 142 attacks and 77 dangerous attacks, registering 8 shots on target and accumulating an expected goals total of 3.65 against Real Betis's 0.90. The home side defended resiliently with 26 tackles to Real Madrid's 6, while both teams accumulated discipline issues totalling 3 yellow cards for Real Betis and 4 yellow cards for Real Madrid as the match finished scoreless at half-time.

The match turned in the second half when Troy Parrott replaced Cucho Hernández in the 68th minute and subsequently scored the decisive goal in the 81st minute with a right-footed shot from an xG of 0.67. Earlier incidents included Real Betis making an enforced substitution in the 39th minute with Marc Bartra replacing the injured Diego Llorente, alongside a series of yellow cards given to Arda Güler, Ibrahima Konaté, José Mourinho, Eduardo Camavinga, and Facundo Bernal. Late drama featured a VAR review in the 89th minute and a missed penalty by Kylian Mbappé in the 90th plus 4th minute, prior to a final yellow card for Vinicius Junior at 90 plus 9 minutes.