Villarreal vs Real Betis

15 December 2024 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Álex Baena 55’
  • Vitor Roque 32’
  • Giovani Lo Celso 47’

Match summary

Real Betis won 2-1 away at Villarreal. Real Betis led 1-0 at half-time.

Vitor Roque put Real Betis ahead with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, Giovani Lo Celso made it 0-2 with a direct free kick in the 47th minute, and Álex Baena pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 55th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Villarreal created 1.64 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Real Betis 1.67 from 10. Real Betis had a player sent off.

Match stats

Villarreal Real Betis
17 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
1.61 xG 1.67
1.61 Non-penalty xG 1.67
11 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Villarreal Real Betis
Kick-off
32’
Vitor Roque
Assist: Abdessamad Ezzalzouli0-1 (Real Betis)
Half-time0-1
47’
Giovani Lo Celso0-2 (Real Betis)
Álex Baena1-2 (Villarreal)
55’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Villarreal
  • Kiko Femenía
  • Yeremi Pino
  • Pape Alassane Gueye
  • Daniel Parejo
  • Álex Baena
Real Betis
  • Ezequiel Ávila
  • Giovani Lo Celso
  • Vitor Roque
  • Aitor Ruibal

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.64 1.67 32’ Vitor Roque (Real Betis), 0-1 32’ 47’ Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), 0-2 47’ 55’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), 1-2 55’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.64 1.67 32’ Vitor Roque (Real Betis), 0-1 Roque 32’ 47’ Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), 0-2 Celso 47’ 55’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), 1-2 Baena 55’
Villarreal 1.64 xGReal Betis 1.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Betis attacking Villarreal attacking 
32’ Vitor Roque (Real Betis), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 90+1’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.47 xG, blocked 58’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.40 xG, blocked 90+6’ Assane Diao (Real Betis), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 20’ Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Real Betis), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 85’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 63’ Vitor Roque (Real Betis), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 27’ Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 47’ Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, goal 55’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 58’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 85’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 60’ Vitor Roque (Real Betis), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 65’ Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 40’ Sergi Altimira (Real Betis), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 42’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Eric Bailly (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Real Betis), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 81’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Vitor Roque (Real Betis), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 90+1’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.47 xG, blocked 58’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.40 xG, blocked 90+6’ Assane Diao (Real Betis), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 20’ Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Real Betis), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 85’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 63’ Vitor Roque (Real Betis), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 27’ Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 55’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 47’ Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, goal 58’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 85’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 70’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 60’ Vitor Roque (Real Betis), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 65’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 65’ Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 58’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 40’ Sergi Altimira (Real Betis), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 42’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Ezequiel Ávila (Real Betis), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Eric Bailly (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Real Betis), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 81’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Luiz Júnior GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.471
Raúl Albiol DEF901 0.060.000
Eric Bailly DEF491 0.010.000
Sergi Cardona DEF900 0.000.061
Yeremi Pino MID731 0.400.061
Daniel Parejo MID901 0.020.000
Pape Alassane Gueye MID600 0.000.000
Álex Baena MID9014 0.210.234
Gerard Moreno FWD902 0.060.000
Ayoze Pérez FWD901 0.040.082
Juan Bernat Sub410 0.000.051
Thierno Barry Sub306 0.820.401
Pau Cabanes De La Torre Sub170 0.000.011

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 49% Avg odds 1.94
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.72
Real Betis win 25% Avg odds 3.79

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Villarreal WWDDL
Real Betis DDLLD

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.