La Liga Gameweek 20 Sat, Jan 17 2026 · 20:00 Estadio Benito Villamarín, Sevilla
Real Betis
2–0 Full time · HT 0–0 xG 1.22 – 0.95
Villarreal
  • Aitor Ruibal 57’
  • Pablo Fornals 83’
  • 76’ Santi Comesaña
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Real Betis beat Villarreal

Real Betis entered as narrow favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Ruibal and Fornals. Villarreal played with ten men from the 76th minute after Comesaña was sent off. The chances were even, with xG of 1.22 and 0.95. On the chances created, Villarreal deserved more: 1.2 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Real Betis ✓39%
Draw29%
Villarreal32%

Model vs reality

Real Betis goals
2
Model 1.30 · xG 1.22
Villarreal goals
0
Model 1.15 · xG 0.95
Total goals
2
Model 2.44 · xG 2.17
Score 2–0
7%
Most likely 1–1 (14%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 44%
Both scored
No
Model 50%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchPablo FornalsReal Betis · 1 goal
8.5
  • RefereeVictor Garcia Verdura
  • VenueEstadio Benito Villamarín
  • Table before kick-offReal Betis 6th · Villarreal 3rd

Timeline

  1. A. Pedraza SagYellow card · Unsportsmanlike conduct
    36’
  2. Half time · 0–0
  3. ⇄ S. MouriñoFor Pau Navarro
    46’
  4. ⇄ Sergi CardonaFor A. Pedraza Sag
    46’
  5. Aitor Ruibal 1–0
    57’
  6. ⇄ N. PépéFor Gerard Moreno
    65’
  7. Valentín GómezYellow card · Holding
    70’
  8. ⇄ Pablo GarcíaFor L. Ávila
    72’
  9. ⇄ Ayoze PérezFor T. Buchanan
    75’
  10. Santi ComesañaRed card · Roughing
    76’
  11. ⇄ Rodrigo RiquelmeFor G. Lo Celso
    79’
  12. S. MouriñoYellow card · Unsportsmanlike conduct
    80’
  13. ⇄ Carlos MaciaFor Alberto Moleiro
    81’
  14. Pablo Fornals 2–0Assist Antony
    83’
  15. Marc BartraYellow card · Holding
    86’
  16. ⇄ Ángel OrtizFor Antony
    89’
  17. Rodrigo RiquelmeYellow card · Roughing
    90+6’
  18. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Real Betis15 shots · 4 in box, 11 outside
Villarreal9 shots · 6 in box, 3 outside
Real BetisVillarreal
59% Possession 41%
1.22 Expected goals (xG) 0.95
1.56 Expected points (xPts) 1.15
15 Shots 9
6 Shots on target 3
6 Shots off target 5
3 Blocked shots 1
4 Shots inside the box 6
11 Shots outside the box 3
512 Passes 344
85% Pass accuracy 78%
2 Corners 3
3 Goalkeeper saves 4
13 Fouls 13
4 Offsides 3
3 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 1
7.09 Team rating 6.56

Line-ups

Real Betis 4-2-3-1

16.9 Álvaro Vallés(G)
166.9 Valentín Gómez 46.6 Natan 56.6 Marc Bartra 248.2 Aitor Ruibal
216.7 Marc Roca 67.2 Sergi Altimira
206.9 G. Lo Celso ↓79’ 88.5★ Pablo Fornals 77.2 Antony A↓89’
96.3 L. Ávila ↓72’
  • 1Álvaro Vallés (G)6.9
  • 16Valentín Gómez6.9
  • 4Natan6.6
  • 5Marc Bartra6.6
  • 24Aitor Ruibal8.2
  • 21Marc Roca6.7
  • 6Sergi Altimira7.2
  • 20G. Lo Celso↓79’6.9
  • 8Pablo Fornals ★8.5
  • 7AntonyA↓89’7.2
  • 9L. Ávila↓72’6.3

Substitutes used

  • 40Ángel Ortiz↑89’
  • 52Pablo García↑72’6.5
  • 17Rodrigo Riquelme↑79’6.7

Unused: Pau López, Adrián, Diego Llorente, R. Rodríguez, Dani Pérez, C. Bakambu

Villarreal 4-4-2

17.7 Luíz Júnior(G)
247.2 A. Pedraza Sag ↓46’ 126.9 Renato Veiga 86.3 J. Foyth 266.5 Pau Navarro ↓46’
206.2 Alberto Moleiro ↓81’ 106.3 Dani Parejo 146.3 Santi Comesaña 176.0 T. Buchanan ↓75’
96.5 G. Mikautadze 77.2 Gerard Moreno ↓65’
  • 1Luíz Júnior (G)7.7
  • 24A. Pedraza Sag↓46’7.2
  • 12Renato Veiga6.9
  • 8J. Foyth6.3
  • 26Pau Navarro↓46’6.5
  • 20Alberto Moleiro↓81’6.2
  • 10Dani Parejo6.3
  • 14Santi Comesaña6.3
  • 17T. Buchanan↓75’6.0
  • 9G. Mikautadze6.5
  • 7Gerard Moreno↓65’7.2

Substitutes used

  • 15S. Mouriño↑46’6.2
  • 23Sergi Cardona↑46’5.6
  • 19N. Pépé↑65’6.7
  • 37Carlos Macia↑81’6.3
  • 22Ayoze Pérez↑75’6.9

Unused: Arnau Tenas, Rafa Marín, T. Partey, T. Oluwaseyi

Player stats

Top rated
Pablo FornalsReal Betis8.5
2nd
Aitor RuibalReal Betis8.2
3rd
Luíz JúniorVillarreal7.7

Real Betis

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Álvaro Vallés G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 63% 32 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Valentín Gómez D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 81% 52 5 1 0/0 2/0 6.9
Natan D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 46 2 3 0/0 1/0 6.6
Marc Bartra D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 84% 55 1 0 0/1 1/0 6.6
Aitor Ruibal D 90 1 0 1 (1) 1 81% 53 0 0 1/1 3/3 8.2
Marc Roca M 90 0 0 2 (2) 0 90% 52 0 1 0/0 1/0 6.7
Sergi Altimira M 90 0 0 0 (0) 3 96% 72 1 2 0/0 1/3 7.2
G. Lo Celso M 79 0 0 2 (0) 0 85% 40 1 0 4/6 2/2 6.9
Pablo Fornals M 90 1 0 2 (2) 1 88% 41 2 1 2/4 1/0 8.5
Antony F 89 0 1 2 (1) 3 85% 47 3 0 2/2 1/1 7.2
L. Ávila F 72 0 0 1 (0) 1 71% 14 0 2 0/1 0/3 6.3
Ángel Ortiz F 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
Pablo García F 18 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.5
Rodrigo Riquelme M 11 0 0 1 (0) 0 80% 5 0 0 1/1 0/0 6.7

Villarreal

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Luíz Júnior G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 79% 28 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.7
A. Pedraza Sag M 46 0 0 0 (0) 2 100% 9 1 0 3/4 1/1 7.2
Renato Veiga M 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 76% 59 3 0 0/0 3/0 6.9
J. Foyth D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 40 2 1 0/0 1/0 6.3
Pau Navarro D 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 78% 18 0 1 0/0 1/1 6.5
Alberto Moleiro M 81 0 0 0 (0) 0 82% 11 1 1 0/1 1/0 6.2
Dani Parejo M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 83% 48 3 1 1/3 1/1 6.3
Santi Comesaña M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 78% 40 2 2 0/1 2/1 6.3
T. Buchanan M 75 0 0 3 (1) 0 70% 10 0 1 1/5 2/1 6.0
G. Mikautadze F 90 0 0 1 (1) 1 60% 15 0 0 1/2 0/3 6.5
Gerard Moreno F 65 0 0 1 (0) 1 71% 24 2 0 0/0 0/2 7.2
S. Mouriño D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 78% 18 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.2
Sergi Cardona D 44 0 0 1 (0) 0 79% 14 0 1 0/0 1/1 5.6
N. Pépé F 25 0 0 1 (0) 1 88% 8 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.7
Carlos Macia M 9 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Ayoze Pérez F 15 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 2 0 0 1/1 0/2 6.9

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.