Betis looks askance at the Champions League and Europa League previews, which are already starting these days, to finally know their rivals in the second continental tournament, and also the hype in which they will face the draw for the group stage, scheduled for August 27, at 1:00 p.m. Having only participated once in the last five years in continental competitions, the Verdiblancos adopt the general coefficient of Spain, which is fortunately high: 19,571.
Dutch statistician Bert Kassies, who specializes in coefficient calculations and UEFA competitions, places the Heliópolis team between Pot 3 and 4, so there are options of falling into the worst of the sites for the group draw. With 32 teams participating during the next season and not 48, as in recent editions, things have hardened at this point.
Still to know 10 teams that arrive from the previous phases of the Champions League and another 10 the Europa League playoff. In five of these cases, the possible clashes would leave rivals with a lower coefficient than Betis, so the Verdiblancos need at least three 'surprise' eliminations to be able to sneak into the third bass drum.
Olympique de Lyon, Naples, Bayer Leverkusen and Lazio are already assigned in Pot 1 and Eintracht Frankfurt has their place in Pot 2. With the rest of already classified there are probabilities: Sporting de Braga in 1 or 2; Leicester City, Lokomotiv Moscow and Marseille between 2 and 3 and West Ham, Real Sociedad and Betis itself, between 3 and 4. As they already participated in the tournament last year, the Txuri-Urdines would be ahead of the Betics if it was necessary to decide who occupies pot 3 and who occupies 4 despite the fact that both adopt the 19,571 coefficient of Spain.