The Real Betis achieved this Thursday in St. Petersburg, winning 2-3 at Zenit on the Europa League, his fifth victory in a row away from home, which he had not achieved for 24 years, when he linked six in the 1996/97 season. The team of Pilgrims, since the double defeat against Atlético (2-0 on October 31) and Bayer Leverkusen (4-0 on November 4) has won 10 of the 13 games he has played away from Benito Villamarin, giving up only one draw and two defeats, scoring 37 goals (almost three on average per game) and conceding 15.
After that double defeat at the beginning of November and the consequent league break, Betis linked three wins at home in Elche (0-3), Alicante in Cup (0-4) and FC Barcelona (0-1); then lost an inconsequential match against Celtic (3-2), won in Talavera in the Cup (2-4), lost unbelievably in San Mames after missing a number of chances (3-2), they won 0-3 in Valladolid in the Cup, drew controversially 1-1 in Vallecas in the League on January 9 and since then they have only won away victories: 1-4 against Espanyol , 0-4 against Real Sociedad and 1-2 against Rayo in the Cup, 2-4 against Levante in the League and 2-3 against Zenit in St. Petersburg in the Europa League, with seven changes in the starting eleven and without the help of Channels Y Fekir.
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