The Real Betis has the possibility this Wednesday, case of victory against the Valencia, to add the highest number of points in its history after the dispute of the first eleven days, since it currently has 18 points to its credit after ten games and the absolute record in eleven is in the 19 it had in the 1996/97 campaign and 2012/13, as well as 1934/35, when victories were only worth two.
That 1945/35 campaign, in which the Betis ended up winning the League, those of Patrick O’Connell They started like a shot, they became leaders after the third day and there they stayed the entire Championship until they sang the alirón in the last when they beat Racing in Santander, to finish with one point more than the Real Madrid, after adding 15 victories, 4 draws and only 3 defeats (43 goals for and 19 against) in the entire Championship. With the current competition system, Betis would have 28 points on matchday 11 (9G 1E 1P), although then there were 19.
The second best league start in the history of the Betis It took place in the 1963/64 campaign, which finished third with Domingo Balmanya on the bench, after adding 6 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats (14GF and 9GC) in the first eleven games, which then earned them 15 points that today They would be 21, a figure that Pellegrini’s men can match this Wednesday if they beat Valencia. In the 1958/59 campaign -the return to First after a long journey through Second and Third- the Betis He added 13 points after eleven days, which would be 19 with the current system, after winning 6 games, drawing one and losing 4 (25GF and 17GC).
Pellegrini’s Betis is having a great season
Since the victories are worth three points (1995/96) the best scores of the Real Betis In the first eleven league games he achieved them in the 1996/97 campaign, with Lorenzo Serra, by adding 19 points (5G 4E 2P, 19GF 9GC) and 2012/13, and with Pepper Mel, by also adding 19 points (6G 1E 4P, 18 GF 17GC). If they beat Valencia on Wednesday, Betis (currently 18 points, 5G 3E 2P, 15GF and 11GC) would go to 21 points in eleven days, a figure never reached in its history, although the start of 1934 / 35 was the best of all by far.
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