Mandi's return is emerging as a novelty against Villarreal

The Real Betis continues to prepare for Sunday's clash against him Villarreal at Benito Villamarin, which takes on special importance due to the shareholder movements that are prepared with a view to the shareholders' meeting on December 21, before which the Verdiblanco team has to receive the people of Castellón and visit the Pomegranate in the League and, in the interval, play the tie with UCAM Murcia in La Condomina.

Claudio Bravo, Canales and Camarasa remain the only three casualties that Manuel Pellegrini maintains in the squad, which Aissa Mandi already joined on Monday after testing negative in the latest Covid 19 tests. The Algerian central defender, described by Pellegrini as a player “Essential”, is emerging as one of the novelties in the starting lineup for Sunday's clash against Villarreal, where there may be some more in the attacking part, but not many.

Mandi was sent off at the Camp Nou after being sent off with a red card after committing a penalty and has missed the next three games, against Athletic, Eibar and Osasuna.