Eibar and Betis face in the thirty-sixth day of LaLiga Santander. This party of Ipurúa face two rivals with very different goals and situations; Gunsmiths arrive as bottom runners and need to continue their streak of consecutive victories, after winning at Alaves at home (3-0) and at Getafe away (0-1), while the Verdiblanco team has 7 games without losing defeat, although 6 of them were consecutive draws and came from beating Granada at home 2-1, thanks to a double of Borja Iglesias.
“The panda” has 10 goals in the last 14 games with him Real Betis and it presents itself as the great threat to the Eibar in Ipurúa. The Sevillian team right now is sixth classified with 54 points, two from the Real society, fifth with 56, and two ahead of him Villarreal, seventh with 52 and occupying the position of Conference league. If he wins the Betis in Ipurúa will ensure his return to European competition, since he has a 7-point advantage over the Celta Vigo (eighth with 47) and nine to be played.
Besides the Real Betis recovers to Nabil Fekir, who was lost due to accumulation of cautions in the 2-1 victory against the Granada by Diego Martínez in the past day, where he cut a historic streak of six consecutive draws.
The team of Manuel Pellegrini They have gained solidity and are a very difficult team to beat, in addition to having an important squad with which they can unbalance the games in the second half. He will face an Eibar especially motivated to achieve the feat of salvation, since although he is still bottom he is two points from the goal and has just achieved two consecutive wins.
These two victories are not only tremendously meritorious for the fact of achieving them, but for the “how”. The SD Eibar have been without winning a match for 16 consecutive matches, since winning at Granada in Ipurúa on January 3 (2-0 against Granada), until they defeated Alavés again at home (3-0), the Basque derby on matchday 34. Added to the victory against Getafe, He went from 23 points to 29 just two dates, and with 3 days left he is two points behind Real Valladolid (31), which marks salvation, and three Alaves (32), which is one place above.
They want to continue with the streak and for this they need to defeat the Betis, one of the best teams in the championship, especially in 2021. The hat-trick achieved by Kike Gacia before him Alaves (the first of his life in First division), will serve as an impetus to try to achieve it against the Verdiblanco team, in a life or death duel for the Basque team.
In the first round, the Eibar already gave the surprise in the Benito Villamarín stadium, where they won 0-2, thanks to goals from Mutt and of Esteban Burgos penalty, both achieved in the second half. While this Betis It is a much more solid and compact team than the one at that time, so the gunsmith team intends to repeat a similar success.
When is Eibar – Betis played?
The game is played today, Thursday 13 May, at 20.00 hours
Where do you see Eibar – Betis?
The meeting can be seen openly through GOAL TV. You can follow all the information about the Basque derby live on the Mundo Deportivo website.