Betis – Valencia | Shot climbing on Guido’s return: preview, analysis, forecast and prediction

betis and Valencia face each other this afternoon at the La Cartuja Stadium in a match marked by the return to Spanish football of Guido Rodríguez. The Argentine midfielder shone with his own light during his time as a green and white player and could make his debut with the Che team precisely against his former team in a key match for both: recovering fifth place is the challenge for Pellegrini’s team and a ‘rise’ in the table to ward off the ghosts is what Corberán is looking for.

The emotional boost achieved with their qualification for the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League collides in Betis with the reality they are experiencing due to injuries. Pellegrini does not recover any of the seven players with physical problems for this match and to make matters worse he loses Natan, one of his defensive pillars, through suspension. Although the size of their squad, awaiting final reinforcement, and playing in La Cartuja are enough arguments to try to take advantage of Espanyol’s failure and recover fifth place in the league standings.

In the best moment of the season, after two consecutive victories, Valencia appears in La Cartuja. Of course, as the rest of the teams involved in the lower zone are adding points, they need to prolong this streak to really look upward, as Guido Rodríguez claimed in his presentation. The normal thing is that both the Argentine and Unai Núñez – the last to arrive – start on the bench and that Corberán bets almost on the same team that beat Espanyol and the changes come in the Cup.

Abde vs. Danjuma. The Moroccan winger from Betis has returned from the African Cup at an extraordinary level and comes into the game after scoring in two games in a row, one in LaLiga, against Alavés, and another in the Europa League, against Feyenoord. On the other side will be the Dutch footballer from Valencia, who gave a great assist in his team’s victory last weekend against Espanyol. Two very different footballers, but they always bring danger to the rival area.

Betis 2-2 Valencia: Betis is a fairly solid team in La Cartuja, but the truth is that the pressures of its calendar, where it remains alive in the three competitions, and the plague of injuries it suffers significantly reduce its potential. He comes to the game after a great effort on Thursday against Feyenoord, with hardly any options to rotate, without Natan, a life insurance back, and against a Valencia that, despite its poor results away from Mestalla throughout the season, comes to the game on an ascending line and in its best moment.