Overview
Valencia is reviving strongly in 2025 under coach Carlos Corberan. They even had a time when they were close to the group competing for tickets to the European Cup.
However, having a very bad first half of the 2024-2025 season has prevented Valencia from catching up with other opponents. Two consecutive losses to Alaves and Athletic Bilbao have also ended their hopes for this season.
Despite not being able to qualify for the European Cup, Valencia will still want to have a positive result to end this year's season. However, they are on a streak of 6 consecutive matches without a win when visiting Benito Villamarin. The last time they won 3 points here was in April 2019.
Meanwhile, all of Real Betis' focus for the rest of the season has been on the Europa Conference League final. This is an opportunity for the Andalusia representative to win the first European title in the club's history.
With a priority for the continental playground, Real Betis has not played well in La Liga despite being able to enter the top 5 at one point. They have only won 2 points in the last 3 matches in La Liga, but it is clear that this is still in the plan of coach Manuel Pellegrini's team.
With 59 points in hand, Real Betis have secured a ticket to the Europa League next season. And they have reason to give the pillars a boost in the final match of La Liga. This will be the basis for believing that Real Betis will hardly get 3 points against Valencia. But at least they will know how to keep 1 point at home at Benito Villamarin.
Personnel situation
Real Betis will be without Ezequiel Avila, Hector Bellerin and Diego Llorente due to injury. Meanwhile, Cedric Bakambu and Pablo Fornals are likely to start.
On the other side of the front line, Diego Lopez, Dimitri Foulquier and Thierry correia are still injured and will be absent in this match. Duro is likely to return to the starting lineup, while Mouctar Diakhaby will feature in central defence.
Expected lineup:
Real Betis: Adrian, Ruibal, Natan, Mendy Perraud, Cardoso, Altimira, Fornals, Isco, Ezzalzouli, Bakambu.
Valencia: Mamardashvili, Gaya, Diakhaby, tarrega, Mosquera, Jaime, Barrenechea, Guerra, Rioja, Almeida, Duro.
The match between Real Betis and Valencia takes place at 2:00 am on May 24 (Vietnam time).
