Overview
Chelsea's journey to the Europa Conference League final of the 2024-2025 season has been relatively easy. After leading the League Phase with 6 wins, the Stamford Bridge team easily eliminated Copenhagen, Legia and Djurgarden to advance to the final match.
The Blues are the club with the best attack in the league, with a total of 41 goals in 14 matches (an average of 2.93 goals/match). Before the match against Real Betis, Chelsea had an impressive start when defeating Manchester United and Nottingham Forest to finish fourth in the Premier League.
Coach Enzo Maresca's team has officially won a ticket to the Champions League next season. The Blues' defense has also been playing steadily in recent times.
Meanwhile, Real Betis' journey in the Europa Conference League has been somewhat more difficult. The Andalusia team is only 15th in the League Phase and has gone through a relatively difficult knockout round.
In the final period of the season, coach Manuel Pellegrini's team also showed signs of losing steam. This is reflected in a series of 5 consecutive matches without a win, including 4 draws and 1 loss.
The defense of the Benito Villamarin team is having problems. They have conceded 11 consecutive goals in a total of 17 goals. In the context of still missing a series of defensive players such as Llorente, Sabaly, Roca or Bellerin due to injury, Betis promises to have many difficulties against Chelsea.
Chelsea and Real Betis will face each other for the first time since meeting in 2006 in the Champions League group stage. Both teams have won their home games and kept a clean sheet.
Personnel situation
Real Betis will not be able to have the services of Chimy Avila, Llorente, Bellerin and Roca. Meanwhile, the possibility of Fran Vieites, Giovani Lo Celso and Youssouf Sabaly playing is also uncertain.
On the other side of the front line, after serving his suspension, Nicolas Jackson is expected to return to the Chelsea starting lineup. However, The Blues will be without defender Wesley Fofana due to injury.
Expected lineup:
Real Betis: Adrian, Ruibal, Bartra, Natan, Rodriguez, Cardoso, Fornals, Antony, Isco, Ezzalzouli, Bakambu.
Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella, Fernandez, Caicedo, Madueke, Palmer, Neto, Jackson.
The match between Real Betis and Chelsea takes place at 2:00 am on May 29 (Vietnam time).
