Villarreal vs Betis Prediction, 8/13/2023 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 8/9/2023

Game: Villarreal vs Betis

Date: Sunday, August 13, 2023

Location: Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Villarreal (-132) Betis (+350)

Villarreal (19-6-11 last year) will compete against Betis (16-8-12 last season) at Estadio de la Cerámica on Sunday. Real Betis are priced at +350 while Villarreal are priced -132. The over/under is 2.5. The expected starting goalkeepers are Pepe Reina Villarreal and Rui Silva Betis.

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Villarreal finished with 107 SVs and also had a SV rate of 77.5 for the previous season. The team's goal differential sat at 20 because of 56 goals tallied in addition to 36 goals allowed. Last season, this squad held an average of 1.75 pts/match (63 pts) and also sat at 7th in the league with 32 assists. The Submarino Amarillos had a rank of 4th in expected goals with 59.6, and the expected goals against came in at 47.2. Villarreal accumulated 83 yellow cards over the course of last year in addition to 4 red cards. Villarreal conceded 36 goals while surrendering 1.00 G/90, and the other team recorded 142 SoT against them. They earned 12 clean sheets, which had them at a rate of 33.3 over the course of the prior season.

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Betis had 43 goals and their expected goals over the course of last year was 48.6. The team's goals against per 90 min sat at 1.08 in addition to 102 saves, and they tallied 13 clean sheets. On the year, Real Betis had a save rate of 74.3 (140 SoTA), and they also had a ranking of 6th in the league with 56 points. Betis had a ranking of 8th when talking about goals allowed with 39, and their goal differential was at 4. Betis amassed a shut out percentage of 36.1 last season in addition to 78 yellow card cautions. The Green and Whites sported an average of 1.6 points per fixture while recording 23 assists and 15 red cards.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Villarreal will be Pepe Reina. Reina has seen the pitch for a total of 58,272 minutes and has earned 1,850 saves in his career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.03 (666 total goals given up) and his save percentage is 74.5. The keeper born in Spain has seen 2,515 shots tried against him in 649 starts. Reina (344-157-147 mark in his professional soccer career) has earned 250 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 38.5% clean sheet percentage.

Rui Silva is expected to look after the net for Betis. He has allowed 1.27 goals per 90 mins and he has a record of 83-44-78. Silva has totaled 66 shutouts while seeing 692 shots attempted against him in 18,639 career mins. During his pro soccer career, Silva has surrendered 262 goals and has earned 454 saves in 205 starting assignments. He is the owner of a save percentage of 68.4 and his clean sheet rate sits at 32.2%.

Alex Baena is a guy who has a chance to score for Villarreal. The forward hailing from Spain has accumulated 11 goals in 4,906 minutes played. Baena has been in the starting lineup in 56 contests so far in his career and tallies 0.20 goals per 90 mins. He has accounted for 8 assists while accumulating 29 yellow card warnings thus far in his career.

Betis has a player in Borja Iglesias, who is a thorn in the side of defenses. The forward who is from Spain has earned 13,794 professional minutes and he has scored 78 goals. He currently averages 0.51 goals per 90 minutes and has been a starter in 157 contests during his soccer career. He has accumulated 23 yellow card cautions thus far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 14 times.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Betis (+350)

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