Betis took perfect advantage of a day of favorable results to win in Mallorca, establish their fifth place and get closer to the positions of, four points from fourth place, now in possession of Atlético. The Andalusian team was the fair winner of the clash and had more chances to round out the score against a Mallorca that remains in the relegation zone. Jagoba Arrasate’s men had options in the second half, but only found danger in direct balls to Muriqi, who scored his 16th goal of the season. Betis, which has improved a lot in defense, is counterattacking excellently. Manuel Pellegrini, who is very good at Mallorca, is close to the Champions League positions by achieving his third consecutive victory.
1
Leo Román, David López, Johan Mojica (Toni Lato, min. 81), Martin Valjent, Pablo Maffeo, Sergi Darder (Pablo Torre, min. 77), Jan Virgili, Omar Mascarell (Manu Morlanes, min. 45), Mateo Joseph (Zito Luvumbo, min. 45), Samú Costa (Antonio Sánchez, min. 77) y Vedat Muriqi
2
Álvaro Valles, Diego Llorente (Marc Bartra, 45 min), Nathan, Ricardo Rodriguez, Aitor Ruibal (Ángel Ortiz, 66 min), Pablo Fornals, Marc Roca, Álvaro Fidalgo (Sergi Altimira, 66 min), Abde Ezzalzouli, Antony y Cédric Bakambu (Nelson Deossa, min. 88)
Goals
0-1 min. 17: Abde. 0-2 min. 46: Cases. 1-2 min. 65: Follower
Referee Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos
yellow cards
Llorente (min. 15), Samuel Costa (min. 20), Aitor Ruibal (min. 43), Manu Morlanes (min. 49), Álvaro Vallés (min. 54), Muriqi (min. 58), Maffeo (min. 60)
Mallorca felt the pressure of starting their match against Betis in the relegation zone. Valencia’s victory suffocated a team that faced another with much clearer ideas. Betis are in a good moment, with two wingers of enormous quality, a signing like Fidalgo who gives them a lot of balance and the advantage of facing this match with a clean week. Three minutes later, from the center of the field after a rebound from Leo Román that hit the post. Betis, for sure, hardly suffered from the primary attacks of a Mallorca that only found some respite in the actions of Virgili.
Just after Valles closed the path to Mallorca’s fast winger, Betis created a wonderful counterattack. Antony shot and Leo rejected towards the center, where Abde connected perfectly to make it 0-1. Betis dominated the game with skill and Mallorca’s attempts were very frustrating. In another slingshot counterattack, Betis dealt a blow that could have been decisive. He participated, now with a great pass to Bakambu that the Betic striker converted into the second goal.
Betis, secure in their advantage, took a step back to take advantage of the spaces that Mallorca was going to leave. He had up to three clear chances to put the game away, at the feet of Fornals, twice, and another from Antony. Leo Román kept his team with the hope of achieving at least a draw. But it didn’t arrive and Betis took three very important points, which put it in the most important area of the classification. , will have to continue fighting in the lower zone. Jagoba Arrasate’s men try, but they lack the talent to attack teams as reliable as Betis.
