The real Betis started the season badly, adding only 2 points out of 9 (22%) in their first three games, against Mallorca, Cádiz and Real Madrid, although it has notably improved its performance since the last break, after already having the full squad, with which he has added 10 points out of 15 (67%) in LaLiga, the result of three victories (against Granada, Osasuna and Getafe), a draw (Espanyol) and a defeat (Villarreal), so at the moment he adds 12 of the 24 points played (50%), which gives him to be 10th in the standings after the 8th day, although Villarreal (11 pts) could happen to him if he scores in the game that he has postponed against Alavés. The Verdiblancos have also won their two Europa League matches, Celtic and Ferencvaros.
The 12 points that Betis adds after 8 games are the same as it had just a year ago at the command of Pellegrini (4G 0E 4P) -then it was 8th- and three more than those that it added in 2019/20 with Rubi (2G 3E 3P), when he was 16th. In 2018/19, in the second season with Setién, the numbers were almost a copy of those of now: 12 points, the result of 3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats, although then the team was 8th (in La Liga Europa there were tied in Athens with Olympiacos and thrashed at Dudelange). In the 2017/18 season, Setién’s first, Betis had 13 points after eight rounds (4G 1E 3P) and he was ninth, while in 2016/17 with Poyet he added 8 points (2G 2E 4P) and was 16th. In 2015/16, newly promoted, the Betis had 11 points with Pepe Mel (3G 2E 3P) and was 11th.
The last season with Pellegrini Days 9, 10 and 11 resulted in three defeats – against Barcelona 5-2, Athletic 4-0 and Eibar 0-2-, as Betis’ reaction did not arrive until the 12th when they won in Pamplona. With the Chilean coach, Betis lost 7 of their first 11 games (64% of defeats) and then they have only lost 6 of 42 (14%), 4 defeats in the 32 remaining matches of 2020/21 -including the Cup- and 2 in the 10 that he has played in 2021/22 -including the Europa League-.
The stage of days 9 to 11 has not been good at Betis in recent years, if with Pellegrini he lost all three games, with Rubi he added two defeats (Real Sociedad and Granada) and one victory (Celta), with Setién two defeats (Valladolid and Getafe) and one draw (Celta) in 2018/19 and one victory (Alavés), one defeat (Espanyol) and one draw (Getafe ) in 2017/18. Poyet was fired in 2016 after beating Osasuna in the 9th and losing to Espanyol and Villarreal in the 10th and 11th. While in 2015/16 with Mel, Betis drew 1-1 with Granada in the 9th, lost 1-3 with Athletic in the 10th and beat Málaga 0-1 in the 11th.
In these last six seasons, Betis adds 4 victories, 3 draws and 11 defeats in the matches played between the 9th, 10th and 11th days, the one that is the worst in the Championship. Now after the break they have Alavés, Rayo and Valencia, while for the 12th and 13th matchdays Atlético and Sevilla FC remain -just before the next stoppage-, with a double commitment against Leverkusen and first place in the group stage. of the Europa League at stake.
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