Real Madrid can reduce the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to six points on Friday, three weeks away from the Clasico meeting.
Who: real betis vs real madrid
What: spanish la liga
Where: Estadio La Cartuja de Seville in Seville, Spain
When: Friday 9pm (20:00 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 17:00 GMT, before our live text commentary stream.
Real Madrid will continue to chase league leaders Barcelona when they visit Real Betis on Friday, but the record La Liga winners know any slip-up now will dash their hopes of winning silverware this season.
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Barca plays Getafe on Saturday but could only beat Celta Vigo by a narrow margin on Wednesday to respond to Real’s latest win a day earlier.
It’s been a tumultuous season for Los Blancos on and off the field, but they’re still fighting. Al Jazeera Sport takes a closer look at their latest fixture.
How is the La Liga race between Real Madrid and Barcelona looking?
Barcelona are nine points ahead of Real after a 1-0 win against Celta Vigo.
The two Spanish giants have been knocked out of the UEFA Champions League, where they both stood as favourites.
The quarterfinal exit came as a shock for both and all attention now turns to the La Liga race with only six rounds of matches left.
What is Real Madrid’s form before the Real Betis match?
Real’s season is going from bad to worse. Their 13 wins in the first 14 games of the season under new coach Xabi Alonso are a distant memory.
Barcelona have long held on to the La Liga title, which Los Blancos have strengthened by winning just one of their last three league matches.
Consecutive La Liga defeats at Osasuna and at home to Getafe in March handed full control of the league to Barça, although three consecutive wins thereafter kept them on the Catalans’ tail.
However, there is no doubt that no points can be dropped from this point forward for the Madrid giants.
Including the defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Real’s 2-1 win against Alaves on Tuesday was their first win in five matches, a run which has seen them lose three games.
Will Real Madrid play Barcelona in a Clasico again this season?
One of the hopes that Real have in the final six games of the La Liga season is that they still have to play Barcelona in the Clasico.
The match in Barcelona on May 10 will give their rivals a chance to reduce the lead, even if only by three points. After that game there will be three more rounds of La Liga matches.
What happened the last time Real Madrid played Real Betis?
Real Madrid had won 5–1 at home in their last La Liga encounter this season, with Gonzalo GarcÃa scoring a hat-trick on January 4.
Raul Asensio and Fran Garcia were also on the scoresheet, while Cucho Hernandez scored a consolation goal for Betis midway through the second half.
What happened in the relevant La Liga match last season?
Last season, Betis came back from behind against Real Madrid at home and won 2-1.
Brahim Diaz had given Los Blancos the lead, but Johnny Cardoso and Isco converted penalties against their former club.
head to head
This will be the 143rd meeting between the two teams in which Real has won 78 matches while Real Betis has emerged victorious on 32 occasions.
real betis team news
Betis have reinstated former Manchester United winger Antony from a one-match suspension.
Junior Firpo missed one inning, but Diego Llorente and Angel Ortiz have a chance to play despite ankle and hamstring problems, respectively.
Real Betis predicted starting lineup
Vallés; Bellerin, Bartra, Natan, Rodriguez; Amrabat, stopped; Antony, Fornals, Ezalzouli; hernandez
real madrid team news
Real’s faint hopes of overcoming Barcelona in La Liga were dealt another blow on Thursday with Eder Militao and Arda Guler both ruled out for the remainder of the season.
The club said Brazilian defender Militao has a left thigh injury while Turkish attacking midfielder Guler has been sidelined with a right thigh problem.
At the moment, neither the 28-year-old Militao nor the 21-year-old Guler are in danger of missing the World Cup final.
Real Madrid predicted starting lineup
Lunin; Alexander-Arnold, Rudiger, Huijsen, Carreras; Valverde, Bellingham, Tchoumeni, Guler; vinicius, mbappe
