Facts and statistics of Betis – Rangers from the UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League

In a crucial final matchday, Betis faces Rangers at the Benito Villamarín Stadium, with three teams still fighting for the two qualifying places in Group C of the UEFA Europa League.

In addition to Betis and Rangers, Sparta Prague, who visits Aris Limassol on matchday six, maintains the hope of finishing in the top two. Betis is the leader with nine points, so a draw will be enough to secure classification, while Rangers, second, one point behind the green and white, must equal Sparta’s result to confirm its classification among the top two.

On the last day, Betis lost for the first time since their 1-0 defeat against Rangers on the first day, falling 1-0 at Sparta. The Rangers. For its part, it lost the opportunity to lead the group by drawing at home with Aris (1-1) despite substitute Ross McCausland’s goal.

Previous confrontations

Rangers achieved an impressive 1-0 home victory against Betis on matchday one, in their historic first meeting between the two clubs. Abdallah Sima scored from close range in the 68th minute and gave the Scottish team three points.

State of form

Betis

Balance against Scottish teams: V1 E0 D2 GF6 GC7
Home balance against Scottish teams: W1 D0 D0

Betis’ only two meetings against Scottish clubs before this season came in the 2021/22 Europa League group stage against Celtic.

The Spanish team won in Seville 4-3, with two goals from Juanmi. However, Betis fell at Celtic Park 3-2.

Betis have qualified for three consecutive European campaigns for the first time in their history, reaching the round of 16 in each of their last two editions of the Europa League.

Manuel Pellegrini’s team finished first in their group last season, remaining unbeaten in their six games (five wins and one draw), including a memorable 2-1 away win against Roma, but were then overwhelmed by Manchester United in round of 16 (4-1 away, 0-1 home).

That defeat was the second in two seasons in the same phase for the green and white, who were defeated by a goal from Eintracht in the last minute of extra time in the 2021/22 round of 16 (1-2 at home, 1- 1 out tp). Betis had finished second in their group, behind Bayer Leverkusen, before beating Zenit in the qualifying play-offs (2-3 away, 0-0 home).

Betis finished sixth in the 2022/23 League, with 60 points from 38 games, and automatically qualified for the Europa League group stage.

The Green and Whites are undefeated in their last 14 home games in the Europa League group stage (nine wins and five draws).

Rangers

Balance against Spanish teams: V4 E8 D13 GF19 GC39
Home balance against Spanish teams: W0 D3 D9

Prior to this season, Rangers faced Villarreal in the group stage of the 2018/19 Europa League, drawing away (2-2) thanks to goals from Scott Arfield and Kyle Lafferty, before drawing goalless at Ibrox and finish third in his group.

The Scottish team have not won any of their previous 12 European away games in Spain, with three draws and nine defeats. In fact, their matchday one victory at Ibrox ended a streak of 15 home and away games without a win against a Spanish team, with seven draws and eight defeats.

Last season, in their return to the Champions League for the first time since 2010/11, Rangers suffered a tough experience, as they finished last in Group A after losing all six of their games, two of them against Ajax (4-0 and 1-3) and a 1-7 against Liverpool that marked the Glasgow club’s biggest defeat at home in a UEFA competition.

Rangers only scored two goals in the group stage of last season’s Champions League and conceded 22.

Their last campaign in the Europa League was in 2021/22, when they finished second in Group A, behind Lyon. Victories in the knockout phase against Borussia Dortmund (2-4 away, 2-2 at home), Red Star (3-0 at home, 2-1 away), Braga (1-0 away, 3-1 at home tp) and Leipzig (1-0 away, 3-1 home) took them to the final, where they lost 5-4 on penalties against Eintracht Frankfurt after drawing 1-1 in Seville.

Rangers, runners-up in the Scottish League in 2022/23 after Celtic, failed to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League on this occasion, as PSV, whom Rangers had defeated in the play-offs of last season, they turned the tables at the same stage this year with a 7-3 aggregate win (2-2 home, 5-1 away).

Their goalless draw at Sparta Prague on matchday three ended a streak of seven European away defeats, from the group stage to the final.

The team dismissed Beale on October 1, and Philippe Clement, former Monaco and Brugge coach, was named his successor on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

Curiosities

Manuel Pellegrini directed Villarreal’s away victory against Rangers in the round of 16 of the 2005/06 Champions League (2-2 away, 1-1 home).

The Chilean coach was also managing Betis when they lost 3-2 to Celtic in Glasgow in December 2021.

One of the founders of Betis, Manuel Asensio Ramos, spent time studying in Scotland and chose the green and white colors after watching Celtic.

Marc Barta was in the Barcelona team defeated 2-1 at Celtic in the Champions League group stage in November 2012.

Isco’s Real Madrid lost 2-1 to Rangers at Ibrox in a pre-season friendly in July 2021.

Borja Iglesias also suffered defeat in Glasgow earlier this year. The Betis forward came off the bench in Spain’s 2-0 UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying defeat to Scotland at Hampden Park on 28 March.

Felipe was on the losing side in Celtic’s 2-1 victory away to Lazio in the Europa League group stage in November 2019 to advance to the round of 32.

John Souttar returns to Seville after being a substitute in the EURO 2024 qualification match between Spain and Scotland at the La Cartuja Stadium on October 12, with a 2-0 home victory.