Pre-match information:
Place: Estadio Benito Villamarín. Seville
Date: on the 08th of November, 2018 (Thursday)
Match start: 21:00 (GMT+1)
Tournament: EUROPA League
Betis
The Green and Whites on Sunday hosted Celta. An hour later the score was 2:0 in favor of the hosts but Celts haven’t just restored equality they have taken the lead on the 84th minute of the match. Sergio Canales has saved the team from defeat – 3:3.
Thus, a 3-match series of defeats of Betis in the championship of Spain has been broken. According to the results of 11 rounds Enrique Setién’s team takes the 14th place in the standings being behind the relegation zone with four points and with the same lag from the Eurocup Top-6.
In the Europa League the results of Betis are good. The team hasn’t managed to win only away match against Olympiacos (0:0) whereas the home match with Dudelange (3:0) and away match with Milan (2:1) were lost.
Milan
Rossoneri have also won two matches out of three, having won away match against Dudelange (1:0) and home match against Olympiacos (3:1). Thanks to this the Devils are behind the leader only with one point and the representative of Luxembourg with six points.
On Sunday Milan met with Udinese. Football players didn’t please the audience with the scored goals but on the 97th minute of a match the full guard Alessio Romagnoli has managed to score a goal – 1:0.
Thanks to the third in a row and sixth out of 11 matches victory in Serie A Milan takes the fourth place in the tournament standings. It should be noted that in four cases out of five Gennaro Gattuso’s team lost points in frames of the away match.
The midfielder Samuel Castillejo is disqualified. Recently Lucas Biglia, the full back Mattia Caldara and the forward Gonzalo Higuaín have got injuries and won’t be participating in a match on Thursday.
Head-to-heads Betis vs Milan
The teams have met only in 2017 prior to the match in October. The Spanish club has won a friendly match – 2:1.
Bookmaker coefficients on the match Betis vs Milan
Betis to win – 2.25
Draw – 3.40;
Milan to win – 3.48
Match prediction
In the championship of Spain the Green and Whites demonstrate good results whereas on the Eurocup arena Enrique Setién’s team has managed to gain success. However, considering the results of the Devils in the last meetings, we think, that the team of Gattuso will fight for a draw.
Our tip:
Milan to lose (no) – odds 1.77 Asianodds
Both teams to score Yes – 1.87 Betfair