Real Betis host Levante at Estadio de La Cartuja on Saturday 23 May at 21:00 with the home side already assured of Champions League football and the visitors still looking over their shoulders. Betis are fifth and arrive with odds of 2.25 for a home win, while Levante come in as survival hopefuls who may need a point from their final game to guarantee safety if other results go against them.
Betis have won their last two La Liga home matches and, despite losing 3-1 away to Barcelona in their previous league outing, still carry the sharper edge of a team that has already hit its target. Isco scored in that defeat at Camp Nou, a reminder that Betis continue to find threats in the final third even when the result goes against them.
Levante, by contrast, are arriving with momentum of their own after a 2-0 win over Mallorca that made it three straight victories. Carlos Espi and Kervin Arriaga scored in that match, and both should again be central to any hopes of taking something from Seville. Levante have won only four away games all season, which is one reason Betis are being framed as the likelier winner on Saturday night.
The head-to-head record leans toward a tight contest rather than a one-sided one. Betis have not lost to Levante in the past four meetings, and the last clash between the sides finished 2-2 at Estadi Ciutat de València. Across the previous eight meetings, Betis have four wins, Levante have three and one has ended in a draw, a balance that suggests neither side has been able to fully impose itself for long.
There is also a clear contrast in how each team has reached this point. Betis have already secured Champions League qualification, which removes the immediate pressure of the table but not the desire to finish strongly in front of their own supporters. Levante, on the other hand, are playing with survival on the line, and that usually makes late-season matches feel less like a formality and more like a test of nerve. That difference in stakes is what gives this fixture its edge today.
Betis will look to Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, who leads the squad with four goals and three assists, while Juan Hernandez has three goals and Pablo Fornals and Hector Bellerin have two each. Alvaro Valles has kept two clean sheets for Betis, another sign that they have been harder to break down at home in recent weeks.
Levante’s attacking burden falls largely on Carlos Espi, who leads the side with six goals. Ivan Romero has three, while Kervin Arriaga and Victor Garcia have two each. Jon Olasagasti leads the team with three assists, and Mathew Ryan has kept four clean sheets in Levante’s previous 10 games, a detail that could matter if the visitors decide to stay compact and play for the point they may need.
Betis were named in a 4-2-3-1 with Adrian, Hector Bellerin, Diego Llorente, Natan, Ricardo Rodriguez, Pablo Fornals, Marc Roca, Antony, Isco, Abdessamad Ezzalzouli and Juan Hernandez. Levante were listed in the same shape with Mathew Ryan, Jeremy Toljan, Adrian De La Fuente, Matias Moreno, Manuel Sanchez, Kervin Arriaga, Jon Olasagasti, Kareem Tunde, Pablo Martinez, Ivan Romero and Carlos Espi. On paper, it is a meeting between a side already looking upward and another still trying to avoid the drop, and that is often when La Liga games become most difficult to read.
