Real Betis and Real Sociedad will face off in the La Liga matchday 17 at Estadio Benito Villamarin on Sunday. The kick-off is at 19:30 CEST.

Preview

It's been a quite successful campaign for Real Betis in the Spanish top flight this term so far as Manuel Pellegrini's men are now third in the league table with 30 points, nine points adrift of leaders Real Madrid. What's more, the Verdiblancos will be hosting Sociedad on the back of a three-game winning streak in La Liga, including a 1-0 victory over Barcelona last Saturday when Juanmi's only strike secured all three points for Betis at Camp Nou. Even if Pellegrini's crop were beaten 3-2 by Celtic in the Europa League on Thursday, they have qualified for the competition's knock-out rounds anyway.

Imanol Alguacil's crop, for their part, destroyed PSV Eindhoven 3-0 on the same day to secure the second-placed finish in their EL group. As for their run in the domestic league, Sociedad suffered their first home loss this season to Real Madrid (2-0) last weekend to find themselves in fifth in the standings, just one point behind Betis and with a game in hand.

Team news

Youssouf Sabaly and Victor Camarasa are the only injury doubts in the hosts' squad while the visiting side will be without the services of Nacho Monreal, Mikel Merino, David Silva and Carlos Fernandez in Seville for the same reason.

Prediction

Betis have been much more convincing than Sociedad over the last few weeks which resulted in last week's triumph at Barcelona and thus we'd rather give Pellegrini's men a slight advantage in this encounter. Sociedad, however, definitely pose a major threat to the Verdiblancos' European hopes this season, so we wouldn't be surprised if the upcoming clash goes down to the wire with one or two goals deciding its outcome.

Tip

Real Betis not to lose and total under 3.5 at 1.85 with 1XBET.