Real Betis and Espanyol play out goalless draw

Match report

Honours were even between Real Betis and Espanyol at Estadio de La Cartuja on Saturday, 4 April 2026, the La Liga matchday 30 game finishing 0-0. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Real Betis had 70% of the ball and 19 shots (6 on target) against Espanyol’s 8 (1 on target). Pablo Fornals (Real Betis) was the top-rated player with 8.2. The result leaves Real Betis 3rd in the La Liga table on 16 points and Espanyol 15th on 7.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Real Betis

3rd · 16 points · P 7 W 5 D 1 L 1

Form

Espanyol

15th · 7 points · P 7 W 2 D 1 L 4

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
2	Atletico Madrid	7	+9	16
3	Real Betis	7	+2	16
4	Real Madrid	7	+10	15
14	Celta Vigo	7	+2	7
15	Espanyol	7	0	7
16	Racing Santander	7	-10	7

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sun, 10 Jan 2027, Espanyol – Real Betis

Full Real Betis vs Espanyol head-to-head

Match events

58'substitutionR. Fernandez JaenOff: K. Garcia
62'yellow cardCarlos RomeroYellow Card
66'substitutionAntonyOff: A. Ezzalzouli
67'yellow cardOmar El HilaliYellow Card
70'yellow cardClemens RiedelYellow Card
74'substitutionH. BellerinOff: C. Avila
75'substitutionS. AltimiraOff: P. Garcia
76'yellow cardAitor RuibalYellow Card
78'substitutionT. DolanOff: Jofre
78'substitutionC. NgongeOff: R. Sanchez
84'substitutionExpositoOff: R. Terrats

Lineups

Real Betis

Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Manuel Pellegrini

Starting XI

Substitutes

Espanyol

Formation 4-4-1-1 · Coach Manolo Gonzalez

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

70%Possession30%
1.38Expected goals (xG)0.20
19Total shots8
6Shots on target1
10Shots off target6
3Blocked shots1
13Shots inside the box1
6Shots outside the box7
4Corners3
1Offsides4
12Fouls18
1Yellow cards3
–Red cards–
1Goalkeeper saves6
662Passes280
587Accurate passes204
89%Pass accuracy73%
0.89Goals prevented0.89

Player statistics

Real Betis

Real Betis player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Álvaro VallesG	90	6.7		24 · 83%
2Héctor BellerínD	74	7.9		59 · 88%	2	1	4/7
3Diego LlorenteD	90	7.6	1 (1)	89 · 94%		3	7/10
5Marc BartraD	90	7.2	1 (0)	100 · 89%		2	5/10
16Valentín GómezD	90	7.2	1 (1)	53 · 87%		3	7/14
6Sergi AltimiraM	75	7.3	1 (1)	55 · 93%		5	10/15
8Pablo FornalsMTop rated	90	8.2	1 (0)	84 · 88%	9		3/6
14Sofyan AmrabatM	90	7.9	1 (0)	86 · 94%	1	2	2/6
7AntonyF	66	6.5	2 (1)	31 · 74%			1/6
19Cucho HernándezF	90	6.3	2 (0)	12 · 92%			2/8
24Aitor RuibalF	90	6.6	4 (2)	44 · 77%		2	5/9
13AdriánG	–	–
25Pau LópezG	–	–
4NatanD	–	–
12Ricardo RodríguezD	–	–
15Álvaro FidalgoM	–	–
17Rodrigo RiquelmeM	–	–
18Nelson DeossaM	–	–
21Marc RocaM	–	–
9Chimy ÁvilaF	16	6.3		6 · 67%			1/2
10Abdessamad EzzalzouliF	24	6.6		11 · 91%			3/5
52Pablo GarcíaF	15	6.5	2 (0)	8 · 100%

Espanyol

Espanyol player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
13Marko DmitrovićG	90	8.2		35 · 34%
6Leandro CabreraD	90	7.3		30 · 80%			0/2
22Carlos RomeroD	90	7.2		21 · 81%		3	4/7
23Omar El HilaliD	90	6.9		18 · 83%		2	5/10
38Clemens RiedelD	90	7.2		31 · 81%		3	7/9
4Urko GonzálezM	90	6.3	2 (0)	37 · 65%		1	3/7
10Pol LozanoM	90	6.6		33 · 85%			3/8
16Cyril NgongeM	78	6.5	1 (0)	11 · 73%			6/12
24Tyrhys DolanM	78	7.3		17 · 82%	1	2	7/12
8Edu ExpósitoF	84	6.7	2 (0)	26 · 88%	2	1	4/10
9Roberto FernándezF	58	6.2	1 (1)	10 · 80%			4/9
1Angel FortunoG	–	–
30Pol Tristan JimenezG	–	–
2Rubén SánchezD	12	6.9	1 (0)			1	3/4
5Fernando CaleroD	–	–
12Jose SalinasD	–	–
15Miguel RubioD	–	–
14Ramón TerratsM	10	6.7		3 · 0%			1/1
17Jofre CarrerasF	12	6.2		1 · 0%			0/3
19Kike GarcíaF	32	6.5		7 · 86%	1		1/4
20Antoniu RocaF	–	–