After the opening draw at Athletic Bilbao, Mallorca coach Aguirre explained that it was not a bad start for his men in La Liga: indeed, a point on a difficult pitch in any case allows them to look to the future with some optimism. Of course, now comes a Betis side who, ready and waiting, gave an important signal to the competitors for a place in the next Champions League by destroying Elche at home with no chance of appeal. The Pellegrini-led troop closed the file early, even saving energy for this second round of the championship.
Last year, the Andalusians posted a home win and an away draw in the double-header. The feeling, even this time, is that it will be difficult for Betis to snatch the entire stake. A point, however, could also be welcomed by the team led by Pellegrini, who would move up the table and certainly come out unscathed from a far from easy pitch.
Pellegrini, Betis coach ©LaPresse
The prediction
The feeling is that the two teams might as well settle for a point each and thus continue to move up the league table and remain unbeaten after two days in the championship. Perhaps Mallorca might even find their first goal of the season: in short, a challenge of at least one goal per team even.
Maiorca-Betis
line-ups
MAIORCA (5-4-1): Rajkovic; Raillo, Valjent, Copete, Maffeo, Costa; Rodriguez, Grenier, Battaglia, Lee; Muriqi.
BETIS (4-2-3-1): Silva; Moreno, Pezzella, Ruibal, Gonzalez; Rodri, Juamni; Carvalho, Fekir, Rodriguez; Iglesias.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
