The real Betis make the trip to Real Valladolid for wednesday King’s Cup Tie is looking to bounce back after suffering two successive La Liga defeats.

While Betis are still looking for Champions League places, their opponents from Valladolid occupy the third position of the second tier.

Match preview

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The high level of the season for Real Betis has been such that they can lose twice in a row in the Spanish top flight and still occupy a place in the top four of the table.

However, alarm bells will start ringing with Manuel Pellegrini, whose team needed extra time to defeat Talavera in this competition before succumbing to Athletic Bilbao and Celta Vigo.

Although their 4-0 demolition of Real Sociedad is still fresh in the memories, Betis have conceded 10 goals in their last five games, half of them in the last 20 minutes.

Betis have a more favorable fixture list ahead of them, but Pellegrini will admit his players have to overcome the frustration of previous setbacks first.

Although it was white in the previous game, Juanmi has seven more goals to his name in his last six La Liga starts.

Promoting a return to the top is Valladolid’s priority this season, PachetaThe team sits only five points behind the leaders.

However, having recorded 10 wins in their last 13 matches in all competitions, there will be a desire to add another victory to their impressive recent tally.

Back-to-back clean sheets were recorded against Real Sociedad ‘B’ and Leganes respectively, while the Israel international Shon weissman has scored in his last four appearances.

Valladolid have so far avoided playing against opposition La Liga in this competition, with their successes coming against Marchamalo and Las Palmas respectively.

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Having only played outside the substitutes’ bench this weekend, Nabil Fekir will be hoping for a recall at Betis XI.

Rodri, Cristian Tello and Borja Iglesias could also feature with Pellegrini planning to change his entire quartet forward.

Joel robles is in line to fill in between the sticks, while Aitor Ruibal can take Hector Bellerin‘s place in the back right.

Despite the quick turnaround and the prospect of a game on Saturday, Pacheta could face too many changes to his starting lineup at Valladolid.

Joaquin Fernandez will likely be a direct replacement for Jawad El Yamiq, which he replaced Sunday before the hour.

Possible starting lineup of Real Valladolid:
Masip; Perez, Sanchez, Fernandez, Martinez; Plata, Mesa, Aguado, Villa; Plano, Weissman

Possible starting lineup of Real Betis:
Robles; Ruibal, Bartra, Ruiz, Moreno; Carvalho, Guadrado; Rodri, Fekir, Tello; Iglesias

We say: Real Valladolid 1-3 Real Betis

All things considered, we expect some competitive competition on Wednesday night with Valladolid likely to imagine their chances of causing an upheaval. However, we cannot come back against Betis, who should have enough quality at both ends of the pitch to secure their place in the next round.

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