Real Betis and Real Madrid have named their starting sides for their Liga meeting at the Estadio Benito Villamarin on Friday.
The fifth-placed visitors won for the first time in eight top-flight matches with a 3-2 comeback victory at Girona on Tuesday and start five points above sixth-placed Getafe with six matches of the season remaining.
Second-placed Madrid won 2-1 at home to Alaves on the same night and are nine points behind leaders Barcelona, who visit Getafe on Saturday (15:15 BST).
101GreatGoals.com has full team news from Real Betis vs Real Madrid in La Liga, as well as details on how to watch live.
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Real Betis confirmed starting team vs Madrid
Betis make five changes, bringing in Hector Bellerin, Ricardo Rodriguez, Alvaro Fidalgo, former Manchester United winger Antony and Cedric Bakambu.
Left-back Junior Firpo (muscle) is out for Real Betis and attacking focal point Cucho Hernandez is on the bench after being substituted at half-time against Girona with knee discomfort.
Former Madrid playmaker Isco continued his comeback from a long-term ankle injury by coming off the bench in that game.
Having also been kept out by a broken fibula earlier in the campaign, Isco has made only one 30-minute appearance in the 2025/26 Liga after contributing 12 goals and 11 assists in all competitions last season.
Real Betis starting XI: Valles, Bellerin, Batra, Natan, Ricardo, Amrabata, Fornals, Fidalgo, Antony, Ez Abde, Bakambu
Betis substitutes: Llorente, Altimira, Avila, Gomez, Riquelme, Deossa, Hernandez, Lo Celso, Roca, Isco, Ruibal, Lopez
Real Madrid full line up vs Betis
Defender Eder Militao, who had only just returned from a long-term injury, and playmaker Arda Guler will miss the rest of the season with hamstring injuries for Madrid, who make four changes.
Thiago Pitarch, Antonio Rudiger, Ferland Mendy and Brahim Diaz come in.
Winger Rodrygo (knee) and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (muscle) are sidelined. Raul Asencio has missed two games as the defender recovers from gastroenteritis.
Real Madrid starting XI: Lunin, Alexander-Arnold, Rudiger, Huijsen, Mendy, Bellingham, Valverde, Thiago, Brahim, Mbappe, Vinicius Junior
Madrid substitutes: Navarro, Carvajal, Alaba, Camavinga, Gonzalo, Asencio, Carreras, Garcia, Mastantuono, Aguado, Cestero, Angel
Where to watch Real Betis v Real Madrid: TV and online streams
Kick-off on Friday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 2 and streaming available on a vast range of devices via the Premier Sports app.
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Real Betis v Real Madrid stats
- Real Betis are unbeaten in their last three home matches against Madrid, ending a run of two draws by prevailing 2-1 last season through Isco’s winner
- They have conceded no more than once in five of their last six visits from Madrid, last letting in more at home in the fixture in a 3-2 defeat in September 2020
- No team in this season’s Liga have drawn more games than Betis (13, one ahead of Rayo Vallecano)
- Manuel Pellegrini’s team have led and conceded equalisers in each of their last three games in all competitions
- Morocco winger Abde Ezzalzouli has scored once in each of those matches
- Kylian Mbappe is the top scorer in the top flight (24), immediately ahead of Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi (21)
- Only Mbappe (28), Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal (27) and Muriqi (22) have more direct goal involvements in this season’s division than Madrid’s Vinicius Junior (17)
- That defeat in 2024/25 is Madrid’s only loss in the last 11 editions of the fixture since March 2020 (W5 D5)
- Madrid have conceded the fewest away goals in this season’s Liga (16 in 15 matches, one fewer than Celta Vigo)
- They have conceded after the 88th minute in three of their last five matches, including three goals after the 90th minute
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