Real Betis 2-1 Málaga: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Real Betis 2-1 Málaga

La Liga · Saturday 31 October 2026, 17:30 UTC · Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla, Sevilla · half-time 2-0

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Real Betis 2-1 Málaga: match report

Real Betis beat Málaga 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Marc Bartra opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Marc Bartra (38') and Pablo Fornals (45+2'). Málaga scored through Adrián Niño Heredia (68').

Discipline: Real Betis received 2 yellow cards; Málaga received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Betis were 4th on 20 points from 10 and Málaga 20th on 5 points from 10. In the current table Real Betis are 4th on 23 points and Málaga are 20th on 5 points.

Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Abde Ezzalzouli of Real Betis (8.2), ahead of Pablo Fornals (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Real Betis wins, 0 draws and 4 for Málaga.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · David LarrubiaMálaga
  • 38'Goal · Marc BartraReal Betis · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Rafita GarridoMálaga
  • 45+2'Goal · Pablo FornalsReal Betis · 2-0
  • 68'Goal · Adrián Niño HerediaMálaga · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Nelson DeossaReal Betis
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Aitor RuibalReal Betis

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Real Betis117221815+323DWLDW
20Málaga11056821-135LDLDL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Betis 6, draws 0, Málaga 4.

Team news

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Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)

Álvaro Valles, Héctor Bellerín, Marc Bartra, Natan, Fran García, Pablo Fornals, Marc Roca, Rodrigo Riquelme, Isco, Abde Ezzalzouli, Troy Parrott

Málaga line-up (4-1-4-1)

Alfonso Herrero, Carlos Puga, Fernando Calero, Einar Galilea, Rafita Garrido, Ramón Enríquez, David Larrubia, Carlos Dotor, Dani Lorenzo, Adam Aznou, Adrián Niño Heredia

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