Real Betis 2-0 Villarreal: result and report

Real Betis 2-0 Villarreal

La Liga · Saturday 17 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Real Betis beat Villarreal 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Aitor Ruibal opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Aitor Ruibal (57') and Pablo Fornals (83'). Villarreal did not score.

Discipline: Real Betis received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Real Betis were 6th on 29 points from 19 and Villarreal 3rd on 41 points from 18. Real Betis went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Villarreal 3rd with 72.

Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Antony of Real Betis (7.7), level with Pablo Fornals (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Betis wins, 2 draws and 4 for Villarreal.

Going into the match Real Betis's last five read D-L-W-D-L and Villarreal's W-W-L-W-W.