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Real Betis vs Real Madrid

Competition – La Liga

Stadium: Estadio La Cartuja

Date: 24th April 2026

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Friday evening at the Estadio La Cartuja in Seville, and Real Betis host Real Madrid in a La Liga fixture that means very different things to each side. Betis sit fifth on 46 points — a position of relative comfort in the table with European football for next season already a realistic prospect — while Real Madrid arrive in second place on 70, nine points behind Barcelona with seven games to play. The title is not yet lost for Los Blancos, but it has rarely looked further away, and an increasingly inconsistent run of form in recent weeks has added genuine pressure to the visit to Seville.

Betis come into this one having endured a difficult end to their season on multiple fronts. Their most recent outing ended in a 4–2 home defeat to Braga in the Europa League knockout stage — a result that brought their European campaign to a close. Prior to that, a 1–1 draw away at Osasuna in the league was a low-energy performance that yielded a single point. Before that, a 1–1 draw away at Braga in the first leg had set up the tie but ultimately proved insufficient. Earlier in this run, a goalless home draw with Espanyol and a 2–1 defeat away at Athletic Bilbao complete a sequence of no wins, three draws and two defeats from the last five. The Europa League exit may free up mental and physical energy for the run-in, but the form is far from convincing.

Real Madrid’s recent record makes for similarly uncomfortable reading for their supporters. Their most recent outing ended in a 4–3 defeat away at Bayern Munich in the Champions League knockout stage — a result that ended their European campaign and left the club with only the league title as a realistic target. Prior to that, a 1–1 home draw with Girona in La Liga squandered two vital points. Before that, a 2–1 home defeat to Bayern in the first leg was the beginning of the end in Europe. Earlier in this run, a 2–1 defeat away at Mallorca in the league — one of the season’s more damaging setbacks — contrasts with a 3–2 home win over Atlético Madrid earlier, which now looks like a distant high point. One win, one draw and three defeats from five is the form of a team whose title aspirations are hanging by a thread.

The head-to-head record favours Real Madrid, who have won two of the last five meetings, with two draws and one win for Betis. Most recently, Madrid won 5–1 at home in January 2026 — a dominant result at the Bernabéu. In the previous encounter, Betis won 2–1 at home in March 2025 — a result that demonstrated the Verdiblancos can find a way against the Madrid machine on their own ground.

Barcelona’s nine-point lead with seven games remaining makes the title race mathematically tight but practically mountainous for Madrid. A win tonight moves them to 73, keeping pressure on Barcelona, but anything less could effectively end the challenge.

In Spain, the match is live on DAZN Spain, DAZN LaLiga, DAZN LaLiga 2, and Movistar+. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the game is available via the Premier Sports Player. In the United States, viewers can watch on ESPN Deportes, ESPN Select, and fuboTV.


Real Betis Form

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
L Betis 2–4 Braga Europa League Apr 16, 2026
D Osasuna 1–1 Betis La Liga Apr 12, 2026
D Braga 1–1 Betis Europa League Apr 8, 2026
D Betis 0–0 Espanyol La Liga Apr 4, 2026
L Ath. Bilbao 2–1 Betis La Liga Mar 22, 2026

Real Madrid Form

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
L Bayern 4–3 Real Madrid Champions League Apr 15, 2026
D Real Madrid 1–1 Girona La Liga Apr 10, 2026
L Real Madrid 1–2 Bayern Champions League Apr 7, 2026
L Mallorca 2–1 Real Madrid La Liga Apr 4, 2026
W Real Madrid 3–2 Atl. Madrid La Liga Mar 22, 2026

Head To Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Real Madrid 5–1 Real Betis Spanish LaLiga Jan 4, 2026
Real Betis 2–1 Real Madrid Spanish LaLiga Mar 1, 2025
Real Madrid 2–0 Real Betis Spanish LaLiga Sep 1, 2024
Real Madrid 0–0 Real Betis Spanish LaLiga May 25, 2024
Real Betis 1–1 Real Madrid Spanish LaLiga Dec 9, 2023

TV Listings / Streaming

Country Channel
Spain DAZN Spain, DAZN LaLiga, DAZN LaLiga 2, Movistar+, LaLiga TV Bar HD
Great Britain Premier Sports Player
Ireland Premier Sports Player
USA ESPN Deportes, ESPN Select, fuboTV, ESPN App
Germany DAZN Germany, DAZN2 Germany
France beIN Sports 1, beIN SPORTS CONNECT
Italy DAZN Italia
Netherlands Ziggo Sport 2, Ziggo Go
Australia beIN Sports 3, beIN Sports Connect
Canada TSN+

La Liga Table

Pos Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Barcelona 31 26 1 4 84 30 +54 79
2 Real Madrid 31 22 4 5 65 29 +36 70
3 Villarreal 31 19 4 8 56 36 +20 61
4 Atlético Madrid 31 17 6 8 51 32 +19 57
5 Real Betis 31 11 13 7 45 38 +7 46
6 Celta Vigo 31 11 11 9 44 40 +4 44
7 Real Sociedad 31 11 9 11 49 48 +1 42
8 Getafe 31 12 5 14 27 32 -5 41
9 Osasuna 31 10 9 12 37 38 -1 39
10 Espanyol 31 10 8 13 37 48 -11 38
11 Girona 31 9 11 11 33 45 -12 38
11 Athletic Club 31 11 5 15 33 45 -12 38
13 Rayo Vallecano 31 8 11 12 29 38 -9 35
14 Valencia 31 9 8 14 34 46 -12 35
15 Mallorca 31 9 7 15 39 48 -9 34
16 Sevilla 31 9 7 15 39 51 -12 34
17 Alavés 31 8 9 14 35 46 -11 33
18 Elche 31 7 11 13 39 47 -8 32
19 Levante 31 7 8 16 35 50 -15 29
20 Real Oviedo 31 6 9 16 24 48 -24 27

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