Betis defends its Champions League place in Cádiz and Real Sociedad looks for its fifth win in a row

Valladolid and Celta face their bad streaks

MADRID, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Real Betis, fourth-placed in LaLiga Santander, aspires to defend their 'Champions' place this Wednesday at the Nuevo Mirandilla (7:00 p.m.) against a Cadiz headdress, on a tenth day in which Real Sociedad, which is measured against RCD Mallorca (8:00 p.m.), awaits any stumble from the Verdiblancos to snatch the position and in which Real Valladolid and RC Celta face off to try to end their bad streaks (7:00 p.m.).

Manuel Pellegrini's men, who over the weekend ended two games without beating Almería (3-1), manage 19 points, the same ones that keep Atlético de Madrid third and the San Sebastian team fifth, while Athletic Club ( 17) wait crouched for any error.

Now, the Betis team faces their most affordable match until the World Cup break, a path in which they will cross the rojiblancos, the 'txuri urdin', Sevilla and Valencia, so a victory seems like vital. Once again, the Chilean coach will not be able to count on the injured Juanmi, Nabil Fekir and Víctor Camarasa, but he recovers Germán Pezzella after serving a penalty.

Opposite, Cádiz, who faces the appointment without Garrido and with the doubts of Iván Alejo, David Gil and Álvaro Giménez, needs to recover from the blow that was their tie on the last day against Girona, when a penalty goal from the Uruguayan Cristhian Stuani in the 101st minute he frustrated the second victory of the course for Sergio González's men.

Currently, the cadista team is penultimate with six units, two from the salvation positions, despite the fact that they have not fallen in the last four days, in which they have linked a win and three consecutive draws. Even so, they are the least scoring team (4) and the second most scored (17) in the category.

At the Reale Arena, Real Sociedad are looking for their fifth win in a row against a knocked-out Mallorca. The people from San Sebastian, who beat Espanyol (2-1), Girona (3-5), Villarreal (1-0) and Celta (1-2) in recent weeks, have already accumulated seven consecutive victories in all competitions, and could finish the day in Champions League positions depending on what Betis does.

However, they will face this Wednesday's duel with a full infirmary, after Aihen Muñoz was injured over the weekend to join the absences of Umar Sadiq, Mikel Oyarzabal, Martín Merquelanz, Mohamed-Ali Cho and Ander Martín.

On the contrary, the vermilion team (9) drags three league dates without winning, the last of them a defeat at home against Sevilla (0-1) that leaves him twelfth in the classification, with only two points of rent over the area of burning. Neither Vedat Miriqi, who is serving his second game of suspension, nor the injured Greif, Kadewere and Jaume Costa will be available for Javier Aguirre.

In addition, Real Valladolid (8) hopes to win after two games without doing so, the same time that Celta (10) has been without it, visiting Pucela to try to put their irregularity behind them. The blanquivioleta team marks the permanence positions right now, with just one point ahead of the first of the teams in danger, after falling in their last game against Espanyol (1-0).

Without Luis Pérez, Kenedy, Anuar or Iván Fresneda and with the doubts of Gonzalo Plata and Jawad El Yamiq, Pacheta's men will seek their second win at home against the Galicians, who have lost four of the last five days.

Since the beginning of September, when they beat Cádiz (3-0), 'Chacho' Coudet's team has only beaten Real Betis (1-0), and past defeats against FC Barcelona (1-0) and Real Sociedad (1-2) have anchored him in the middle of the table, with 10 units, three above relegation and seven from the continental positions.

Cadiz CF - Real Betis. Mateu Lahoz (C.Valenciano) 19.00.

Real Valladolid - Celtic. Pizarro Gómez (C. Madrid) 19.00.

Royal Society - RCD Majorca. Ortiz Arias (C. Madrid) 20.00.

Elche CF - Real Madrid. Gil Manzano (C.Extremeño) 21.00.