The game was awarded to Betis with three more points on the table but with the disadvantage that it did not start until Friday to prepare for this duel which it played on Thursday in Poland against Legia de Warsaw, although its coach played in that event too. , Chile Manuel Pellegrini changed the starting line-up with nine changes.
One of those who didn’t playand even he stayed in Seville, he was their player in the best shape, the Argentine Giovani Lo CelsoEDS He was due to return to ownership this past Sunday as a great resource for the green and white after the defeat (1-0) and the bad image they left in Poland.
In Seville, Jesús Navas, who said goodbye this Sunday as a derby player after announcing that he will leave football next Decemberinitially left on the bench, but it was striker Isaac Romero who returned to the starting line-up after being injured at the start of the match against Alavés and was absent in the first two, against Valladolid and Athletic.
In the preview it was clear that both formations like to be the main men with the ball but it was Sevilla who got it right from the start, cutting up the game on their right flank with the dangerous Dodi Lukébakio and his the goal disallowed by Chidera Ejuke from Nigeria due to offside preview by Frenchman Lucien Agoumé.
It took a quarter of an hour for Betis to appear in the local area, first with a shot from the Brazilian Vitor Roque without problems for the Norwegian goalkeeper Orjan Nylan and another from Lo Celso with a lot of force over the top, although the Argentina. Another chance was clear a minute later, but the ball hit the stump of the post.
These efforts coincided with a decrease in Sevilla’s intensity, where the visitors managed to balance the game in midfield and create problems for the local defense that Vitor Roque failed to take advantage of on several occasions due to Nylan’s success .
With everything much more open, the final minutes of the first half were played out, after the home front tackled more security from the visitors to go to half-time with a score of 0-0 which left the game wide open when he started again.
The second half started in the best way for Seville, because header from Agoumé At the start of a free kick he ended up with the ball in the hands of Diego Llorente, a it was considered criminal after consulting the VAR. Lúcás scored 1-0.
Betis found it difficult to assimilate the new situation and Pellegrini moved his bench after a quarter of an hour of the second period so that Cédric Bakambu and Aitor Ruibal gave more proof to the team in pursuit of a tie, to the point that The Congolese striker scored a goal, although it was disallowed as it was clearly offside.
With Jesús Navas already in the game and playing his last derby after announcing his retirement for next December, Sevilla controlled the situation, although they were in more trouble when they lost the central defender of French Tanguy Nianzou in the 89th minute when he saw the second yellow. card.
This fact, on the other hand, was compensated in the expansion of the pit with an injury to the central defender of the Brazilian Betis Natan de Souza, who could not be replaced because his team had exhausted the substitution windows and had to survive on the field. visible impact without being able to help avoid the defeat of your team.