Real Betis 2-1 Elche: result and report

La Liga · Tuesday 12 May 2026

Result

Real Betis 2-1 Elche

La Liga · Tuesday 12 May 2026, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Real Betis 2-1 Elche: match report

Real Betis won against Elche 2-1 in La Liga on Tuesday 12 May 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Cucho Hernández opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Cucho Hernández (9') and Pablo Fornals (68'). Elche scored through Héctor Fort (41').

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

Going into the game Real Betis were 5th on 54 points from 35 and Elche 14th on 39 points from 35. Real Betis went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Elche 13th with 43.

Real Betis lined up in a 4-3-3 and Elche in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Antony of Real Betis (7.8), level with Pablo Fornals (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Betis wins, 3 draws and 2 for Elche.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Cucho HernándezReal Betis · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Héctor FortElche · 1-1
  • 49'Red card · Léo PétrotElche
  • 58'Yellow card · Eder SarabiaElche
  • 68'Goal · Pablo FornalsReal Betis · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Aleix FebasElche
  • 78'Yellow card · Gonzalo VillarElche
  • 80'Yellow card · Diego LlorenteReal Betis
  • 85'Yellow card · NatanReal Betis
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Cucho HernándezReal Betis
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Víctor ChustElche

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Real Betis 4, draws 3, Elche 2.

Team news

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

Álvaro Valles, Héctor Bellerín, Diego Llorente, Valentín Gómez, Junior Firpo, Pablo Fornals, Sofyan Amrabat, Giovani Lo Celso, Antony, Cucho Hernández, Abde Ezzalzouli

Elche line-up (3-5-2)

Matías Dituro, Buba Sangaré, David Affengruber, Léo Pétrot, Héctor Fort, Gonzalo Villar, Marc Aguado, Aleix Febas, Germán Valera, Grady Diangana, André Silva