Real Betis 3-5 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 18 February 2018

Result

Real Betis 3-5 Real Madrid

La Liga · Sunday 18 February 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Real Betis 3-5 Real Madrid: match report

Real Betis lost to Real Madrid 3-5 in La Liga on Sunday 18 February 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.

Marco Asensio opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Aïssa Mandi (33'), an own goal by Nacho Fernández (37') and Sergio León (85'). Real Madrid scored through Marco Asensio (11'), Sergio Ramos (50'), Marco Asensio (59'), Cristiano Ronaldo (65') and Karim Benzema (90+2').

Discipline: Real Betis received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Betis were 9th on 33 points from 23 and Real Madrid 4th on 42 points from 22. Real Betis went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 76.

Real Betis lined up in a 5-4-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid (8.4), ahead of Marco Asensio (8.2).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Daniel CarvajalReal Madrid
  • 11'Goal · Marco AsensioReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 33'Goal · Aïssa MandiReal Betis · 1-1
  • 37'Own goal · Nacho FernándezReal Betis · 2-1
  • 44'Yellow card · BarragánReal Betis
  • 46'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicReal Madrid
  • 49'Yellow card · Junior FirpoReal Betis
  • 50'Goal · Sergio RamosReal Madrid · 2-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Sergio RamosReal Madrid
  • 57'Yellow card · Gareth BaleReal Madrid
  • 59'Goal · Marco AsensioReal Madrid · 2-3
  • 61'Yellow card · Loren MorónReal Betis
  • 65'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 2-4
  • 81'Yellow card · CasemiroReal Madrid
  • 85'Goal · Sergio LeónReal Betis · 3-4
  • 90+2'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 3-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Betis 2, draws 1, Real Madrid 7.

Team news

Real Betis line-up (5-4-1)

Antonio Adán, Jordi Amat, Marc Bartra, Antonio Barragán, Aïssa Mandi, Junior Firpo, Fabián Ruiz, Ryad Boudebouz, Joaquín, Andrés Guardado, Loren Morón

Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Nacho Fernández, Marcelo, Casemiro, Lucas Vázquez, Marco Asensio, Mateo Kovacic, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale