Real Betis 2-1 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 February 2026
Result
Real Betis 2-1 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 1 February 2026, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Betis 2-1 Valencia: match report
Real Betis won against Valencia 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 1 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Luis Rioja opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Chimy Ávila (23', penalty) and Pablo Fornals (88'). Valencia scored through Luis Rioja (20').
Discipline: Real Betis received no yellow cards; Valencia received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 6th on 32 points from 21 and Valencia 15th on 23 points from 21. Real Betis went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Valencia 9th with 49.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valencia in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Fornals of Real Betis (7.4), level with Arnaut Danjuma (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Betis wins, 4 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Key events
- 13'Missed penalty · Pepelu
- 20'Goal · Luis Rioja
- 23'Penalty goal · Chimy Ávila
- 50'Yellow card · Eray Cömert
- 53'Yellow card · Pepelu
- 85'Yellow card · Dimitri Foulquier
- 88'Goal · Pablo Fornals
- 90+7'Yellow card · César Tárrega
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Álvaro Valles, Aitor Ruibal, Marc Bartra, Diego Llorente, Ricardo Rodríguez, Sergi Altimira, Marc Roca, Antony, Nelson Deossa, Abde Ezzalzouli, Chimy Ávila
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Stole Dimitrievski, Dimitri Foulquier, Eray Cömert, José Copete, José Gayà, Luis Rioja, Filip Ugrinic, Pepelu, Arnaut Danjuma, Lucas Beltrán, Hugo Duro