- Real Betis have the better form (W3, D1, L1), but Levante have the home advantage.
- Real Betis have the psychological edge after beating Levante 2-1 in the last meeting three months ago.
Los Verdiblancos can win a tight game in Valencia
Levante are 20th with 0 points on the board from 1 match in LaLiga 2026/2027 and Real Betis are fifth with 3 points after a perfect start to the new season.
Manuel Pellegrini's side have recovered from their opening 1-0 away defeat to Inter with a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad and have the look of a team that could go all the way to the final or semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.
They are the team in better shape coming into Saturday's game at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, having won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five matches across all competitions.
Luis Castro has been in charge at Levante since 20 December 2025 and his side have failed to build on their recent form, coming into this game on a two-game losing streak.
It’s a clash of styles in Valencia
The hosts' 4-4-2 is all about staying compact and counter-attacking or hitting set pieces, while Betis' 4-2-3-1 is all about keeping possession, using the full backs' width to stretch play and patience to work a goal from a series of line-breaking combinations.
A look at the recent head-to-head record suggests Betis are the likelier winners, as they are unbeaten in the last two meetings with one win and one draw. Levante failed to win their last home fixture against Los Verdiblancos so Betis will be riding high going into this match.
But our selection has to be the draw for the double chance bet here because the odds suggest this will be a close and tactical affair, rather than a runaway.
Betis have the edge in the final third
Pellegrini has been in charge of Real Betis since 1 August 2020 and in the time he has had to work with the squad, he has created a patient, structured and possession-heavy team that is the opposite of Levante's approach.
Rodrigo Riquelme leads the Verdiblancos' goal charts with one strike in one LaLiga 2026/2027 match so far, but that stat alone suggests Betis are going to win in the end. Juan Hernandez has registered one assist in one LaLiga 2026/2027 match to keep the attack ticking over with his creativity.
Pablo Fornals has scored two goals in Betis' last five and that is a strong return for a side that have scored only five times in the same span. Both teams to score looks live at 31/50, but we'll take Under 2.5 goals at 1/1 as the main prediction here.
