La Liga 2019/20: Mallorca Vs Real Betis – Tactical Analysis

Real Betis visited Mallorca last Saturday and managed to snatch all three points away with an impressive first-half display, sealing the deal in another thrilling La Liga fixture.

Even though the home team snapped out of limbo by the end of the first half and especially going into the second, it was not enough to get back into the game.

This tactical analysis will give you both teams’ tactics and use analysis to see how Real Betis managed to tally their second win in a row and make Mallorca’s relegation battle that much more difficult.

Lineups

Vicente Moreno opted to deploy his team in a rather familiar 4-4-1 shape, a system they’ve used in 51% of all of their games in 2019/20.

However, the personnel saw some changes compared to their previous clash.

Lumor Agbenyenu returned to the lineup and replaced Joan Sastre, while Fran Gámez was deployed on the right side.

Reina was, of course, between the sticks and just behind the duo of Raillo and Valjent.

Salva Sevilla and Iddrisu Babba formed the pivot in the middle, while Rodríguez and Kubo were slotted out wide.

Aleix Febas was in the no.

10 role just behind Ante Budimir up top.

Rubi also decided to go with a somewhat familiar shape but considering we’ve seen Real Betis in all sorts of formations this year, the 4-1-4-1 was still used just 17% of the time in 2019/20.

Joel Robles was in goal and protected by a back four of Alfonso Pedraza, the centre-back duo of Feddal and Mandi, and Emerson as the right-back.