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Full time · La Liga · Sat 31 Oct 2026, 17:30 UTC

Real Betis 2–1 Malaga

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What the chances were worth

Real Betis
1.45
expected goals (xG)
Malaga
1.21
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–1; by chance quality the match ran 1.45–1.21.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Real Betis
73%
Draw
18%
Malaga
9%

The model made Real Betis to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 73% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Little between them on chances created — the xG read 1.4–1.2, shots 23–10 with 6–4 on target. Real Betis got into the box far more often (14 shots inside it to 6). On chances created the game was tighter than the 2–1 suggests.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Real Betis
Malaga
59%
Ball Possession
41%
23
Total Shots
10
6
Shots on Goal
4
13
Shots off Goal
4
4
Blocked Shots
2
14
Shots inside box
6
9
Shots outside box
4
1.45
Expected goals (xG)
1.21
10
Corner Kicks
3
3
Offsides
3
616
Total passes
435
549
Passes accurate
380
10
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Goalkeeper Saves
3
14
Free Kicks
9

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Real Betis 4-3-3

  1. 1 Álvaro Vallés (G)
  2. 2 Héctor Bellerín (D)
  3. 4 Natan (D)
  4. 5 Marc Bartra (D)
  5. 8 Pablo Fornals (M)
  6. 10 A. Ezzalzouli (F)
  7. 11 Fran García (D)
  8. 17 Rodrigo Riquelme (F)
  9. 19 T. Parrott (F)
  10. 21 Marc Roca (M)
  11. 22 Isco (M)

Bench: J. A. Morante, G. Lo Celso, Aitor Ruibal, Ángel Ortiz, Antony, Dani Ceballos, Diego Conde, N. Deossa, Álvaro Fidalgo, Manu González, V. Gómez, Diego Llorente

Malaga 4-4-2

  1. 1 Alfonso Herrero (G)
  2. 3 Puga (D)
  3. 4 Einar Galilea (D)
  4. 6 Ramón Enríquez (M)
  5. 8 Carlos Dotor (F)
  6. 10 David Larrubia (M)
  7. 20 Fernando Calero (D)
  8. 21 Adrián Niño Heredia (F)
  9. 22 Dani Lorenzo (M)
  10. 31 Rafita (D)
  11. 39 Adam Aznou Ben Cheikh (M)

Bench: H. Abaida, Juan Berrocal, J. Cajuste, Andrés Céspedes, J. Fernandez, Eneko Jauregi, Carlos López, Izan Merino, Álex Pastor, Rafa Rodríguez, Chupe, José Salinas

The market’s read

Real Betis
72%
market implied · price 1.31 · opened 69%
Draw
17%
market implied · price 5.56 · opened 18%
Malaga
11%
market implied · price 8.96 · opened 13%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Real Betis or draw1.0788.3%+1.7 pts
Double chance Malaga or draw3.4027.9%-3.3 pts
Double chance either team1.1383.8%+1.6 pts
Draw no bet — Real Betis1.0886.6%+2.7 pts
Draw no bet — Malaga7.0013.4%-2.7 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1482.8%+0.9 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.4764.0%+1.3 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.2143.1%+1.3 pts
Both teams to score1.7952.1%-1.4 pts
Real Betis over 1.5 team goals1.3270.8%+3.1 pts
Malaga over 1.5 team goals4.3921.4%-2.1 pts
Real Betis clean sheet2.1044.3%+3.2 pts
Malaga clean sheet11.008.7%-1.9 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 2-0 7.19 · 2-1 8.27 · 1-0 8.53 · 3-0 8.59 · 3-1 9.93

Prices are observations, not offers. Nothing here is advice or staked.

How to read this table

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-10-31 17:25 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.