Real Betis vs Real Madrid: La Liga Match Preview, Predicted Line-ups and Fantasy XI

Real Betis vs Real Madrid: The title race in La Liga could take another major twist with Real Madrid heading south to take on a talented Real Betis side on Sunday.

Match Details:

• Location: Seville, Spain
• Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin
• Date: Sunday 5 March
• Kick-off Time: 20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT
• Referee: Cesar Soto

Real Betis vs Real Madrid: Match Preview:

The side from Seville currently sit fifth in La Liga and have won their last three matches. They're a serious contender to grab a Champions League place and will be convinced they can get something against a Real side that played Barcelona in the Copa del Rey on Thursday night and lost 1-0.

Real know there is no room to drop points with a seven-point gap to make up. Here is all you need to know ahead of the match.

Team News:

Real Betis:

Real Betis have received two major injury blows in the past week or so which could have a serious impact on their European qualification hopes as well as their Europa League round of 16 tie against Manchester United.

Nabil Fekir is a key part of the attack but suffered an ACL injury that will keep him out for the rest of the season. To add further pain to Betis' attacking midfield, Sergio Canales is also going to be out with a hamstring problem. There is no getting away from the fact that they are Real Betis' two most creative players. Rui Silva and Edgar Gonzalez are also out injured.

Real Madrid:

Carlo Ancelotti is going to have to do without Croatian midfielder Luka Modric when he takes his team to Seville on Sunday afternoon. Thankfully for the Italian coach, Real have got an incredible number of quality central midfielders.

The other absent players are Ferland Mendy and David Alaba, both sidelined through injuries. Nacho Fernandez has been the stand-in at left back, but the other major stars for Los Blancos will be fit and raring to go after the midweek fixture against Barcelona.

Real Betis vs Real Madrid: Head to Head:

The two teams have met 121 times in all competitions since 1932. As expected, the visitors have been the better side in these games with 68 wins to their name.

The hosts have 27 wins and 26 games have ended in draws. The visitors are unbeaten in their last five meetings against the hosts, keeping three clean sheets in that period.

The hosts have seen over 2.5 goals per game in their last five league games while six of Madrid's last seven games have produced fewer than 2.5 goals.

Predicted Line-ups:

Real Betis predicted lineup (4-2-3-1): Bravo; Ruibal, Pezzella, Felipe, Vinicius; Guardado, Carvalho; Luiz Henrique, Iglesias, Juanmi; Perez.

Real Madrid predicted lineup (4-3-3): Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Nacho; Kroos, Tchouameni, Valverde; Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius Jr.

RBT vs RMA: Fantasy XI

Courtois; Militao, Rudiger,Pezzella, Guardado, Carvalho, Valverde; Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius Jr, Iglesias.