The precedents and the realities of both teams portend a very complicated game for Girona tomorrow at Benito Villamarín (6:30 p.m.). Throughout history, the white-and-red set and Betis have faced each other up to fourteen times and more than half (79%) has been favorable to the Andalusians with eleven defeats, one draw and two wins of which only one has been achieved in the green-and-white stadium. To find it you have to go back to the 2009-10 season, in the Second Division, when a David Canas goal in the 23rd minute he gave Girona the only victory at home.
The rest of the results with Betis have been disappointments, bearing in mind that the draw that is in the history was the work of the Andalusians. It was the first time they met in Primera, on November 25, 2017, and Girona opened the can at Villamarín with a goal from Porto in the 44th minute that was equalized by Guardado in the 84th. Shortly after the Murcian would achieve put the Girona team ahead again with a double but the celebration lasted seconds because Tello equalized on the scoreboard in the same minute, in the 89th minute, ending the game.
The other experiences in Primera were also negative for the white-and-red with three defeats. He scored in all of them Loren, a player who, luckily for Girona, has become a substitute with Pellegrini. The Andalusian striker gave his team two wins for the minimum (0-1) in Montilivi in the 2017-18 and 18-19 seasons; while in the last match at Villamarín, on January 20, 2019, he prevented Girona’s comeback by equalizing the goals of Doumbia and Aleix Garcia. In the end, Canales decided the victory with a penalty goal. “I don’t know if he will have minutes in the future, you can’t know. He stayed knowing that he has two players ahead of him like Borja Iglesias and Willian José. We’ll see if he can have his chance”, said the coach of Betis about Loren. Winning at Villamarín is a difficult but not impossible feat.
