2,000 times Betis

He November 27, 1932he Betis He was playing his first match in the highest category of our football. It was in Bilbao, before the Athletic Cluband the result does not invite us to preserve that memory in the green and white collective memory: 9-1 for the lions…

Since then it has rained a lot and more than 90 years. And Betis has been accumulating matches in the First Division. As many as 1,999. In fact, Manuel Pellegrini’s men are one match away from the two thousands in the Honor Division. An anniversary that will be celebrated this Sunday, on the occasion of the visit to the Benito Villamarín del RCD Espanyol.

Until now, as we said, there have been 1,999 games that the Andalusian team has played in the First Division, with a balance of 717 victories, 509 draws and 773 defeats, 2,525 goals scored and 2,844 conceded.

It so happens that two of the last centenary matches Betis had as a guest the same parakeet team that the Andalusians will face this Sunday, the RCD Espanyol. Your meeting 1,600 In the highest category, the Beticos played in the Perico fiefdom on February 17, 2013, a match that ended with a 1-0 Catalan victory, a goal scored by Sergio García.

And 100 games later, the one that represented the 1,700 of Betis in First Division, it was at Villamarín, against Espanyol as well and with the same result, blue and white triumph 0-1, a goal this time scored by Diego Reyes, the Mexican center back who played in the Catalan eleven on loan from Porto.

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Now, this Sunday, Espanyol once again crosses the path of Betis in a ’round’ match, that of the 2,000 Andalusian appearances in the top category. A team, that of Manolo González, that he cannot get lost if he does not want to see himself plunged into qualifying difficulties after suffering two consecutive defeats, against Real Madrid and Villarreal.

Betis’ centenary matches

1. 100. Betis-Racing, 2-1 (4/14/40)
2. 200. Betis-Sevilla, 0-0 (4/12/60)
3. 300. Córdoba-Betis, 1-0 (2/23/64)
4. 400. Betis-Celta, 1-1 (12/9/71)
5. 500. At. Madrid-Betis, 4-1 (5/25/75)
6. 600. Betis-Rayo, 1-0 (4/23/78)
7. 700. Cádiz-Betis, 0-2 (3/28/82)
8. 800. R. Madrid-Betis, 3-2 (10/3/85)
9. 900. Sporting-Betis, 1-0 (3/1/88)
10. 1,000. Betis-Albacete, 4-1 (11/9/94)
11. 1,100. Betis-Extremadura, 3-1 (9/2/97)
12. 1,200. Betis-Valencia, 1-0 (9/18/99)
13. 1,300. Betis-Valencia, 2-0 (5/4/03)
14. 1,400. Celta-Betis, 2-1 (3/12/05)
15. 1,500. Getafe-Betis, 1-1 (5/18/08)
16. 1,600. Espanyol-Betis, 1-0 (2/17/13)
17. 1,700. Betis-Espanyol, 0-1 (10/30/16)
18. 1,800. Levante-Betis, 4-0 (4/24/19)
19. 1,900. Rayo-Betis, 1-1 (9/1/22)
20. 2,000. Betis-Espanyol (9/29/24)