Seville derby, Sevilla meets Real Betis on November 13, 2023
Sevilla will have a confrontation with city rival Real Betis in the 13th round of La Liga. This season, each team is having a different start when the gap between the two teams is 9 points and 9 places apart in the rankings. The home team will feel more pressure when they push themselves to the bottom half of the rankings after 4 consecutive draws. Meanwhile, the away team is unbeaten in 11 matches in all competitions since their last defeat on September 21.
Real Betis is having a pretty good scoring performance with 16 goals, including 9 goals from main striker Willian Jose and 4 players with 4 goals of their own: Marc Roca, Ayoze Perez, Abde Ezzalzouli and Assane Diao. As for Sevilla, striker Youssef En-Nesyri leads with 7 goals, midfielder Nemanja Gudelj is behind with 3 goals and 4 other players have the same 2 goals.
Both teams have similarities in their weak defense ability when they have the same goal difference of positive 1. In addition, the special thing in this match is that Spanish midfielder Isco will once returned to face his old team after 7 months of unemployment since leaving Sevilla.
Sunday’s derby could be a historic achievement for the visitors, as Betis’ impressive form could help them claim their first away win against their city rivals, despite playing on the road. Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium has never been easy for any team.
Last season, the two teams drew in both matches in La Liga.
Rome derby, Lazio vs Roma on November 13, 2023
All focus in the 12th round of Serie A will be on the Derby della Capitale, also known as the Rome derby. The match will certainly be dramatic and fiery when Lazio welcomes AS Roma at Olimpico Stadium. In the history of this confrontation, there have been many tense moments, no match has had more red cards than this match in the history of the tournament since the 1994/1995 season with 38 red cards in the competition. 58 times took place.
In the current season, both teams have had a poor start with Roma in 7th place and Lazio in 10th place but they are only 1 point apart. Therefore, a victory can help two teams enter the top 5 teams.
On Roma’s attack, striker Romelu Lukaku is in good form every time he faces Lazio with 5 goal contributions in the past 3 meetings, and 9 goals in 13 matches this season in all competitions. . On the home team’s side, striker Ciro Immobile is also very eager to play as he only has 2 more goals to become the player with the most goals for Lazio in this derby.
Will coach Jose Mourinho win in the next Rome derby against his colleague Maurizio Sarri to help Roma avoid a third consecutive defeat? Last season, Lazio had two consecutive wins against Roma for the first time in 11 years with two clean sheets.
The Rome derby always has a lot of red cards.
Tuan Tu | 15:17 November 11, 2023
