Season opener for both, and backing home teams in La Liga so far has been wise. Not that I'd most likely play a road team. Real Betis finished 14 spots higher in the 2025-26 table. The Green-and-Whites, who beat Arsenal in a recent friendly, had the fifth-most home points in the league last campaign. Real Sociedad had three road wins in 19 tries. And the visitors are quite banged up for an opener, missing regulars in Gonçalo Guedes (8G, 1A) and Jon Gorrotxategi (1G, 3A) -- that latter one could be my last name, and I'd still spell it wrong. Betis has easily won the past two in Seville in the series.
