D. Zagreb vs Betis Prediction & Betting Tips (22 February)

Dinamo Zagreb pulled off a very good move last week by getting the better of Betis in the first leg of this play-off thanks to a penalty scored a quarter of an hour from the end of a rather close match. The Croatians are therefore well placed to try to reach the 1/8 finals of this Conference League where they only took 2nd place in their group behind Viktoria Plzen but ahead of Astana and Ballkani. However, it is a little more complicated in the championship for this team which has won the last 6 championship titles in the country. The Modri ​​are in fact only in 3rd position in the ranking with 6 units behind the leader, Rijeka, who are one game ahead. Sunday, Kevin Théophile-Catherine's partners won painfully against Varazdin 1-0.

Bétis is rather poorly off to a good start in this double confrontation after losing the first leg in front of its home crowd last week 0-1 during a meeting where he clearly lacked precision in front of the opposing cage. 3rd in its Europa League group behind Rangers and Sparta Prague and only ahead of Aris Limassol, Nabil Fékir's gang therefore risks burning out its last joker to remain in a European competition this season. In La Liga, the Andalusians are not at their best either since they are only in 7th position in the standings. Victorious over Cadiz 0-2, they were then held to a draw by Deportivo Alaves 0-0 last weekend.

All absent last week, recruits Rog (Cagliari) and Pierre-Gabriel (Nantes), the 2nd top scorer Emreli (4 goals in 12 games), defender Moharammi and former executive Ademi (Macedonian international) should make their return for this return match. On the other hand, the excellent defenders Sutalo (passed by Atalanta) and Peric and the goalkeeper Zagorac have yet to withdraw. Decisive from the penalty spot last week, the team's top scorer Petkovic (7 league goals) should start again. The defense of this formation has a strong French accent since it could be composed of the Tricolores Pierre-Gabriel, Théophile-Catherine and Bernauer.

Like last weekend in La Liga, the defender Abner as well as the former BVB Marc Bartra (end of season), the unfortunate Isco (on the flank for a few weeks, 6 goals, 3 assists), the crack Ayoze Perez (4 goals in La Liga) and the important midfielder Guido Rodriguez will not be able to appear in the group for this return match. Having just arrived from West Ham during the winter transfer window, recruit Fornals should be present. This should also be the case for Nabil Fékir and top scorer Willian José (7 goals in La Liga this season).