Deportivo La Coruna vs Real Betis — La Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow2 clips- 3′Deportivo La Coruna, yellow card:Foul
- 12′Real Betis, substitution:off
- 34′Deportivo La Coruna, substitution:off
- 43′Real Betis, goal:0–1assist
- 45+3′Real Betis, VAR review:Card reviewed
- Half-time0 – 1
- 61′Real Betis, substitution:off
- 62′Real Betis, substitution:off
- 65′Real Betis, yellow card:Foul
- 65′Deportivo La Coruna, substitution:off
- 65′Deportivo La Coruna, substitution:off
- 75′Deportivo La Coruna, substitution:off
- 75′Deportivo La Coruna, substitution:off
- 79′Real Betis, substitution:off
- 79′Real Betis, substitution:off
- 87′Deportivo La Coruna, goal:1–1assist
- Full-time1 – 1
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Match report
Villares turns an emergency entrance into Deportivo's late reward
Diego Villares turned an injury-enforced entrance into Deportivo's late reward, heading an 87th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Real Betis at Riazor. Cucho Hernández had punished an error in the home side's buildup shortly before half-time, but Villares met Mario Soriano's cross to earn the point. The goal stopped Betis extending a run of three straight La Liga wins and gave Deportivo an immediate response to Wednesday's first league defeat.
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Villares had replaced the injured Marc Casadó before half-time, but the equaliser reflected a wider change in the game. Deportivo pushed Betis back after the interval and made Álvaro Vallés work, with David Mella and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang both denied before Soriano finally found the captain's run. Betis still threatened on the break and Natan struck the bar, so the late reward came through persistence rather than complete control.
There was also a contentious moment before the break when Cucho's raised boot caught Ximo Navarro. César Soto Grado reviewed the incident at the monitor and kept the striker on the field. Deportivo still had to find a way through against eleven, and Villares's header ensured a difficult afternoon ended with a response on the scoreboard.
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Deportivo La Coruna and Real Betis drew 1–1 (half-time 0–1).
Deportivo La Coruna met Real Betis in the La Liga (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Sunday, 20 September 2026, 16:30 UTC at Estadio Municipal de Riazor. Referee: César Soto Grado.
Team pages: Deportivo La Coruna · Real Betis · La Liga
Key moments
- 43' Goal: Cucho Hernández (assist: Nelson Deossa) — 0–1 · Watch Cucho Hernández's goal video (43')
- 87' Goal: Diego Villares (assist: Mario Soriano) — 1–1 · Watch Diego Villares's goal video (87')
Starting line-ups
Deportivo La Coruna (4-4-2)
- 13 Leo Román
- 12 Giacomo Quagliata
- 22 Bright Ede
- 20 José Giménez
- 23 Ximo Navarro (c)
- 14 Riki Rodríguez
- 21 Mario Soriano
- 6 Marc Casadó
- 11 David Mella
- 32 B. Nsongo
- 18 Jonathan Asp Jensen
Real Betis (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Deportivo La Coruna 25%, the draw 23%, Real Betis 52%. It finished Deportivo La Coruna 1–1 Real Betis.
Real Betis' rating gap outweighs Deportivo La Coruna's home ground — Real Betis are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Real Betis' 52%. The draw at 23% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Real Betis at 52%?
Real Betis sit 253 points higher on our strength rating — 1713 to 1965. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge on the road won 52.0% of 6,106 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 23–21–56.
Why only 52%?
La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.2%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,144 games vs 44.9% across all 100,474 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 23%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 21.8%. These teams' recent games average 2.7 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,886. The goals environment adds 1.2 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Real Betis have averaged 6 percentage points more possession than Deportivo La Coruna in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Deportivo La Coruna have gained 73 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: climbing sides won 41.4% of 12,419 such games vs 40.6% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Deportivo La Coruna vs Real Betis final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Cucho Hernández's goal against Deportivo La Coruna (43').
- Watch Diego Villares's goal against Real Betis (87').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Deportivo La Coruna 1–1 Real Betis. Explore more on the Deportivo La Coruna and Real Betis team pages or the La Liga page.