Real Betis will be aiming to bounce back from successive defeats when they host Alaves in La Liga on Saturday evening.

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Real Betis boast a record of six wins, seven draws and six defeats from their 19 league matches this season, with a total of 25 points leaving them in 10th position in the table, three points behind seventh-placed Real Sociedad.

Consistency has been a problem for Manuel Pellegrini's side this term, but they are only five points off the European spots ahead of league matches against Alaves and Mallorca to end the month.

The Green and Whites have won four, drawn four and lost one of their nine home league fixtures this term, and they will be welcoming an Alaves outfit with just one away victory to their name in Spain's top flight during the 2024-25 campaign.

Real Betis have lost their last two games, though, going down 1-0 to struggling Real Valladolid in La Liga last weekend, before suffering a 5-1 defeat to Barcelona in the last-16 stage of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday night.

Each of the last three La Liga games between these two sides have finished level, but Real Betis are unbeaten against Saturday's opponents in Spain's top flight since July 2020, which is a run of seven games.

Alaves finished 10th in La Liga last season, which represented an excellent campaign on their return to the top flight, but it has been a difficult first half of the 2024-25 campaign for the Basque outfit.

A record of four wins, five draws and 10 defeats from 19 matches has left them with 17 points, which is only enough for 17th spot, just one point above 18th-placed Espanyol on the same number of games.

Eduardo Coudet's side drew four straight league games against Leganes, Osasuna, Athletic Bilbao and Valencia at the end of 2024, before opening 2025 with a 1-0 home defeat to Girona.

Alaves have not been victorious in La Liga since a 1-0 success over Mallorca at the start of November, and their struggles when it comes to winning matches is a real concern at such an important stage of the season.

Real Betis possible starting lineup:

Vieites; Sabaly, Llorente, Natan, Rodriguez; Altimira, Cardoso; Juanmi, Isco, Ezzalzouli; Roque

Alaves possible starting lineup:

Owono; Tenaglia, Abqar, Diarra, M Sanchez; Vicente, Jordan, Blanco, Martin; Guridi, Garcia