Manuel Pellegrini keeps impressing with his Real Betis squad. The Spanish football team is having an amazing season, also after a great sixth-place finish in the 2020/21 campaign. The hosts are currently third in La Liga, only behind Real Madrid and city rival Sevilla, and are looking to finish the season in the top four. Meanwhile, Zenit is yet to be challenged in their league, continuing to dominate the Russian top-flight again this year. The guests are in first place, confident about defending their fourth consecutive league title. Sergei Semak's men gave us a good performance in the first duel vs. Betis, but were still defeated 2-3 at home.

Los Verdiblancos showed attacking brilliance vs. the Russian champion, scoring three goals in the first half to bring a one-goal lead to Spain. Pellegrini's team has won eight of its last nine games, only losing to Villarreal and Celta in 2022. Real Betis is the second-best offensive side in La Liga, scoring forty-seven goals in twenty-five matches. Only Madrid has managed to score more goals, which is, however, quite understandable. Coming into this meeting, Betis is without Martin Montoya, Juan Miranda, Rodri, and Victor Camarasa, whose absences will not be a huge problem for the home side.

Zenit will miss Stanislav Kritsyuk and Dejan Lovren ahead of this game. The visitors finished third in a Champions League group, playing against Chelsea, Juventus, and Malmo. They were decent, scoring ten and conceding ten goals after six UCL matches, earning a total of five points. Zenit's only loss before the duel against Betis was back in November after facing Juventus away from home, where the underdogs gave the favorite a good resistance, only to lose 4-2.

We will have a great game in Spain, with two solid teams clashing to advance to the round of sixteen of the UEFA Europa League. The hosts have a slight advantage, and will enjoy the support of the home fans, so I will predict them to win once again. Good luck!

曼努埃尔·佩莱格里尼 (Manuel Pellegrini) 的皇家贝蒂斯队一直给人留下深刻印象。在 2020/21 赛季取得第六名之后，本赛季正在度过一个令人惊叹的赛季。主队目前在西甲排名第三，仅次于皇家马德里和同城死敌塞维利亚，并希望在本赛季结束时进入前四。与此同时，泽尼特在他们的联赛中还没有受到挑战，今年继续统治俄罗斯顶级联赛。客队排名第一，对卫冕连续第四个联赛冠军充满信心。谢尔盖·塞马克的手下在与贝蒂斯的首场对决中给了我们不错的表现，但还是在主场以 2-3 被击败。

贝蒂斯在对阵俄罗斯冠军的比赛中展现出进攻的光彩，在上半场打进三球，为西班牙人带来一球领先。佩莱格​​里尼的球队在过去的九场比赛中赢了八场，仅在 2022 年输给了比利亚雷亚尔和塞尔塔。皇家贝蒂斯是西甲进攻第二好的球队，在 25 场比赛中攻入 47 球。只有皇马马德里打进了更多的进球，然而，这是可以理解的。参加这次会议，贝蒂斯没有马丁·蒙托亚、胡安·米兰达、罗德里和维克多·卡马拉萨，他们的缺席对主队来说不会是一个大问题。

泽尼特将在这场比赛缺少斯坦尼斯拉夫·克里秋克和德扬·洛夫伦。客队在欧冠小组赛中名列第三，分别对阵切尔西、尤文图斯和马尔默。他们表现不错，在六场欧冠比赛后打进 10 球并丢了 10 球，总共获得 5 分。泽尼特在与贝蒂斯的对决之前唯一的失利是在 11 月，在客场对阵尤文图斯。 我们将在西班牙进行一场精彩的比赛，两支实力雄厚的球队将展开激烈角逐，晋级欧联杯 16 强赛。主队略占优势，会得到主场球迷的支持，所以我预测他们会再次获胜。祝好运！