First Division - Day 25

Betis 1 - Sporting Gijón 1

Betis: Adán; Montoya, Pezzella, Bruno, Vargas; Musonda, Petros (Dani Ceballos 69’), N’Diaye, Kadir (Jorge Molina 79‘); Van Wolfswinkel (Joaquín 53‘), Rubén Castro. 4-4-2.
Sporting: Cuéllar; Vranjes, Luis Hernández, Jorge Meré, Isma López; Rachid, Sergio Alvarez; Carmona (Lora 85’), Halilovic, Alex Menéndez (Jony 69‘); Carlos Castro (Guerrero 81’). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
0-1. 65. Carlos Castro. Picked up Halilovic pass and ran on to lift shot past Adán.
1-1. 67. Pezzella. First time volley with outside of foot from long Vargas free kick.

Yellow cards: Montoya 32’, Sergio Alvarez 37’, Isma López 60’, Vranjes 81’, N’Diaye 87’.

Betis and Sporting Gijón edged away from the relegation spots after they drew 1-1 in the Benito Villamarín stadium. The locals had the better of the first half, Musonda crossing in for Rubén Castro to head just wide, and then bringing a good save out of Cuéllar. After the interval Van Wolfswinked had a strike ruled out for offside, but some twenty minutes in to the second half Carlos Castro put the visitors in front after running on to a through ball from Halilovic to beat Adán. Two minutes later however Pezzella fired home the equalizer from a wide Vargas free kick, and Cuéllar and his defence had to be at their best to prevent Rubén Castro and Musonda from finding the winner later on. The result keeps the Andalusians three points above their opponents in the rankings.