Betis: Adán; Piccini, Mandi, Pezzella, Tosca (Jonas Martin 75‘), Durmisi; Petros (Felipe Gutiérrez 89’), Rubén Pardo, Dani Ceballos; Sanabria (Alex Alegría 75’), Rubén Castro. 5-3-2.
Sevilla: Sergio Rico; Mercado, Nico Pareja, Rami; Sarabia (Iborra 46’), N’Zonzi, Nasri, Escudero; Franco Vázquez (Ben Yedder 46‘), Vitolo; Jovetic (Joaquín Correa 83’). 3-4-2-1.
Goals:
1-0. 36. Durmisi. Curled free kick through gap in defensive wall past Sergio Rico.
1-1. 56. Mercado. Bundled ball in after Adán saved Iborra header from free kick.
1-2. 76. Iborra. Touched ball past Adán after N’Zonzi headed on Nasri free kick.
Yellow cards: N’Zonzi 35’, Sarabia 43’, Tosca 45’, Piccini 87’, Nico Pareja 90’, Jonas Martin 93’.
Sevilla are joint leaders pending Sunday’s games after they came from behind to beat city neighbours Betis 1-2 on Saturday afternoon! The locals dominated the first half, Rico having to save from Rubén Castro and Mandi heading against the bar before Durmisi opened the scoring with a direct free kick shortly before half time,. After the interval however Mercado levelled the scores after Adán pushed out a header from substitute Iborra following a Nasri free kick, and a few minutes later Iborra poked home the winner after N’Zonzi headed on another free kick from the French midfielder, the referee waving away appeals for offside.