Deportivo La Coruna 1-1 Real Betis: Valles makes six saves
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Key numbers
- 24 shots, well above the 7.8 season average
- xG 2.09 v 0.8: the better chances were Deportivo's
- Valles made 6 saves and conceded once
Late equaliser rescues a point for Deportivo
Cucho Hernández put Real Betis ahead in the 43rd minute, set up by Nelson Deossa. Deportivo La Coruna had to wait until the 87th minute for Diego Villares to equalise. Deportivo stay seventh on 10 points, while Betis move up to third on 16.
Shot volume without the finish
Deportivo's 24 shots were far above their season average of 7.8 across six matches, and their xG reached 2.09. Yet only one went in. Valles made six saves to protect the lead, and Villares' equaliser, created by Mario Soriano, was worth +1.0 FN xPts.
Player of the match
Mario Soriano 7.7Strong
He provided one assist and three key passes for Deportivo.
Soriano completed 57 of his 61 passes and carried much of Deportivo's creative load. That paid off in the 87th minute, when he set up Villares' equaliser.
Game state
0-11-1
Deportivo La Coruna ahead 0 min · level 46 min · Real Betis ahead 44 min
- Diego Villares — off the bench 56 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
43'
Cucho Hernández
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Nelson Deossa +0.3
+0.9
87'
Diego Villares
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Mario Soriano +0.3
+1.0
Deportivo La Coruna
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +1.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.4→ League points won 1
Real Betis
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +0.9Opponent moments −1.7Time effect +0.3→ League points won 1
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
Deportivo La CorunaReal Betis
2.09Expected goals (xG)0.8
Compared with usual
Deportivo La Coruna
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 2.09 | 0.78 | |
| xG against | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 24 | 7.8 | |
| On target | 7 | 3.3 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 13.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 43% | 47.3% | |
| Passes | 420 | 448.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 84.2% | |
| Corners | 11 | 3.8 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 13.5 | |
Real Betis
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 0.8 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 2.09 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 11 | 18.7 | |
| On target | 4 | 6.6 | |
| Shots faced | 24 | 13.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 57% | 53.7% | |
| Passes | 576 | 517.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 86.7% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4.7 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10.3 | |
Timeline
- 3'
Yellow
Bright Ede
- 12'
Sub
Marc Bartra → Valentín Gómez
- 34'
Sub
Marc Casadó → Diego Villares
- 43'
Goal
Cucho Hernández league goal #2 assist Nelson Deossa
- 45+3'
VAR
Cucho Hernández
- 61'
Sub
Nelson Deossa → Isco
- 62'
Sub
Antony → Facundo Bernal
- 65'
Yellow
Valentín Gómez
- 65'
Sub
Jonathan Asp Jensen → Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 65'
Sub
Riki Rodríguez → Luismi Cruz
- 75'
Sub
Bil Nsongo → Adama Traoré
- 75'
Sub
David Mella → Yeremay Hernández
- 79'
Sub
Pablo Fornals → Dani Ceballos
- 79'
Sub
Marc Roca → Rodrigo Riquelme
- 87'
Goal
Diego Villares league goal #1 assist Mario Soriano
Category leaders
- Key passesLuismi Cruz5
- Duels wonAbdessamad Ezzalzouli7/11
- DribblesAbdessamad Ezzalzouli4/5
- Defensive actionsFran García7
#La Liga#Deportivo La Coruna#Real Betis#Mario Soriano#Álvaro Valles
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.