Real Betis carry the table advantage into Porto test
What is at stake, with the data behind it
AI-generated from fixture data, league standings, team statistics, events, venue, and injuries. Goal scorers, goal times and table figures automatically checked against match data before publication.How this story was made
- Evidence
- fixture data, league standings, team statistics, events, venue, and injuries
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- 10/14/2026, 8:04:51 AM
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- GPT56Luna
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Real Betis hold the provisional table advantage after one league-stage match apiece, while Porto arrive after a listed loss. Absences and three Porto doubts make selection part of the pre-match focus.
Before kickoff
The table gap puts the focus on Porto’s response
Real Betis begin this UEFA Champions League League Stage - 2 match in provisional 12th place with 3 points from 1 game, while FC Porto are provisionally 29th with 0 points from 1 game. Betis are 3 points ahead of Porto, and both remain behind league leader Barcelona, who have 6 points.
The recent-form sample is one match for each team: Betis’s listed result is a win, while Porto’s is a loss. That gives Betis the stronger immediate record, but it does not establish a longer trend. The match takes place at Estadio de la Cartuja in Seville at 19:00 UTC on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
Absences add a selection question
Betis will be without J. Firpo with a groin injury, I. Losada, listed as inactive, and A. Ruibal with a knee injury. Porto will be without J. Bednarek because of a red card, plus Gabriel Mec and D. Prpic, both listed off the roster, and V. Sousa with a leg injury. N. Perez, William Gomes and Zaidu are questionable.
The observed formations are Betis’s 4-2-3-1 and Porto’s 4-3-3, each used in 1 match. The key question at kickoff is whether Porto can produce a result stronger than its one-match loss against a Betis side carrying a one-match win.
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
| Logo | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | Sporting CP | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Arsenal | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bayern München | DW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Paris Saint Germain | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Como | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Manchester United | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Manchester City | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 | Villarreal | WL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| 11 | Aston Villa | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Real Betis | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 13 | Atletico Madrid | WL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 | Borussia Dortmund | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 | Liverpool | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 16 | Real Madrid | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | AEK Athens FC | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | Club Brugge KV | WL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | |
| 19 | Lens | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| 20 | RB Leipzig | WL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| 21 | Sabah FA | WL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| 22 | AS Roma | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 24 | Fenerbahçe | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | PSV Eindhoven | LD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 26 | Viking | DL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| 27 | Lask Linz | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | Inter | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| 29 | FC Porto | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 30 | Slavia Praha | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 31 | Napoli | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 32 | Lille | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 33 | Feyenoord | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 34 | Galatasaray | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| 36 | Bodo/Glimt | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |