Valencia's Paco Alcácer (Photo : Reuters)
In a struggle between two middling teams who are trying to stay afloat in the 2015-2016 La Liga season, Valencia CF (1-0-2, 5 points) battles newly-promoted club Real Betis (1-1-1, 4 points) at their home turf of Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain on Saturday, September 19.
Els Taronges managed to stay unbeaten so far in the young season after drawing their first two games and winning the last one against Sporting de Gijón, 1-0, at the Estadio El Molinón last Saturday.
Spanish forward Paco Alcácer headed the winner in injury time to grab the three points for Nuno Espírito Santo's squad and give the team their first win of the season, as reported by ESPN.
Valencia faces a second consecutive Segunda Division-promoted squad in Los Béticos and is expected to be in for another close fight.
Pepe Mel's side defeated winless team Real Sociedad, 1-0, in their game on September 12 at their home stadium of Estadio Benito Villamarín, via SkySports.
Veteran forward Rubén Castro scored the lone goal of the match just before halftime to preserve the first win of the Segunda Division champions in the top Spanish league.
Mel hopes to bring the same intensity that his wards had against Sociedad in this match against Valencia.
Los Che is still trying to adjust with the departure of center back Nicolas Otamendi to the Premier League's Manchester City, but their defense seems to be holding on.
The predicted result is a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Valencia. Alcácer may yet come back in and again provide or assist the winning goal after a highly-entertaining but defensive-minded affair.
Valencia starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Jaume; Gaya, Abdennour, Mustafi, Cancelo; Perez, Fuego, Parejo; Piatti, Negredo, Feghouli
Real Betis Madrid starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Adan; Vargas, Westermann, Gonzalez, Piccinini; Portillo, N'Diaye, Petros, Joaquin; Molina, Castro
