La Liga: Real Betis rout Alaves to remain in third place in Spain

Real Betis strengthened its maintain on third place within the Spanish league with a cushty 4-0 win over relegation-threatened Alaves.
The victory moved Manuel Pellegrini’s group 4 factors forward of fourth-place Atlético Madrid, which gained’t play till the weekend.
Betis shortly constructed its lead within the first half with a pair of targets by ahead Borja Iglesias and one by Sergio Canales. Juanmi Jiménez added the fourth early within the second half to seal the group’s victory and finish a three-game winless streak within the league.
Betis was coming off a 2-1 win over metropolis rival Sevilla in a Copa del Rey match that was suspended and resumed a day later after a Sevilla participant was hit within the head by a chunk of PVC thrown from the stands on Saturday. Fans have been again within the stands on the Benito Villamarín Stadium on Tuesday after the resumption of the Copa recreation was performed behind closed doorways.

Betis’ distance to second-place Sevilla was diminished to seven factors forward of the rival’s recreation at mid-table Valencia on Wednesday.
Alavés’ winless streak within the league was prolonged to 9 matches. It stays in 18th place, contained in the relegation zone.
Later Tuesday, Raúl de Tomás scored six minutes into stoppage time as Espanyol salvaged a 2-2 draw at second-to-last-place Cádiz.
The hosts had gone forward with a objective by Iván Alejo a minute into added time.

The end result prolonged Cádiz’s winless streak to eight league video games. The group was debuting coach Sergio González.
Espanyol stayed mid-table.