We paid the price for opposing Arsenal at Girona on Saturday and have learned from that harsh lesson ahead of Wednesday’s clash with Real Betis in Dublin .
Despite being without a host of World Cup stars, the Gunners breezed to a 4-1 win at Estadi Montilivi and should be in even better shape at Aviva Stadium .
With the shackles clearly off in pre-season friendlies, 6/5 for Mikel Arteta’s men to prevail and over 2.5 total goals is our main Arsenal vs Real Betis prediction.
Betting Odds
Arsenal vs Real Betis Betting Odds – Pre-season friendly 2026
Result | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
Arsenal | 11/20 | 64.5% |
Real Betis | 16/5 | 23.8% |
Draw | 14/5 | 26.3% |
*Odds are correct at the time of writing, but subject to change.
Arsenal are 11/20 favourites to beat Real Betis , who are 16/5 for the win, with the draw at 14/5.
Form Guides
Arsenal form guide
Despite being without the likes of David Raya, Bukayo Saka , Eberechi Eze, Noni Madueke, Mikel Merino , Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice, William Saliba and Martin Odegaard , Arsenal showed their strength in depth over the weekend.
Kai Havertz opened the scoring against Girona and new £34million signing Christos Tzolis doubled the advantage before half-time. Girona did manage to pull one back after the interval but had no answer when the Gunners stepped up another gear, with Max Dowman and Gabriel Jesus firing in a quickfire double.
Kepa Arrizabalaga , Ben White, Piero Hincapie , Riccardo Calafiori, Cristhian Mosquera , Myles Lewis-Skelly and Viktor Gyokeres also featured in a strong starting line-up. Summer capture Tzolis has certainly been impressed by the mood in Arsenal’s camp as they prepare to defend their Premier League crown.
The Greece international said: “When I see training, and how hungry every player is for every training drill, that means everybody’s ready to compete at the highest level.”
Arsenal hit the ground running at Girona and are fancied to control proceedings from the outset again here, so 6/4 for them to lead at half-time and full-time appeals.
Real Betis form guide
Admittedly, Betis should be up to a decent level of speed themselves after playing four friendlies so far, with mostly positive results. A 4-0 victory over Lyon has been the pick of their performances, while Recreativo and Almeria were beaten 1-0 and the sole setback was a loss by the same scoreline to Granada .
Betis have a familiar face at the helm in former Manchester City supremo Manuel Pellegrini and should represent a step up in class from facing Girona for Arsenal . They finished a fine fifth in LaLiga last term, 19 points and 14 places above relegated Girona , and only lost eight times in 38 games.
El Glorioso picked up just one point against the big two, though, losing 3-1 and 5-3 to Barcelona , while going down 5-1 away to Real Madrid before drawing 1-1 with them at home. A 2-2 Europa League draw with Nottingham Forest adds further weight to the theory that Betis are better going forward than they are at defending.
With that in mind, let’s add 15/8 for the Gunners to win and both teams to score to our Arsenal vs Real Betis betting tips , while for those seeking a bigger pay-out, 11/1 for the English champions to prevail 3-1 is a fair price.
Betting Tips
Arsenal vs Real Betis Betting Tips
Arsenal to win & over 2.5 goals @ 6/5
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