Real Betis beat Osasuna 5-2 at Estadio La Cartuja to stay third in La Liga, as Isco scored twice — including an early penalty — Abde Ezzalzouli and an Ante Budimir own goal put Manuel Pellegrini's side clear, Osasuna briefly fought back to 3-2, then Isco settled it and debutant José Antonio Morante sealed the win deep in stoppage time.
Match facts
- Result: Real Betis 5-2 Osasuna (half-time 2-0)
- Competition: Spanish La Liga, Matchday 8
- Venue: Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla
- Attendance: 65,484
- Scorers: Real Betis - Isco 10' (pen), Abde Ezzalzouli 31', Ante Budimir 48' (og), Isco 67', José Antonio Morante 90'+6; Osasuna - Ante Budimir 51', Raúl García 56'
- Assists: Real Betis - Cucho Hernández (31'), Héctor Bellerín (90'+6); Osasuna - Rubén García (51'), Alejandro Catena (56')
- Referee: Carlos Muñiz Muñoz
- Table after: Real Betis 3rd, 19 pts (6-1-1); Osasuna 15th, 8 pts (2-2-4)
- Next: Real Betis host Porto (Champions League); Osasuna next in La Liga
How the match unfolded
Betis, chasing a long unbeaten league run and a seventh straight La Liga win at their adopted home, struck early. In the 10th minute Unai Santos caught Rodrigo Riquelme with a hand as the winger burst into the box; Isco sent Aitor Fernández the wrong way from the spot into the bottom left for 1-0 — his first Betis goal of the season.
The hosts kept pressing. Around the half-hour mark Isco pressured Santos into a giveaway, and after a sequence of passes Cucho Hernández threaded Abde Ezzalzouli through to slot past Fernández for 2-0. Ezzalzouli has now scored in three successive meetings with Osasuna. Betis went in 2-0 up at the break.
Three minutes into the second half the lead looked decisive. Cucho flicked an Isco free-kick onto Budimir's head, the ball bounced off Diego Llorente and back off Budimir into the net for an own goal and 3-0. Budimir atoned almost immediately: after a deflection off Héctor Bellerín, Rubén García teed him up and he fired in at 51' to make it 3-1. Five minutes later Betis failed to clear a corner, Alejandro Catena swept the ball across, and Raúl García finished at the far post for 3-2.
Pellegrini's side refused a nervous finish. In the 67th minute a defensive mix-up and a series of rebounds left Isco to fire into the top left for 4-2 — his first brace since February 2025 — after a VAR check cleared a possible Natan foul on Rubén García in the build-up. Deep in added time, debutant José Antonio Morante (on for Ezzalzouli in the second minute of stoppage) latched onto a Bellerín through-ball and drove in from outside the box for 5-2 in the sixth minute of added time.
What the result means
Betis stay third on 19 points from eight games, level with Atlético Madrid and six points clear of fifth, and extend their La Cartuja league win streak. Osasuna sit 15th on eight points after an eighth defeat in 11 away league matches this season. Betis turn next to Porto in midweek with only one loss in their last 17 league meetings with Osasuna.