Real Madrid held to goalless draw by Real Betis || fails to go at the top of La Liga Points table

La Liga: Real Madrid vs Real Betis ended in a goalless draw as Real Madrid fail to go at the top of the table. They sit in the 2nd spot just 2 points behind Atletico Madrid. Check out the La Liga Points Table below.

Zinedine Zidane made 4 changes to the side that defeat Cadiz as he brought on Carvajal, Isco, Asensio, and Modric who returned after a back injury.

Manuel Pellegrini also made 4 changes to his side as he brought in Ruiz, Guardado, Jaoquin, and Lainez.

Real Madrid vs Real Betis: Real Madrid vs Real Betis Match analysis

The game did not come to life until the 2nd half and Madrid could surely have found themselves trailing when Guido Rodriguez and Borja Iglesias guilty of wasting great chances.

Madrid got very few out of Betis in what was a mostly cagey first half and saw only one shot on target.

That opportunity fell to Karim Benzema in the 25th minute, but the Frenchman had his shot deflected by Bravo.

La Liga Points Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Atletico	32	22	7	3	39	73
2	Real Madrid	33	21	8	4	32	71
3	Barcelona	31	21	5	5	46	68
4	Sevilla	32	21	4	7	22	67
5	Real Sociedad	32	13	11	8	16	50
6	Betis	33	14	8	11	-3	50
7	Villarreal	32	12	13	7	13	49
8	Granada	31	12	6	13	-11	42
9	Osasuna	32	10	10	12	-7	40
10	Bilbao	31	9	11	11	6	38
11	Celta Vigo	32	9	11	12	-8	38
12	Levante	33	9	11	13	-8	38
13	Cadiz	33	9	10	14	-21	37
14	Valencia	33	8	12	13	-7	36
15	Getafe	32	7	10	15	-15	31
16	Alaves	33	7	10	16	-21	31
17	Elche	33	6	12	15	-20	30
18	Valladolid	32	5	14	13	-14	29
19	Huesca	32	5	12	15	-17	27
20	Eibar	32	4	11	17	-22	23