Real Betis have lost just twice in nine UEFA Europa League games this season (W5 D2), but both have come against Greek opposition: PAOK Salonika in the league phase and Panathinaikos in the first leg of this tie.
Despite victory in the first leg of this tie, Panathinaikos have won only five of their 28 games in major European competition against Spanish opposition (D7 L16) – each victory has come against a different team: Mallorca, Barcelona, Sevilla, Villarreal and Real Betis.
Real Betis have lost two of their last three UEFA Europa League games (W1), as many defeats as they suffered across their 17 prior games in major European competition (W10 D5).
Panathinaikos are unbeaten in each of their last eight UEFA Europa League games (W3 D5), their best ever run in major European competition – they are winless in their last four away knockout phase games however (D1 L3).
Panathinaikos’ Vicente Taborda has scored (2) or assisted (2) in each of his last four UEFA Europa League appearances – the only Argentinian players to be directly involved in a goal in five straight appearances in the competition are Luciano Vietto for Villarreal in March 2015 and Emiliano Rigoni for Zenit St Petersburg in November 2017.