Real Madrid's forward line has turned every matchday into a goals conversation, and now Real Betis is the team standing in front of it. The total sits at 2.5, and the question isn't really about Madrid scoring. It's about whether Betis can keep this from turning into another rout, or whether they get pulled into the kind of track meet that's been following Madrid around lately.
Betis has the pieces to make a game of it defensively, but making a game of it and stopping a Madrid front line running hot are two very different assignments. Every team that's faced Madrid recently has had to answer the same question and most haven't liked their own answer. The road side has looked less interested in clean sheets than in outscoring whoever's in front of them, and that tendency alone is why this line is drawing attention.
So does Betis find a way to keep this under 2.5, or does Madrid's attack make this another chapter in the goals conversation? That's the call.