Ortiz Arias, Betis – Celta referee

11/09/2024

Updated at 7:57 p.m.

Michelangelo Ortiz Arias has been designated by the Technical Committee of Referees of the Royal Spanish Football Federation as the referee who will direct the Betis – Celtacorresponding to the thirteenth matchday in LaLiga EA Sports, which takes place this Sunday starting at 2:00 p.m. at the Benito Villamarín stadium. The Madrid referee will be assisted from the VAR by his countryman Valentín Pizarro Gomez.

Betis is the team that Ortiz Arias has whistled for the most times in LaLiga in his career, given that with this Sunday’s game he has totaled eleven times. The same as with Celta, precisely. The balance with the Madrid referee for the Betis is six wins, two losses and three draws.

This same campaign, Ortiz Arias was in charge of dispensing justice in Betis – Girona on the first day that ended 1-1 at Villamarín. Last season, the Madrid native was already in charge of refereeing one of the duels between the two teams that face each other this Sunday. It was Celta – Betis in Balaídos that ended 2-1 for the locals with Swedberg’s goal in the 96th even though Celta was one less due to the expulsion of their goalkeeper.