And now Betis' Andres Guardado shoots from his own half! Keylor Navas is worried and scrambles back but the ball drops onto the top of the net. What an effort.

Cristiano Ronaldo crosses to Gareth Bale, but before he can head home a defender gets it away.

Imagine if all football games were like this.

Betis are pushing for a way back into this game but Madrid are staying solid at the moment.

Thanks for all your predictions of how this game would go when I asked a few minutes ago, but unfortunately Real Madrid scored before I could even publish one.

Real Betis know this game isn't over yet - they've already come back once before today - and Loren Moron heads wide from six yards out.

Real Madrid are the first team in La Liga history to reach 6,000 goals in the competition.

A strange one as Loren Moron is sent down the right wing. Madrid keeper Keylor Navas comes flying a million miles off his line and he slides the ball out of play. Loren catches him and gets booked. But he was clearly going for the ball.

Anyway, Madrid are ahead now and they arguably deserve it for their second half.

Marco Asensio has scored as many La Liga goals in an hour as Karim Benzema has all season.

Gareth Bale has a great chance to score, is baffled and is booked in the space of 10 seconds.

He breaks the offside trap, almost goes past Antonio Adan and shoots - but Adan is able to get his hands on the shot to save it and it goes out for a corner...

Or does it?

The referee gives a goal-kick, he obviously thinks Bale has missed an easy chance rather than being denied by a good save.

Bale complains to the referee and is shown a yellow card.

Gareth Bale almost puts Real Madrid ahead. He bursts into the box, but he's at a slightly tight angle - Betis keeper Antonio Adan makes himself big, and is able to block the Wales forward's shot.

Real Madrid captain/goalscorer Sergio Ramos catches Loren Moron and gets booked.

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Real Betis almost goalscorer Junior slides in on Casemiro. Automatic yellow card.

This half starts like the last one ended - with Betis - who would move up to seventh with a win - attacking.

Andres Guardado fires one over the bar with a first-time effort on the edge of the box.

Joaquin is fifth on the list of players with the most La Liga assista in the 21st century.

148 - Lionel Messi

101 - Dani Alves

94 - Xavi

86 - Cristano Ronaldo

84 - Joaquin

Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic catches Loren Moron with a high boot - yellow card.

Second half is under way.