I think Real Madrid's job won't be easy at all this week. Because they are playing an away game against Betis. The games between these teams have nearly always ended up with close scores. Betis have mostly been a challenging opponent for Real Madrid. I think this can be seen again at least in this away game.
Betis are one of the least losing teams this season. Because of getting too many draws they are at the seventh position in the standings. However if they get even one point against Real Madrid that would be in favour of them. There is a possibility for this in my opinion and I don't want to risk my betslip by adding Real Madrid win to it.
Betis has been stabilizing tremendously in recent weeks. This won't be a simple task for Real Madrid and is never easy against Betis in their home stadium. But often times you don't know what you get from them. It seems to be more stable for now, but I wouldn't be surprised if Real Madrid wins the game like 1-3 or 1-4. However, I would also not be surprised if Betis can win some points against Real Madrid. It's a good game and Barcelona and Girona will be watching closely as this would give them a chance to get closer to Real Madrid.
Real madrid is very strong. It's quite hard for betis to equalize its performance to the real madrid in this game. Madrid is now trying to miss and opportunity to get three points. In fact, madrid is better in everything compared to the betis.
Like you said above that if im sure that real madrid will be trying so hard in defending its position as the a club that is leading the la liga right now. Missing three points are going to be a disaster caused by madrid can take an advantage due to the match between barcelona vs girona.
It's hard to miss it. Madrid must not get unacceptable result like draw or lose. It's caused by once madrid will get draw against barcelona will help madrid to extend the gap even bigger by two points.
Madrid needs to keep up consistently gather three points from betis in the upcoming match. Im sure that bellingham or rodrygo will become a superhero for real madrid.
Really no need to mention that Real Madrid is the stronger team here, of course they are. But there were several games this season when their opponents managed to perform with fierce resistance and Real Madrid was in trouble and could hardly win the game. So far it has worked well for Real Madrid, but I believe that Betis is good enough to cause some problems for Real Madrid. Since there is no important Champions League game for Real Madrid in the coming week, the focus will be put on this game only and that might be a disadvantage for Betis. A fully focused Real Madrid is hard to defeat.