Welcome to Reale Arena and this match starring Real Sociedad & Elche in the La Liga. Here's everything you need to know!
- Elche have the most conceded goals (49) in La Liga
Real Sociedad have less rest than Elche in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Roma, was also a home game here at Reale Arena. The away team is better rested.
Real Sociedad form and stats
5-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Real Sociedad so far this season. Real Sociedad have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw vs Roma in the Europa League last time out and are hoping for a victory here. Midfielder Méndez was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Méndez hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Mallorca (after extra-time) that finished 1-1.Not much happening? In this club's last 11 league games, 9 have seen zero, one or two goals.
Real Sociedad has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Elche form and stats
Elche have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-3-8 (12 played).
Elche's last game was the home draw against Real Valladolid (after extra-time) (1-1). The draw against Real Valladolid came from a losing position. The Elche manager Díez brought on Morente as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Morente was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Morente scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Mallorca (after extra-time) with the score of 1-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Elche played away with similar odds. This revealed 6 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 5 times.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Elche as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. The Elche manager Díez has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels. Elche has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest fixtures involving these opponents have all ended as Real Sociedad victories. Are we destined for another one?The last H2H game ended Elche - Real Sociedad 0-1, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sørloth 9 goals |  B. Méndez Portela 7 goals |   P. Milla Peña 6 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
Elche missing players
| Real Sociedad | Elche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 33 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | 49 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 80% |
| 32% | 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 75% | 56% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 28% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 52% |
| 36% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 12.6 | 12.7 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 6.8 | 9.9 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 26% | 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 23% |
| 10.8 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.6 | 18.4 | 15.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.2 | 7.6 | 6.3 |
- Elche have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Elche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Elche have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (28) away in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals (49) in La Liga
- Elche have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-20) away in La Liga
- Elche have the the worst goal difference (-30) in La Liga
- Elche have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Elche haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 25 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 39 | 65 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 31 | 56 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 48 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 45 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 38 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 34 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 31 |
| 12 | Girona | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 28 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -16 | 28 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -8 | 27 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 27 |
| 17 | Valencia | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 18 | Getafe | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 19 | Almeria | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -15 | 25 |
| 20 | Elche | 25 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -30 | 13 |
