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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

Real Sociedad host Getafe with faith in taking all three points. Can they? Read our match guide!

Insights:
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in La Liga
  • Getafe have the fewest points from losing position (0) in La Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sociedad and Getafe.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

Real Sociedad have played 10 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Reale Arena.

Real Sociedad's last game was hosting Atletico Madrid (placed 4th) and winning 2-0. Januzaj (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.32/10. Januzaj scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Real Sociedad had a La Liga home game versus Celta de Vigo which ended with a victory 1-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Real Sociedad matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, two draws and one defeat (from three games).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Real Sociedad here at Reale Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Real Sociedad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Reale Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Getafe form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Getafe so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Getafe are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The supporters enjoyed Getafe's previous game versus Granada (placed 14th), a La Liga 4-2 win played at home. Midfielder Maksimović was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Maksimović scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sevilla wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Getafe when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Getafe's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 10 matches. As opposed to that, Getafe have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent match: Getafe - Real Sociedad 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Real Sociedad victories, one draw and six Getafe wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadM. Oyarzabal Ugarte
M. Oyarzabal Ugarte
7 goals
GetafeE. Ünal
E. Ünal
7 goals
Real SociedadA. Isak
A. Isak
4 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Getafe missing players

Real Sociedad Getafe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
9 5 3 Won W 0 0 5
6 3 0 Drew D 0 4 6
5 2 0 Lost L 3 6 10
22 7 3 Scored S 1 3 17
21 6 0 Conceded C 5 12 23
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 86%
60% 30% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 52%
25% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 33%
25% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
35% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 33%
50% 70% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 29%
25% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 70% 52%
 
4.7 4 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.5 3.7
4 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.4 4.7
2.1 2.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 3
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.2 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.9 10.9
4.1 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.6 3
27% 21% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 12% 27%
 
10.1 8.9 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 11.4 11.3
3.5 3.4 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 3.8
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Getafe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Getafe have the fewest points from losing position (0) in La Liga
  • Getafe have the fewest scored goals (3) away in La Liga
  • Getafe have yet to win a game away.
  • Real Sociedad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Getafe have scored away.
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (7) at home in La Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 21 15 4 2 45 18 10 7 3 0 22 6 11 8 1 2 23 12 27 49
2 Sevilla 21 13 6 2 32 14 10 8 2 0 22 8 11 5 4 2 10 6 18 45
3 Real Betis 21 11 4 6 37 24 11 6 2 3 23 12 10 5 2 3 14 12 13 37
4 Atletico Madrid 20 9 6 5 33 24 9 5 3 1 14 6 11 4 3 4 19 18 9 33
5 Real Sociedad 20 9 6 5 22 21 10 5 3 2 7 6 10 4 3 3 15 15 1 33
6 FC Barcelona 20 8 8 4 31 23 10 6 2 2 19 11 10 2 6 2 12 12 8 32
7 Rayo Vallecano 20 9 4 7 27 21 10 8 2 0 20 4 10 1 2 7 7 17 6 31
8 Villarreal 21 7 8 6 33 23 11 6 3 2 26 13 10 1 5 4 7 10 10 29
9 Valencia 21 7 8 6 33 33 11 4 5 2 18 13 10 3 3 4 15 20 0 29
10 Athletic Club 21 6 10 5 20 17 10 4 2 4 13 12 11 2 8 1 7 5 3 28
11 Espanyol 21 7 6 8 25 26 10 6 2 2 15 9 11 1 4 6 10 17 -1 27
12 Celta de Vigo 21 7 5 9 24 23 11 3 2 6 13 15 10 4 3 3 11 8 1 26
13 Osasuna 21 6 7 8 20 27 11 2 5 4 10 16 10 4 2 4 10 11 -7 25
14 Granada 21 5 9 7 26 31 10 4 3 3 16 15 11 1 6 4 10 16 -5 24
15 Elche 21 5 7 9 21 28 10 3 5 2 10 10 11 2 2 7 11 18 -7 22
16 Getafe 21 5 6 10 17 23 11 5 2 4 14 11 10 0 4 6 3 12 -6 21
17 Mallorca 20 4 8 8 17 30 10 2 6 2 8 8 10 2 2 6 9 22 -13 20
18 Deportivo Alavés 21 4 5 12 16 34 11 3 3 5 8 13 10 1 2 7 8 21 -18 17
19 Cadiz 21 2 9 10 17 36 11 0 6 5 8 17 10 2 3 5 9 19 -19 15
20 Levante 20 1 8 11 21 41 10 1 6 3 11 15 10 0 2 8 10 26 -20 11

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.