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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

Real Sociedad have outdone Girona this season, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts and figures you need ahead of kickoff:

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!

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Real Sociedad form and stats

The La Liga statistics at home this season for Real Sociedad are 9-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Cadiz here at Reale Arena, Real Sociedad has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The Sociedad goalkeeper Alejandro Remiro Gargallo is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 303 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.

Real Sociedad's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Real Madrid (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. The goalie Remiro was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.01 out of ten. Remiro topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Osasuna.

It should be noted that a peek at the 11 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Sociedad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 16 games. From these home matches, Real Sociedad have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Girona form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Girona so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-8 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Castellanos and Espinosa secured the home win 2-1 against Mallorca in their previous game. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Castellanos and that is impressive stuff! Riquelme got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Riquelme hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 10 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sevilla with the score of 2-0.

Girona are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Girona struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sociedad have not lost in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) versus Girona.

It's not the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Girona - Real Sociedad 3-5.

Top Goalscorers

GironaV. Castellanos Giménez
V. Castellanos Giménez
13 goals
Real SociedadA. Sørloth
A. Sørloth
10 goals
Real SociedadT. Kubo
T. Kubo
8 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Girona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Sociedad Girona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
18 9 4 Won W 0 3 13
7 4 1 Drew D 2 5 8
8 3 0 Lost L 3 8 12
43 21 9 Scored S 3 19 52
29 13 3 Conceded C 6 24 46
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
70% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 76%
27% 25% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 55%
12% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 30%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 18%
39% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 67%
42% 44% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 12%
27% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 24%
 
4.2 4.1 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.5 3.8
4 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.4 4.7
2.4 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.4 12.2 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 10.4 12.7
4.8 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.7 4.8
27% 28% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 32% 33%
 
10.6 10.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15.4 14.5 12.7
3.5 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 4.8 4.4

  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 33 26 4 3 60 11 17 14 3 0 33 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 49 82
2 Atletico Madrid 33 21 6 6 60 26 17 11 3 3 36 14 16 10 3 3 24 12 34 69
3 Real Madrid 33 21 5 7 69 32 16 11 4 1 40 14 17 10 1 6 29 18 37 68
4 Real Sociedad 33 18 7 8 43 29 16 9 4 3 21 13 17 9 3 5 22 16 14 61
5 Villarreal 33 16 6 11 47 34 16 10 2 4 27 15 17 6 4 7 20 19 13 54
6 Real Betis 33 15 7 11 40 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 7 3 7 18 22 3 52
7 Girona 33 13 8 12 52 46 17 10 3 4 33 22 16 3 5 8 19 24 6 47
8 Athletic Club 33 13 8 12 43 33 17 7 3 7 20 13 16 6 5 5 23 20 10 47
9 Rayo Vallecano 33 12 10 11 40 42 17 8 5 4 25 19 16 4 5 7 15 23 -2 46
10 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 29 35 16 8 1 7 17 19 17 4 7 6 12 16 -6 44
11 Sevilla 33 12 8 13 41 49 17 7 4 6 23 23 16 5 4 7 18 26 -8 44
12 Mallorca 33 11 8 14 32 37 16 7 5 4 17 12 17 4 3 10 15 25 -5 41
13 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 38 46 16 6 5 5 22 17 17 4 4 9 16 29 -8 39
14 Almería 33 10 6 17 42 58 17 9 2 6 26 22 16 1 4 11 16 36 -16 36
15 Cadiz 33 8 11 14 26 49 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 3 5 8 10 26 -23 35
16 Real Valladolid 33 10 5 18 30 57 16 7 3 6 18 21 17 3 2 12 12 36 -27 35
17 Valencia 33 9 7 17 36 40 17 7 4 6 24 17 16 2 3 11 12 23 -4 34
18 Getafe 33 8 10 15 30 42 17 6 5 6 18 18 16 2 5 9 12 24 -12 34
19 Espanyol 33 7 10 16 40 56 16 4 5 7 19 25 17 3 5 9 21 31 -16 31
20 Elche 33 3 7 23 25 64 16 2 4 10 15 27 17 1 3 13 10 37 -39 16

Real Sociedad:
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  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 33 26 4 3 60 11 17 14 3 0 33 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 49 82
2 Atletico Madrid 33 21 6 6 60 26 17 11 3 3 36 14 16 10 3 3 24 12 34 69
3 Real Madrid 33 21 5 7 69 32 16 11 4 1 40 14 17 10 1 6 29 18 37 68
4 Real Sociedad 33 18 7 8 43 29 16 9 4 3 21 13 17 9 3 5 22 16 14 61
5 Villarreal 33 16 6 11 47 34 16 10 2 4 27 15 17 6 4 7 20 19 13 54
6 Real Betis 33 15 7 11 40 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 7 3 7 18 22 3 52
7 Girona 33 13 8 12 52 46 17 10 3 4 33 22 16 3 5 8 19 24 6 47
8 Athletic Club 33 13 8 12 43 33 17 7 3 7 20 13 16 6 5 5 23 20 10 47
9 Rayo Vallecano 33 12 10 11 40 42 17 8 5 4 25 19 16 4 5 7 15 23 -2 46
10 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 29 35 16 8 1 7 17 19 17 4 7 6 12 16 -6 44
11 Sevilla 33 12 8 13 41 49 17 7 4 6 23 23 16 5 4 7 18 26 -8 44
12 Mallorca 33 11 8 14 32 37 16 7 5 4 17 12 17 4 3 10 15 25 -5 41
13 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 38 46 16 6 5 5 22 17 17 4 4 9 16 29 -8 39
14 Almería 33 10 6 17 42 58 17 9 2 6 26 22 16 1 4 11 16 36 -16 36
15 Cadiz 33 8 11 14 26 49 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 3 5 8 10 26 -23 35
16 Real Valladolid 33 10 5 18 30 57 16 7 3 6 18 21 17 3 2 12 12 36 -27 35
17 Valencia 33 9 7 17 36 40 17 7 4 6 24 17 16 2 3 11 12 23 -4 34
18 Getafe 33 8 10 15 30 42 17 6 5 6 18 18 16 2 5 9 12 24 -12 34
19 Espanyol 33 7 10 16 40 56 16 4 5 7 19 25 17 3 5 9 21 31 -16 31
20 Elche 33 3 7 23 25 64 16 2 4 10 15 27 17 1 3 13 10 37 -39 16

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