A very important fixture as both participants are battling for the top league positions. With Real Sociedad in 4th position and Real Madrid placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting fight. Read on to find out more!
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (69) in La Liga
It's no vacation for neither Real Sociedad nor Real Madrid as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Real Sociedad form and stats
8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Real Sociedad so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Reale Arena after three straight home wins.
Real Sociedad are confident in defense, having played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Real Sociedad enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Osasuna's place. The match ended 2-0 with Kubo scoring. Midfielder Silva was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.64 (out of ten) in that game. Silva hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 44 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Real Betis the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Sociedad perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Real Sociedad as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Real Sociedad has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
It should be taken into account that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Real Sociedad has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Real Sociedad have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Real Madrid form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 10 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Madrid won their last game, 4-2 versus Almería played at home. A bonkers match with heaps of goals last time out for Real Madrid, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as gleeful? Benzema certainly enjoyed Real Madrid's last game versus Almería, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-2 victory. Attacker Benzema got a player rating of 10.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Benzema scored three goals, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
Prior to that match, the Madrid manager Ancelotti faced defeat when travelling to Girona and losing 2-4.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Real Madrid playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 3 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Osasuna in just four days.
Real Madrid are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 16 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Real Madrid have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Sociedad.The newest past meeting featuring both these sides is the Real Madrid - Real Sociedad 0-0 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 17 goals |   A. Sørloth 10 goals |  V. Júnior 10 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| Real Sociedad | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 41 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 29 | 69 |
| 29 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 91% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 94% | 94% |
| 69% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 81% | 88% |
| 28% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | 59% |
| 12% | 13% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 9% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 22% |
| 41% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 59% |
| 41% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | 38% |
| 28% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | 9% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 12.5 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 17.1 | 18.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| 26% | 27% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| 10.6 | 10.1 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.8 | 11.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (29) away in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (69) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (36) 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 | Barcelona | 32 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 48 | 79 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 69 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 39 | 68 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 27 | 63 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 58 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 50 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 49 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 44 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 43 |
| 10 | Girona | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 41 |
| 11 | Sevilla | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 41 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 40 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -5 | 39 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -23 | 35 |
| 15 | Almería | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 36 | -17 | 33 |
| 16 | Valencia | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -3 | 33 |
| 17 | Cadiz | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 32 |
| 18 | Getafe | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -16 | 28 |
| 20 | Elche | 32 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -38 | 16 |
