Real Sociedad reset their brains and bodies for this following their 0-1 result against Manchester United, a fixture that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Valencia?
- Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Real Sociedad saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Manchester United, was also a home game here at Reale Arena. The away team is better rested.
Real Sociedad form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga, Real Sociedad have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Real Sociedad's attacking players as they have now played 266 minutes without scoring in a league game. Merino was their last goal scorer.
Sociedad's previous match was also a home event, the loss 0-1 against Manchester United (in Europa League). Defender Rico got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Rico hit two key passes and won 10 of 16 duels.
Preceding that match was a La Liga defeat to Real Betis (0-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Real Sociedad have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Real Sociedad after this match as they are travelling to Sevilla for a La Liga game in only three days.
8 goals have been conceded.
Valencia form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Valencia in their La Liga matches away.
Home advantage was not enough for Valencia in their previous game as they lost hosting Barcelona, 0-1. Valencia were so close to getting something from the game against Barcelona, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime. Defender Gayà was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Gayà hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Mallorca.We have checked recent matches where Valencia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Valencia are hosting Real Betis in the La Liga only four days away.
The visiting Valencia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Valencia have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Valencia have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Sociedad.The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Méndez Portela 5 goals |   E. Cavani 4 goals |  A. Sørloth 3 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
Valencia missing players
| Real Sociedad | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 67% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 25% |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.4 | 5.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.6 | 13.5 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.6 | 14.2 |
| 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 23% | 15% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 32% |
| 11.4 | 12.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.8 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 4.6 |
- Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valencia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Valencia 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 | Real Madrid | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Almeria | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Getafe | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Girona | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Elche | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 4 |
