A quick peek at the La Liga table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data to take in. Check out our Valencia - Real Sociedad match preview!
- Valencia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Sociedad have yet to win a game away.
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 Valencia and Real Sociedad.
Valencia form and stats
Valencia have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the La Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Valencia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Almeria that ended 2-2. The Valencia goalkeeper Mamardashvili was crucial in the match against Almeria last time out, making eight saves.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Atletico Madrid.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Valencia as they are travelling to their away game against Real Betis in the La Liga. That match is four days after this one.
The Valencia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. From these home matches, Valencia have conceded only 2 goals.
Real Sociedad form and stats
Still no away game victory in the La Liga for Real Sociedad with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Sociedad go into this game after a win, the home game against Getafe that ended 4-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Getafe was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Barrenetxea when Oyarzabal scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. Méndez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.35. Méndez scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
One game before, 1-1 at home vs Inter in the Champions League.
A quick return to home after this game, as Real Sociedad are hosting Athletic Club in the La Liga only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Real Sociedad has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Valencia have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (2-4-0) when playing Real Sociedad.Top Goalscorers
  T. Kubo 4 goals |   H. Duro 3 goals |  J. Guerra Moreno 3 goals |
Valencia missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Valencia | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 83% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 3.8 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 12.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.5 | 12.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 17% | 55% |
| 9.7 | 8.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14 | 11.5 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
- Real Sociedad have yet to win a game away.
- Valencia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Girona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Cádiz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Real Betis | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Getafe | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alaves | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Las Palmas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Mallorca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Sevilla | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Granada | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
| 20 | Almeria | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
