La Liga preview and statistics: Real Sociedad - Deportivo Alavés at Reale Arena
The league table in La Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Real Sociedad leading Deportivo Alavés by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
Insights:
- Deportivo Alavés have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Best bookmaker betting odds:
Sociedad have less rest than Deportivo Alavés in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Reale Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Deportivo Alavés have had more rest.
Real Sociedad form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for Real Sociedad at their home stadium (Reale Arena) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
The Sociedad fans got no joy from their last match, a Europa League game also here at Reale Arena: A 0-4 defeat against Manchester United. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Getafe.
As you see from the result above, Real Sociedad suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sociedad matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, two draws and one defeat (from four games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sociedad as they are travelling to their away game against Manchester United in the Europa League. That match is four days after this one.
Sociedad have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Reale Arena with 18 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Sociedad have conceded only 10 goals.
Deportivo Alavés form and stats
There's been little loot from Deportivo Alavés's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the La Liga. Deportivo Alavés only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.
Alavés are travelling again after losing away to Barcelona in their previous match (1-5). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Real Valladolid.
Alavés lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Alavés when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning two games.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Alavés rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Deportivo Alavés - Sociedad 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Sociedad wins - draws - Deportivo Alavés wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 10 goals |  A. Isak 9 goals |  C. Portugués Manzanera 5 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Madrid | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | -home" class="lineup-details"> | |||||||
| Playername | Goals | Assist | Starts | % Started | |||||||||||||||||
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| Cuiabá | CSA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 26 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 27 |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 86% | 73% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 62% | 45% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 71% |
| 43% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 10% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 10% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 38% | 27% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 52% |
| 48% | 73% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 29% |
| 29% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 268 | 164 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 103 | 232 |
| 107 | 65 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 36 | 89 |
| 24% | 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 19% | 30% |
- CSA has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie B
- CSA has the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Serie B
- Cuiabá has the most points (25) at home in Serie B
- Cuiabá has the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Serie B
- Cuiabá have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cuiabá have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cuiabá have scored at least twice as many goals at home as CSA have scored away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chapecoense | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 44 |
| 2 | Sampaio Correa | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | América Mineiro | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Cuiabá | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Juventude | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Ponte Preta | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Avai | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | CRB | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Parana | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Operário PR | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 11 | Confianca | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | CSA | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 13 | Brasil de Pelotas | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Guarani | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 16 | Vitoria | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | Nautico | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Figueirense | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 18 |
| 20 | Oeste | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 8 |
Read more about Serie B
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.