Champions League full preview and statistics: Real Sociedad to fight Inter at Reale Arena

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 20.Sep
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

Inter have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Real Sociedad. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

These teams have little in common geographically as Inter have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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 Sociedad and Inter.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the round of 16 against Roma.

Real Sociedad have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the La Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Real Sociedad lost their last game at Real Madrid after a 1-2 scoreline. Remiro had a busy but productive day in the Real Madrid match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The talented striker Kubo outshone all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.15 out of 10. Kubo hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).

Before that game, the 5-3 home victory against Granada.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sociedad, as the La Liga home game vs Getafe is only four days away.

Real Sociedad can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Inter form and stats

Inter was sent out of Champions League in the semi-finals last season.

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Inter have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.

Inter go into this game after a win, the home game against Milan that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Inter was the only team on the pitch versus Milan in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Mkhitaryan got a match rating of 9.44 in that game, top player of the team. Mkhitaryan scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 38 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Fiorentina.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Inter manager Inzaghi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Empoli.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Inter has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
5 goals
Real SociedadA. Barrenetxea Muguruza
A. Barrenetxea Muguruza
3 goals
SociedadT. Kubo
T. Kubo
3 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Inter missing players

Real Sociedad Inter
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
11 8   Won W   10 20
8 4   Drew D   0 2
6 1   Lost L   2 3
30 22   Scored S   27 68
25 12   Conceded C   9 22
84% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
72% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 80%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
12% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 44%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 32%
44% 54%   BTTS BTTS   33% 44%
44% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   58% 48%
28% 8%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
4.4 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.4
4 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.6
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.2
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.4 13.3   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 15.6
4.1 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.8
29% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 47%
 
10 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   13.5 10.9
3.9 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Salzburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Real Sociedad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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 5 5 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 7 15
2 Barcelona 5 4 1 0 13 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 2 1 0 6 4 9 13
3 Athletic Club 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 2 0 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 10
4 Girona 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 10
5 Valencia 5 3 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
6 Rayo Vallecano 5 3 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 2 7 3 2 0 1 4 1 -2 9
7 Atletico Madrid 4 2 1 1 10 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 7 3 6 7
8 Getafe 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 7
9 Cadiz 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -2 7
10 Real Betis 5 2 1 2 5 10 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 4 10 -5 7
11 Real Sociedad 5 1 3 1 8 7 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 6
12 Osasuna 5 2 0 3 7 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 6 4 -1 6
13 Villarreal 5 2 0 3 8 10 3 1 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 6
14 Deportivo Alaves 5 2 0 3 5 7 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 -2 6
15 Mallorca 5 1 2 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 -1 5
16 Celta de Vigo 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 -3 4
17 Sevilla 4 1 0 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 -2 3
18 Granada 4 1 0 3 7 12 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 4 8 -5 3
19 Las Palmas 5 0 2 3 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 -3 2
20 Almeria 5 0 1 4 5 11 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 4 4 0 0 13 1 3 3 0 0 11 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 12 12
2 Juventus 4 3 1 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 7 10
3 Milan 4 3 0 1 9 7 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 5 6 2 9
4 Lecce 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 8
5 Napoli 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 7
6 Frosinone 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 2 0 1 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
7 Fiorentina 4 2 1 1 9 9 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 5 0 7
8 Atalanta 4 2 0 2 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 3 6
9 Hellas Verona 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
10 Roma 4 1 1 2 11 6 3 1 1 1 10 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 4
11 Bologna 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
12 Torino 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 4
13 Genoa 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 -3 4
14 Monza 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 4
15 Lazio 4 1 0 3 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 -3 3
16 Udinese 4 0 3 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 3
17 Sassuolo 4 1 0 3 5 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 3
18 Salernitana 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 2
19 Cagliari 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 2
20 Empoli 4 0 0 4 0 12 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 9 -12 0

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.