Europa League betting and spectator preview: Real Sociedad and AZ Alkmaar meet at Reale Arena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
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 AZ Alkmaar.
These teams have little in common geographically as AZ Alkmaar have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Real Sociedad form and stats
Overall La Liga stats at home this season for Real Sociedad are 2-1-1 (wins-draw-losses). The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Sociedad has won their last four matches. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Reale Arena.
A strong away win for Real Sociedad against Celta de Vigo the last match, as David Silva, Mikel Oyarzabal and Willian José (2) were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Napoli with the scoreline 0-1.
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 two wins, one draw and three defeats (from six games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Granada are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Real Sociedad in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sociedad have only let in 2 goals at home.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Things could have gone better for AZ Alkmaar in their Eredivisie away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. It's three draws from Alkmaar's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
The supporters enjoyed AZ Alkmaar's previous game versus RKC Waalwijk, a Eredivisie 3-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Rijeka in the Europa League.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Alkmaar playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Alkmaar now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eredivisie game at SC Heerenveen is waiting in only three days.
AZ Alkmaar are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (9 goals from 3 away games). There are big problems for the AZ Alkmaar defense as they have conceded 9 goals in 3 away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 5 goals |  C. Portugués Manzanera 4 goals |   D. de Wit 3 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
AZ Alkmaar missing players
| Real Sociedad | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 16 | 44 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 275 | 140 | Total Shots | T S | 134 | 301 | ||
| 84 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 119 | ||
| 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Napoli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 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 Sociedad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 |
| 4 | Cadiz | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Granada | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Getafe | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Elche | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Athletic Club | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | Valencia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alaves | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Eibar | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Sevilla | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 6 |
| 18 | Levante | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Huesca | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
| 20 | Real Valladolid | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 18 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | PSV | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | AZ Alkmaar | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Heracles | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Willem II | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -14 | 5 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 2 |