This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Real Sociedad when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Napoli with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Napoli have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Real Sociedad form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Real Sociedad have to build on here in the La Liga. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sociedad after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Real Sociedad supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Huesca in La Liga and win 4-1. Before that match, a Europa League win away at Rijeka.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Real Sociedad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sociedad as they are travelling to their away game against Celta de Vigo in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.
The Real Sociedad fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively Real Sociedad have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Napoli form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Arsenal drew the shortest straw.Napoli have six points from their first three away games in the Serie A, meaning two victories and a loss.
Napoli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Benevento. A 0-1 loss hosting AZ Alkmaar before that.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager I. Gattuso when Andrea Petagna scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Napoli in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Napoli, zero draws and two defeats.
After this away game Napoli return home for a Serie A game against Sassuolo. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Napoli have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, Napoli have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 4 goals |  C. Portugués Manzanera 4 goals |   H. Lozano Bahena 4 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
Napoli missing players
| Real Sociedad | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 11 | 47 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 273 | 138 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 389 | ||
| 81 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 156 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Napoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 14 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Granada | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | Cadiz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Elche | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Getafe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Real Betis | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | Eibar | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Barcelona | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Valencia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Athletic Club | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Huesca | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Levante | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 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 | Milan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Napoli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Sassuolo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Inter | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Juventus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Roma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Benevento | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Spezia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Parma | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Genoa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Bologna | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Udinese | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Torino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Crotone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 1 |