This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Real Sociedad at Reale Arena when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and PSV with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Both squads have had time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic fixture!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Real Sociedad form and stats
Last season, Sociedad's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals against Manchester United.4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Real Sociedad have to build on here at Reale Arena in the La Liga. 1W-3D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Real Sociedad.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 278 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Januzaj was the last player to find the net.
The Sociedad fans got no joy from their last match, a La Liga game also here at Reale Arena: A 0-2 defeat against Real Madrid. Álex Remiro had a busy but productive day in the Real Madrid match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Álex Remiro, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.45 out of 10 in that game. Remiro stopped the opponent with six saves.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Panaderia Pulido.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Real Sociedad have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sociedad as they are travelling to their away game against Real Betis in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.
Real Sociedad aren't scoring a lot here at Reale Arena in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. Sociedad have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
PSV form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals, when Olympiakos Piraeus drew the shortest straw.As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, PSV have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Impressive finishing from Ritsu Doan, Phillipp Mwene, Cody Gakpo and André Ramalho secured the home win 4-1 against FC Utrecht in their previous game. Midfielder Ritsu Doan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.11. Doan scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 29 successful passes (of 33 total).
Ahead of that match was the Eredivisie away draw versus SC Heerenveen that ended 1-1.We have checked recent matches where PSV have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, zero draws and one defeat.
PSV have another game away from home in just three days, a Eredivisie fixture against NEC. A rough itinerary for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy PSV's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, PSV have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
PSV - Real Sociedad 2-2 was the outcome when these two participants formerly played each other, some time ago this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 6 goals |   A. Tué Na Bangna 5 goals |  E. Zahavi 4 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
PSV missing players
| Real Sociedad | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Scored | S | 23 | 56 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.9 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.1 | 16.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | PSV | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 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 | Real Madrid | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | FC Barcelona | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Valencia | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Granada | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Elche | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 19 | Getafe | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 20 | Levante | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 7 |
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 46 | 36 |
| 2 | PSV | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 32 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 6 | SC Cambuur | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | AZ | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | NEC | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Willem II | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 14 | Heracles | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 6 |