International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Real Sociedad and Sheriff are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 Real Sociedad and Sheriff.
Real Sociedad form and stats
Sociedad was eliminated in the knockout round play-offs last season in the Europa League. RB Leipzig was too strong.The story so far in the La Liga for Real Sociedad at their home stadium (Reale Arena) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Real Sociedad.
A nice win for Real Sociedad last time playing, versus Villarreal. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Méndez scoring for the victors. Sola, defender, was given a rating of 7.9/10 in that game, top of the team. Sola hit one key pass and won 12 of 17 duels.
Before that game, a strong away win at Sheriff. A Europa League match.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Real 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.
Sociedad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Sheriff form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the knockout round play-offs.As the visiting team in National Division matches, Sheriff have produced an overall stat of 4-1-0 so far. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 1W-2D-2L. This is both home and away.
The Sheriff goalkeeper Maksym Koval is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 538 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Sheriff, whose manager Tomas could celebrate last time after the win against Dinamo-Auto.
The fixture earlier was the Europa League-duel against Real Sociedad, a home loss (0-2).
A new game in only three days for Sheriff, the National Division home match versus CSF Balti. Busy days.
Sheriff's manager Tomas has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {2 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams met each other earlier this match year: Sheriff - Real Sociedad 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Méndez Portela 5 goals |  A. Sørloth 3 goals |   I. Rasheed 3 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
Sheriff missing players
| Real Sociedad | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 21 | 32 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 10 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Sociedad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sheriff | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 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 | FC Barcelona | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 22 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Athletic Club | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Valencia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Real Valladolid | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 14 | Girona | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Almeria | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Getafe | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Espanyol | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -13 | 5 |
| 20 | Elche | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 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 | Sheriff | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Milsami | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 5 | Zimbru | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 6 | CSF Balti | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -3 | 11 |
| 7 | Dacia-Buiucani | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 8 | Dinamo-Auto | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0 |
