Real Sociedad have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Sheriff. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Real Sociedad, who are travelling more than 3300 kilometers to play this game.
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 Sheriff and Real Sociedad.
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the knockout round play-offs.The National Division results at home this season for Sheriff are 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). 1W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Sheriff.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maksym Koval not having conceded a league goal in 448 minutes.
The Sheriff regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Sfintul Gheorghe and win 3-0.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a National Division home game that ended 0-0 versus Zimbru.The manager Tomas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dinamo-Auto in only three days.
Sheriff have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Sheriff have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Sociedad form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the knockout round play-offs, when RB Leipzig drew the shortest straw.As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Real Sociedad have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far.
Two travels in a row for Real Sociedad, whose manager Barrenetxea could celebrate last time after the win against Girona. As you can tell from the result, the match against Girona was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today? Sørloth has found the net for this side three matches in a row. The efficiency! Sørloth, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.84. Sørloth scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Sociedad secured a home win against Espanyol with the score 2-1.After this away game Real Sociedad return home for a La Liga game against Villarreal. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As opposed to that, Real Sociedad have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Méndez Portela 4 goals |   I. Rasheed 3 goals |  S. Ambri 3 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Sheriff | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 31 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 25% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Sheriff | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -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 | Sheriff | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Milsami | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | CSF Balti | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Dacia-Buiucani | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 6 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 7 | Zimbru | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 8 |
| 8 | Dinamo-Auto | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -9 | 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 | Barcelona | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Athletic Club | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Osasuna | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 9 | Valencia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Girona | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Getafe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Sevilla | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Almeria | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Elche | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -14 | 1 |
