National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Real Madrid or Real Sociedad that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the La Liga. That game was also an away game, at Leganés. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Real Madrid form and stats
Last season, Real Madrid's Copa Del Rey journey ended in the semi-finals against Barcelona.27 points is a decent return from 11 La Liga games here for Real Madrid. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. The Real Madrid fans aren't used to losing here and will expect new points from this game. Real Madrid has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat. Real Madrid has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Mallorca defeat 109 days ago.
The Real Madrid goalkeeper Alphonse Areola is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 206 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.
A nice win for Real Madrid last time playing, versus Atlético Madrid. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Karim Benzema scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Real Zaragoza.
Real Madrid are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Osasuna awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Real Madrid are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 league matches. Real Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.
Real Sociedad form and stats
They also participated in Copa Del Rey last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Playing away, Real Sociedad have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the La Liga this season. Total Copa Del Rey statistics for Real Sociedad: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Real Sociedad seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for Real Sociedad, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Leganés. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Osasuna.
Late heartbreak for Real Sociedad in the Leganés match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
After this away game Real Sociedad return home for a La Liga game against Athletic Club. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Real Sociedad find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Real Sociedad have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Real Madrid-Real Sociedad H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Madrid eight wins, Real Sociedad two wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 
K. Benzema
13 goals
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W. da Silva
8 goals
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M. Oyarzabal Ugarte
7 goals
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Real Madrid missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Real Madrid | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 52 | 27 | Scored | S | 27 | 53 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 428 | 249 | Total Shots | T S | 160 | 333 | ||
| 166 | 96 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 122 | ||
| 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 27 | 49 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Getafe | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Valencia | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | Atlético Madrid | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 36 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 34 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | Granada | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -2 | 30 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Real Betis | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -4 | 28 |
| 13 | Levante | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alavés | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | SD Eibar | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -16 | 18 |
| 18 | Leganés | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 18 |
| 19 | Celta de Vigo | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -14 | 17 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -22 | 15 |