La Liga: Two sides in decent form get together for this match. Real Sociedad with a small advantage with their 3rd position in the league table?
- Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Real Sociedad when visiting Almería as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at UD Logrones. 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.
Almería form and stats
Almería are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games. Almería has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo. We remember; it was Osasuna.
Almería travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cadiz that ended 1-1. Midfield player Melero got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Melero scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Arenteiro in the Copa Del Rey.
A decent goal production from Almería in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Real Sociedad form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the La Liga.
Two travels in a row for Real Sociedad, whose boss Barrenetxea could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against UD Logrones. Midfielder Illarramendi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.4. Illarramendi served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 48 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Osasuna in the La Liga.Sociedad are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. As opposed to that, Real Sociedad have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Almería four wins, two draws and Real Sociedad two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Méndez Portela 7 goals |  A. Sørloth 5 goals |
Almería missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Almería | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 53% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 13% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 13% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 6.9 | 6.9 | 15 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 11.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 14.1 | 13.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 28% | 42% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 29% | 24% |
| 14.9 | 15.3 | 29 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 9.9 | 11.1 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 15 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.6 | 4 |
- Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Almería have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 38 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Valencia | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Girona | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Almería | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Getafe | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 12 |
| 20 | Elche | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 4 |
