Estadio Wanda Metropolitano: Atlético Madrid vs Real Sociedad La Liga preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 19.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

The Atlético Madrid & Real Sociedad managers D. Simeone and I. Alguacil Barrenetxea are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the La Liga league table.

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 Atlético and Real Sociedad.

Atlético Madrid can neither be promoted or relegated from La Liga. Sociedad are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

41 points is a decent return from 18 La Liga games here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano for Atlético Madrid. The data says 12 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. Atlético haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Real Madrid, 169 days ago. The Atlético fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano and will expect new points from this game. Atlético Madrid has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

The Atlético goalkeeper Jan Oblak is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 221 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.

It's back home for Atlético, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Getafe away with the result 2-0. Thomas Partey and Marcos Llorente found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Real Betis.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and zero defeats.

A decent goal production from Atlético in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 18 league matches. From these home matches, Atlético have conceded only 10 goals.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

7-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Sociedad in their La Liga matches away.

Real Sociedad's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sevilla that finished 0-0. Prior to that result Real Sociedad won their away game at Villarreal. The scoreline was 2-1.

Real Sociedad are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sociedad have scored 22 goals in 18 league games away. Real Sociedad have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Real Sociedad - Atlético 2-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Atlético Madrid, zero draws and three wins for Real Sociedad. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
12 goals
Real SociedadW. da Silva
W. da Silva
11 goals
Real SociedadM. Oyarzabal Ugarte
M. Oyarzabal Ugarte
10 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Real Sociedad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 4 18 37
18 12 1 Won W 1 7 16
15 5 2 Drew D 0 3 7
4 1 1 Lost L 3 8 14
50 27 5 Scored S 5 22 55
26 10 4 Conceded C 8 27 47
86% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
65% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 78% 81%
30% 39% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 62%
19% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 22%
5% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 11%
43% 39% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 61% 62%
46% 56% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 24%
24% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 28% 19%
 
4.9 5.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 4.8
4.8 3.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.2 3.9
2.5 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
454 256 63 Total Shots T S 40 163 428
143 82 16 Shots on Target S O 16 55 136
35% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 40% 40%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals (10) at home
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13)
  • Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Sociedad has the fewest matches under the total-line (12)
  • Real Sociedad have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 37 26 8 3 68 23 19 15 4 0 40 11 18 11 4 3 28 12 45 86
2 Barcelona 37 24 7 6 81 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 18 8 5 5 29 22 43 79
3 Atlético Madrid 37 18 15 4 50 26 18 12 5 1 27 10 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 69
4 Sevilla 37 18 13 6 53 34 18 9 7 2 25 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 19 67
5 Villarreal 37 17 6 14 59 49 18 8 5 5 33 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 10 57
6 Real Sociedad 37 16 7 14 55 47 19 9 4 6 33 20 18 7 3 8 22 27 8 55
7 Getafe 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 8 6 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 18 16 7 54
8 Valencia 37 14 11 12 46 52 19 11 7 1 29 16 18 3 4 11 17 36 -6 53
9 Granada 37 15 8 14 48 45 18 9 3 6 22 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 3 53
10 Athletic Club 37 13 12 12 41 34 19 9 4 6 21 14 18 4 8 6 20 20 7 51
11 Osasuna 37 13 12 12 44 52 18 7 6 5 24 27 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 51
12 Levante 37 13 7 17 46 53 18 8 5 5 26 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -7 46
13 SD Eibar 37 11 9 17 39 52 19 8 3 8 25 25 18 3 6 9 14 27 -13 42
14 Real Betis 37 10 11 16 48 58 19 9 4 6 34 27 18 1 7 10 14 31 -10 41
15 Real Valladolid 37 8 15 14 30 43 18 4 10 4 16 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -13 39
16 Deportivo Alavés 37 10 9 18 34 54 18 7 6 5 20 14 19 3 3 13 14 40 -20 39
17 Celta de Vigo 37 7 15 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 18 2 7 9 15 29 -12 36
18 Leganés 37 8 11 18 28 49 18 5 4 9 15 24 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 35
19 Mallorca 37 9 5 23 38 63 19 8 3 8 25 22 18 1 2 15 13 41 -25 32
20 Espanyol 37 5 9 23 27 58 18 2 5 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 24

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Table
  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 37 26 8 3 68 23 19 15 4 0 40 11 18 11 4 3 28 12 45 86
2 Barcelona 37 24 7 6 81 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 18 8 5 5 29 22 43 79
3 Atlético Madrid 37 18 15 4 50 26 18 12 5 1 27 10 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 69
4 Sevilla 37 18 13 6 53 34 18 9 7 2 25 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 19 67
5 Villarreal 37 17 6 14 59 49 18 8 5 5 33 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 10 57
6 Real Sociedad 37 16 7 14 55 47 19 9 4 6 33 20 18 7 3 8 22 27 8 55
7 Getafe 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 8 6 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 18 16 7 54
8 Valencia 37 14 11 12 46 52 19 11 7 1 29 16 18 3 4 11 17 36 -6 53
9 Granada 37 15 8 14 48 45 18 9 3 6 22 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 3 53
10 Athletic Club 37 13 12 12 41 34 19 9 4 6 21 14 18 4 8 6 20 20 7 51
11 Osasuna 37 13 12 12 44 52 18 7 6 5 24 27 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 51
12 Levante 37 13 7 17 46 53 18 8 5 5 26 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -7 46
13 SD Eibar 37 11 9 17 39 52 19 8 3 8 25 25 18 3 6 9 14 27 -13 42
14 Real Betis 37 10 11 16 48 58 19 9 4 6 34 27 18 1 7 10 14 31 -10 41
15 Real Valladolid 37 8 15 14 30 43 18 4 10 4 16 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -13 39
16 Deportivo Alavés 37 10 9 18 34 54 18 7 6 5 20 14 19 3 3 13 14 40 -20 39
17 Celta de Vigo 37 7 15 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 18 2 7 9 15 29 -12 36
18 Leganés 37 8 11 18 28 49 18 5 4 9 15 24 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 35
19 Mallorca 37 9 5 23 38 63 19 8 3 8 25 22 18 1 2 15 13 41 -25 32
20 Espanyol 37 5 9 23 27 58 18 2 5 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 24

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