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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

This could be a great fixture, with Atlético Madrid positioned 4th and Real Sociedad placed 1st. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Atlético Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Real Sociedad is in the best form (4-2-0)

Real Sociedad could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Sturm Graz, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Real Sociedad.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid have collected 8 points from their La Liga home games so far after 2-2-0.

Atlético Madrid's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Liverpool. Koke (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10. Koke served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Barcelona.

The manager D. Simeone will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Levante in only four days.

The Atlético fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Defensively Atlético have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (6) in La Liga, are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.

Two travels in a row for Sociedad, whose manager I. Alguacil Barrenetxea could celebrate last time after the Europa League win against Sturm Graz. Midfielder Adnan Januzaj was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Januzaj hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Mallorca in the La Liga.

The schedule is very tough for Sociedad now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A La Liga game at Celta de Vigo is waiting in only four days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sociedad are regular goalscorers on their travels. In the opposite end, Sociedad have conceded 7 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Atlético-Real Sociedad H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Atlético Madrid six wins, Real Sociedad three wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Atlético Madrid missing players

Real Sociedad missing players

Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 0 4 9
5 2 0 Won W 0 2 6
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
11 5 0 Scored S 0 8 12
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 7 7
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 89%
62% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 44%
50% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 22%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 22%
50% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 33%
38% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 67%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
5.8 6.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.8 4.8
3.1 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.2 3.6
4 3.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13 12.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 12.3
2.9 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.5 4.8
48% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 28%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Real Sociedad's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atlético Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Atlético Madrid have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Sociedad have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (6) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Real Sociedad is in the best form (4-2-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Sociedad 9 6 2 1 12 7 5 4 1 0 4 0 4 2 1 1 8 7 5 20
2 Real Madrid 8 5 2 1 22 10 3 2 1 0 11 3 5 3 1 1 11 7 12 17
3 Sevilla 8 5 2 1 11 3 3 3 0 0 8 1 5 2 2 1 3 2 8 17
4 Atlético Madrid 8 5 2 1 11 6 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 17
5 Osasuna 9 5 2 2 13 12 5 1 2 2 3 7 4 4 0 0 10 5 1 17
6 Rayo Vallecano 9 5 1 3 15 9 4 4 0 0 12 2 5 1 1 3 3 7 6 16
7 Barcelona 8 4 3 1 14 8 5 4 1 0 13 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 6 15
8 Real Betis 9 4 3 2 12 9 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 15
9 Athletic Club 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 1 3 0 2 1 3 13
10 Valencia 9 3 3 3 13 11 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 1 2 2 7 8 2 12
11 Espanyol 9 3 3 3 8 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 0 2 2 2 5 0 12
12 Villarreal 8 2 5 1 9 5 4 2 1 1 7 3 4 0 4 0 2 2 4 11
13 Mallorca 9 3 2 4 7 13 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 1 0 3 2 9 -6 11
14 Elche 9 2 3 4 6 10 4 1 3 0 3 2 5 1 0 4 3 8 -4 9
15 Celta de Vigo 9 2 1 6 7 12 5 1 0 4 3 6 4 1 1 2 4 6 -5 7
16 Cadiz 9 1 4 4 7 13 5 0 3 2 3 6 4 1 1 2 4 7 -6 7
17 Granada 8 1 3 4 6 12 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 0 2 2 1 6 -6 6
18 Levante 9 0 5 4 6 13 4 0 3 1 4 6 5 0 2 3 2 7 -7 5
19 Deportivo Alaves 8 1 0 7 2 13 5 1 0 4 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 5 -11 3
20 Getafe 9 0 2 7 3 13 4 0 1 3 2 5 5 0 1 4 1 8 -10 2

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.