Deportivo Alavés will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Real Sociedad.
- Real Sociedad has the most scored goals (22) in La Liga
Real Sociedad could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.
Deportivo Alavés form and stats
Deportivo Alavés's struggle is real here at Estadio Olaranbe with only 6 points collected from 6 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2. Two draws in a row at home now for Deportivo Alavés.
Happy days for Deportivo Alavés in their previous game, a La Liga match away at Real Madrid (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Nobody expected Deportivo Alavés to beat Real Madrid in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Valencia.
Fernando Pacheco loved the game against Real Madrid. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Alavés here at Estadio Olaranbe in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). 6 goals have been conceded.
Real Sociedad form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (22) in La Liga, on their La Liga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. A great winning streak in away games for Real Sociedad as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Real Valladolid have they travelled home without three points.
There were no winners in Sociedad's previous match, a Europa League home game that ended 2-2 vs Rijeka. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Villarreal.
The schedule is very tough for Sociedad now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Napoli 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. Real Sociedad are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Alavés-Real Sociedad H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Deportivo Alavés four wins, Real Sociedad five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 7 goals |  C. Portugués Manzanera 4 goals |   L. Pérez Martínez 3 goals |
Deportivo Alavés missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Deportivo Alavés | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 91% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 55% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 8.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 29 | 14.2 | 12.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 41% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 52% | 43% |
- Real Sociedad has the most scored goals (12) away in La Liga
- Real Sociedad has the most scored goals (22) in La Liga
- Real Sociedad has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in La Liga
- Real Sociedad has the the best goal difference (+10) away in La Liga
- Real Sociedad have not yet lost a game away.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Sociedad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Sociedad have scored at least twice as many goals away as Deportivo Alavés have scored home.
- Real Sociedad have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Sevilla | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Cadiz | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 8 | Granada | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Elche | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Getafe | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Eibar | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Deportivo Alavés | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Valencia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Real Betis | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Osasuna | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 19 | Levante | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 20 | Huesca | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 7 |