The visiting Real Sociedad side should be favourites in this visit to Deportivo Alavés, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the La Liga.
Deportivo Alavés form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for Deportivo Alavés at their home stadium (Estadio Olaranbe) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager A. Garitano Aguirrezábal led his Alavés to a defeat in the La Liga match away at Espanyol. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Olaranbe. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Valencia that ended 1-1.
Alavés's goalkeeper Roberto Jiménez was extremely busy against Espanyol, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
There will be little rest for Alavés after this match as they are travelling to Celta de Vigo for a La Liga game in only three days.
Deportivo Alavés are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. Alavés have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Sociedad form and stats
The visitors are W6-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.
Real Sociedad's last game was the home draw against Osasuna (1-1). Ahead of that match was the victory versus SD Eibar at their stadium, the result 2-1.
After this away game Sociedad return home for a La Liga game against Real Madrid. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Real Sociedad have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 18 goals have been scored. As for defending, Real Sociedad rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Real Sociedad - Alavés 3-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (Alavés wins - draws - Real Sociedad wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Pérez Martínez 11 goals |  J. Sanmartín Mato 9 goals |   W. da Silva 9 goals |
Deportivo Alavés missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Deportivo Alavés | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 29 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | 46 |
| 39 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 34 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 93% | 96% |
| 82% | 79% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 82% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 64% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 29% | 25% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 54% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 61% |
| 25% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 21% | 29% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 29% | 14% |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 240 | 143 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 134 | 333 |
| 83 | 49 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 47 | 109 |
| 35% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | 42% |
- Real Sociedad has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
- 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 | Barcelona | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 67 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 59 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 50 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 47 |
| 5 | Getafe | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Atlético Madrid | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 7 | Valencia | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -1 | 43 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Granada | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 38 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Levante | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 29 | -8 | 34 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 32 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alavés | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -10 | 32 |
| 16 | SD Eibar | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 27 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 26 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -20 | 25 |
| 19 | Leganes | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 23 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 23 |