Top-drawer Real Sociedad visit Espanyol after their 1-2-result against Monaco. Get out our thorough preview!
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (9) in La Liga
The visiting Real Sociedad played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match. That game was also an away game, at Monaco. 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.
Espanyol form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at RCDE Stadium as Espanyol have scored 9 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the La Liga are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Espanyol will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the La Liga game against Barcelona (placed 7th). Defender Sergi Gómez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Gómez won 9 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match, Espanyol won a home game hosting Granada (2-0).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Espanyol as they are travelling to their away game against Solares in the Copa Del Rey. That match is three days after this one.
The Espanyol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Espanyol have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Sociedad form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the La Liga. In general it has been a productive period now for Sociedad as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Real Sociedad goalkeeper Alejandro Remiro Gargallo is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Sociedad lost away at Monaco (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Adnan Januzaj got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Januzaj served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Valencia.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sociedad manager I. Alguacil Barrenetxea as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Panaderia Pulido.
Sociedad have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 7 away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Sociedad in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Espanyol wins - draws - Real Sociedad wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 7 goals |   M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 6 goals |  A. Elustondo Irribaria 3 goals |
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| Espanyol | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 36% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 36% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 64% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 5.9 | 7.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 13.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12 | 11.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 24% | 26% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 42% | 32% |
| 15.1 | 15.7 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- All of Real Sociedad's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals 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 (9) in La Liga
- 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 Madrid | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Mallorca | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alaves | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Granada | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Elche | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 19 | Getafe | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 20 | Levante | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 7 |