La Liga duel: Close contest expected between Real Betis and Real Sociedad

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sun 19.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Benito Villamarin (60721 seats)

Real Betis will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Real Sociedad.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Real Betis form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga, Real Betis have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

Real Betis are returning here after visiting Portugalete in a Copa Del Rey game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. A 1-1 draw away in the La Liga before that, with Deportivo Alavés the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Real Betis perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Real Betis as a small favourite), we find nine games. Real Betis has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

A decent goal production from Real Betis in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Real Betis's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.

It's the second away game in a row for Real Sociedad, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Ceuta in the Copa Del Rey last time out. A loss against Villarreal was the result prior to that, in a La Liga home game.

As mentioned above, Real Sociedad was the only team on the pitch versus Ceuta in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Real Sociedad in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Real Sociedad, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Real Sociedad has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. Real Sociedad have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Real Sociedad - Real Betis 3-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Real Betis, 4 draws and 5 wins for Real Sociedad. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

Real BetisL. Morón
L. Morón
8 goals
Real SociedadW. da
W. da
8 goals
Real SociedadM. Oyarzabal
M. Oyarzabal
7 goals

Real Betis missing players

Real Sociedad missing players

Real Betis Real Sociedad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 19
6 5 1 Won W 2 5 9
6 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
7 3 2 Lost L 1 3 6
26 17 4 Scored S 6 15 33
32 14 5 Conceded C 6 14 25
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
84% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 84%
68% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 63%
32% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 37%
16% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 16%
84% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 68%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 26%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 11%
 
4.6 5.3 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 2.7 3.7 5.1
5.9 5 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.1
2.8 3 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2.1
4 3 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
240 139 55 Total Shots T S 26 108 237
84 48 16 Shots on Target S O 15 43 82
31% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 40%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Real Betis's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Real Betis has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Real Betis have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Real Betis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Betis have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Real Betis haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Real Sociedad has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
  • 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 19 12 4 3 49 23 9 8 1 0 34 10 10 4 3 3 15 13 26 40
2 Real Madrid 19 11 7 1 36 12 9 6 3 0 20 6 10 5 4 1 16 6 24 40
3 Atlético Madrid 19 9 8 2 22 12 10 6 3 1 14 6 9 3 5 1 8 6 10 35
4 Sevilla 19 10 5 4 24 18 9 4 3 2 11 8 10 6 2 2 13 10 6 35
5 Real Sociedad 19 9 4 6 33 25 9 4 2 3 18 11 10 5 2 3 15 14 8 31
6 Valencia 19 8 7 4 29 25 10 5 5 0 16 9 9 3 2 4 13 16 4 31
7 Getafe 19 8 6 5 26 20 10 5 3 2 17 10 9 3 3 3 9 10 6 30
8 Athletic Club 19 7 8 4 20 13 9 6 2 1 13 3 10 1 6 3 7 10 7 29
9 Villarreal 19 8 4 7 33 26 9 4 4 1 19 11 10 4 0 6 14 15 7 28
10 Granada 19 8 3 8 25 25 10 6 1 3 12 6 9 2 2 5 13 19 0 27
11 Levante 19 8 2 9 26 29 9 5 2 2 15 10 10 3 0 7 11 19 -3 26
12 Osasuna 19 5 9 5 26 25 9 3 4 2 16 13 10 2 5 3 10 12 1 24
13 Real Betis 19 6 6 7 26 32 10 5 2 3 17 14 9 1 4 4 9 18 -6 24
14 Real Valladolid 19 4 9 6 17 23 9 2 6 1 10 6 10 2 3 5 7 17 -6 21
15 Deportivo Alavés 19 5 5 9 20 29 10 4 4 2 12 6 9 1 1 7 8 23 -9 20
16 SD Eibar 19 5 4 10 18 29 9 4 0 5 11 15 10 1 4 5 7 14 -11 19
17 Celta de Vigo 19 3 6 10 16 29 10 2 4 4 7 11 9 1 2 6 9 18 -13 15
18 Mallorca 19 4 3 12 18 33 10 4 2 4 11 11 9 0 1 8 7 22 -15 15
19 Leganes 19 3 5 11 16 30 10 3 1 6 10 14 9 0 4 5 6 16 -14 14
20 Espanyol 19 2 5 12 14 36 10 0 3 7 9 22 9 2 2 5 5 14 -22 11

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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.