Preview: Real Madrid the front runner when Real Sociedad comes to visit

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (81044 seats)

A total of 17 rounds of games are played and both Real Madrid and Real Sociedad are flying high in the table. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (38) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid have performed here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu this season with 5 wins from 7 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.

Real Madrid's previous fixture was a Copa Del Rey game also played at their home, ending 3-1 versus Atlético Madrid. The home team are looking to build on that result. The gifted forward Júnior edged out all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.81 out of 10. Júnior scored one goal, served one assist and hit five key passes.

Before that match, a La Liga win away at Athletic Club.

Take note: 13 of the latest 17 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Valencia are coming to town in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Madrid are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the La Liga. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Real Madrid.

Two away games in a row for Real Sociedad, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey. Zubimendi got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Zubimendi hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away La Liga victory against Rayo Vallecano with the score of 2-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Real Sociedad's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Real Madrid have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when facing Real Sociedad.

Top Goalscorers

MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
9 goals
Real SociedadA. Sørloth
A. Sørloth
8 goals
Real SociedadB. Méndez Portela
B. Méndez Portela
7 goals

Real Madrid missing players

Real Sociedad missing players

Real Madrid Real Sociedad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 7 2 Played P 0 9 18
13 5 2 Won W 0 7 12
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
38 16 5 Scored S 0 16 28
16 7 2 Conceded C 0 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 72%
71% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 39%
35% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 17%
18% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
76% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 50%
24% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 39%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
5.6 6.1 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.9 5
4.3 2.1 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.9 3.8
1.6 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.1 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17.2 18.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.6 12.9
6.1 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.1 5.8
37% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 27%
 
11.8 9.3 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.9 10.7
3.5 2.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.1 3.6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Real Madrid's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Real Madrid have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Real Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Real Madrid have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Real Madrid have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most matches over the total-line (12) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (38) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 14 2 1 36 6 9 7 2 0 19 1 8 7 0 1 17 5 30 44
2 Real Madrid 17 13 2 2 38 16 7 5 2 0 16 7 10 8 0 2 22 9 22 41
3 Real Sociedad 18 12 2 4 28 18 9 5 2 2 12 10 9 7 0 2 16 8 10 38
4 Atlético Madrid 18 9 4 5 27 16 9 4 2 3 14 9 9 5 2 2 13 7 11 31
5 Villarreal 18 9 4 5 21 13 8 6 1 1 14 6 10 3 3 4 7 7 8 31
6 Real Betis 17 8 4 5 19 14 8 5 2 1 12 5 9 3 2 4 7 9 5 28
7 Osasuna 18 8 4 6 18 17 9 6 0 3 12 8 9 2 4 3 6 9 1 28
8 Athletic Club 18 7 5 6 25 19 10 5 2 3 12 6 8 2 3 3 13 13 6 26
9 Rayo Vallecano 18 7 5 6 24 22 9 4 2 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 11 11 2 26
10 Mallorca 18 7 4 7 15 16 9 4 2 3 7 6 9 3 2 4 8 10 -1 25
11 Girona 18 5 6 7 26 28 9 4 3 2 16 14 9 1 3 5 10 14 -2 21
12 Valencia 17 5 5 7 25 20 10 4 2 4 17 10 7 1 3 3 8 10 5 20
13 Espanyol 18 4 8 6 22 26 9 2 3 4 11 15 9 2 5 2 11 11 -4 20
14 Almeria 18 5 4 9 20 28 9 5 1 3 14 11 9 0 3 6 6 17 -8 19
15 Sevilla 18 4 6 8 18 26 9 2 3 4 7 12 9 2 3 4 11 14 -8 18
16 Getafe 18 4 5 9 16 25 9 2 3 4 9 12 9 2 2 5 7 13 -9 17
17 Celta de Vigo 18 4 5 9 17 29 9 2 4 3 12 13 9 2 1 6 5 16 -12 17
18 Real Valladolid 18 5 2 11 13 28 9 4 1 4 8 9 9 1 1 7 5 19 -15 17
19 Cadiz 18 3 7 8 12 29 9 1 5 3 7 15 9 2 2 5 5 14 -17 16
20 Elche 18 0 6 12 12 36 9 0 3 6 5 15 9 0 3 6 7 21 -24 6

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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.