The home boss Barrenetxea expects to inspire Real Sociedad win vs Almería

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Tue 23.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

Real Sociedad anticipate the arrival of Almería with belief in winning all three points. Can they? Check our match preview!

Insights:
  • Almería have the most matches over the total-line (22) in La Liga

Almería have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sociedad and Almería.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

The La Liga results playing at home this season for Real Sociedad are 9-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Real Sociedad enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at FC Barcelona's place. The match ended 2-1 with Merino and Sørloth scoring. The forward Sørloth won the honour of being "man of the match" for Real Sociedad with a rating of 7.81/10. Sørloth scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that, Sociedad drew at home versus Girona.

Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 14 league games, 11 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Real Sociedad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 17 matches. Real Sociedad have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Almería form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Almería so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-12 (win-draw-lose). Almería seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Almería go into this game after a win, the home game against Mallorca that ended 3-0. It's hard not to mention Lázaro's lethal finishing against Mallorca. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Lázaro got a player rating of 9.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Lázaro scored three goals and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Osasuna's place.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this team's 11 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.

Almería have conceded 39 goals in these games. Almería has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides faced each other previously this season; Almería - Sociedad 0-2. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous nine meetings): Real Sociedad won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Almería managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / two.

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadA. Sørloth
A. Sørloth
11 goals
Real SociedadT. Kubo
T. Kubo
8 goals
Real SociedadB. Méndez Portela
B. Méndez Portela
7 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Almería missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Sociedad Almería
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
19 9 3 Won W 0 1 11
8 5 2 Drew D 0 4 6
8 3 1 Lost L 5 12 18
47 23 7 Scored S 5 17 46
32 15 3 Conceded C 13 39 61
91% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 86%
31% 29% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 65% 63%
14% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 41% 34%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 11%
43% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 71% 69%
40% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
26% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 23%
 
4.2 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.4 3.9
4.1 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 5.8 5.9
2.5 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.5 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.6 12.6 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 10.7 11.3
4.9 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.1 4.1
27% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 32%
 
10.7 10.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 18.2 16.4 14.9
3.6 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.4 5.8
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almería have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga
  • Almería have the most conceded goals (39) away in La Liga
  • Almería have the most matches over the total-line (22) in La Liga
  • Almería 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 FC Barcelona 35 27 4 4 65 15 18 14 3 1 34 4 17 13 1 3 31 11 50 85
2 Atletico Madrid 35 22 6 7 63 27 18 12 3 3 39 14 17 10 3 4 24 13 36 72
3 Real Madrid 35 22 5 8 70 33 17 12 4 1 41 14 18 10 1 7 29 19 37 71
4 Real Sociedad 35 19 8 8 47 32 17 9 5 3 23 15 18 10 3 5 24 17 15 65
5 Villarreal 35 18 6 11 54 36 17 11 2 4 32 16 18 7 4 7 22 20 18 60
6 Real Betis 35 16 8 11 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 16 18 7 4 7 18 22 5 56
7 Athletic Club 35 14 8 13 46 39 18 8 3 7 22 14 17 6 5 6 24 25 7 50
8 Girona 35 13 9 13 55 50 18 10 3 5 34 24 17 3 6 8 21 26 5 48
9 Sevilla 35 13 9 13 44 49 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 21 26 -5 48
10 Osasuna 35 13 8 14 32 39 17 9 1 7 20 20 18 4 7 7 12 19 -7 47
11 Rayo Vallecano 35 12 10 13 42 47 18 8 5 5 26 21 17 4 5 8 16 26 -5 46
12 Mallorca 35 12 8 15 33 40 17 8 5 4 18 12 18 4 3 11 15 28 -7 44
13 Valencia 35 11 7 17 39 41 18 8 4 6 25 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -2 40
14 Almería 35 11 6 18 46 61 18 10 2 6 29 22 17 1 4 12 17 39 -15 39
15 Celta de Vigo 35 10 9 16 40 50 17 6 5 6 23 19 18 4 4 10 17 31 -10 39
16 Cádiz 35 9 11 15 28 50 18 6 6 6 18 23 17 3 5 9 10 27 -22 38
17 Real Valladolid 35 10 5 20 30 62 17 7 3 7 18 24 18 3 2 13 12 38 -32 35
18 Getafe 35 8 11 16 31 44 18 6 6 6 19 19 17 2 5 10 12 25 -13 35
19 Espanyol 35 8 10 17 44 61 17 4 5 8 21 29 18 4 5 9 23 32 -17 34
20 Elche 35 4 8 23 27 65 17 3 4 10 16 27 18 1 4 13 11 38 -38 20

Real Sociedad:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 35 27 4 4 65 15 18 14 3 1 34 4 17 13 1 3 31 11 50 85
2 Atletico Madrid 35 22 6 7 63 27 18 12 3 3 39 14 17 10 3 4 24 13 36 72
3 Real Madrid 35 22 5 8 70 33 17 12 4 1 41 14 18 10 1 7 29 19 37 71
4 Real Sociedad 35 19 8 8 47 32 17 9 5 3 23 15 18 10 3 5 24 17 15 65
5 Villarreal 35 18 6 11 54 36 17 11 2 4 32 16 18 7 4 7 22 20 18 60
6 Real Betis 35 16 8 11 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 16 18 7 4 7 18 22 5 56
7 Athletic Club 35 14 8 13 46 39 18 8 3 7 22 14 17 6 5 6 24 25 7 50
8 Girona 35 13 9 13 55 50 18 10 3 5 34 24 17 3 6 8 21 26 5 48
9 Sevilla 35 13 9 13 44 49 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 21 26 -5 48
10 Osasuna 35 13 8 14 32 39 17 9 1 7 20 20 18 4 7 7 12 19 -7 47
11 Rayo Vallecano 35 12 10 13 42 47 18 8 5 5 26 21 17 4 5 8 16 26 -5 46
12 Mallorca 35 12 8 15 33 40 17 8 5 4 18 12 18 4 3 11 15 28 -7 44
13 Valencia 35 11 7 17 39 41 18 8 4 6 25 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -2 40
14 Almería 35 11 6 18 46 61 18 10 2 6 29 22 17 1 4 12 17 39 -15 39
15 Celta de Vigo 35 10 9 16 40 50 17 6 5 6 23 19 18 4 4 10 17 31 -10 39
16 Cádiz 35 9 11 15 28 50 18 6 6 6 18 23 17 3 5 9 10 27 -22 38
17 Real Valladolid 35 10 5 20 30 62 17 7 3 7 18 24 18 3 2 13 12 38 -32 35
18 Getafe 35 8 11 16 31 44 18 6 6 6 19 19 17 2 5 10 12 25 -13 35
19 Espanyol 35 8 10 17 44 61 17 4 5 8 21 29 18 4 5 9 23 32 -17 34
20 Elche 35 4 8 23 27 65 17 3 4 10 16 27 18 1 4 13 11 38 -38 20

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