Delightful dogfight as daring Real Sociedad duel with determined Celta de Vigo

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

It's only fixture two of the La Liga for these teams. And it's all to play for here at Reale Arena as Real Sociedad receive Celta de Vigo. Don't miss this preview!

Real Sociedad and Celta de Vigo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

The season before, Real Sociedad's league stats were 21 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, ending with 4th spot in the La Liga. Over these 38 matches they scored {51 goals} and conceded 35. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Real Sociedad generated 11-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 16 conceded. A La Liga draw at home so far for Real Sociedad. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 19 matches.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sociedad, who played 1-1 against Girona. That match was also played at this venue (Reale Arena). The attacker Kubo won the honour of being "man of the match" for Real Sociedad with a rating of 8.03/10. Kubo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Real Sociedad had a home game versus Sevilla which ended with a victory 2-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sociedad's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Early season league goal statistics from Real Sociedad's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

Let's have a look at how Celta de Vigo performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 10 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {53 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 17/32 goals scored/conceded.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Osasuna with 0-2 on the scoreboard. The attacker Aspas got a match rating of 7.33 in that game. Aspas hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Barcelona.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Celta de Vigo playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

Head 2 Head

Sociedad have avoided a loss in the last 6 fixtures (5-1-0) versus Celta de Vigo.

The games between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadT. Kubo
T. Kubo
1 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Sociedad Celta de Vigo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
1 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Real Sociedad Last season Celta de Vigo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
21 11   Won W   4 11
8 5   Drew D   4 10
9 3   Lost L   11 17
51 26   Scored S   17 43
35 16   Conceded C   32 53
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
71% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 66%
34% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
13% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 26%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 11%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
39% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   42% 26%
 
4.3 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.8
4.1 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.3
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
2 1   Red cards R C   4 6
 
12.8 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 12.7
4.9 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.4
27% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 26%
 
10.5 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.2
3.6 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.6

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Rayo Vallecano 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Real Betis 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Girona 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Real Sociedad 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Getafe 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cadiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Deportivo Alaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Villarreal 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Athletic Club 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Almeria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 38 28 4 6 70 20 19 15 3 1 37 4 19 13 1 5 33 16 50 88
2 Real Madrid 38 24 6 8 75 36 19 13 5 1 44 16 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 78
3 Atletico Madrid 38 23 8 7 70 33 19 13 3 3 41 15 19 10 5 4 29 18 37 77
4 Real Sociedad 38 21 8 9 51 35 19 11 5 3 26 16 19 10 3 6 25 19 16 71
5 Villarreal 38 19 7 12 59 40 19 12 3 4 36 18 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 64
6 Real Betis 38 17 9 12 46 41 19 9 5 5 26 18 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 60
7 Osasuna 38 15 8 15 37 42 19 11 1 7 24 21 19 4 7 8 13 21 -5 53
8 Athletic Club 38 14 9 15 47 43 19 8 3 8 22 15 19 6 6 7 25 28 4 51
9 Mallorca 38 14 8 16 37 43 19 10 5 4 22 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -6 50
10 Girona 38 13 10 15 58 55 19 10 3 6 35 26 19 3 7 9 23 29 3 49
11 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 10 15 45 53 19 9 5 5 28 22 19 4 5 10 17 31 -8 49
12 Sevilla 38 13 10 15 47 54 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 6 5 8 23 29 -7 49
13 Celta de Vigo 38 11 10 17 43 53 19 7 6 6 26 21 19 4 4 11 17 32 -10 43
14 Cadiz 38 10 12 16 30 53 19 7 6 6 19 23 19 3 6 10 11 30 -23 42
15 Valencia 38 11 9 18 42 45 19 8 5 6 27 19 19 3 4 12 15 26 -3 42
16 Getafe 38 10 12 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 19 3 6 10 13 25 -11 42
17 Almeria 38 11 8 19 49 65 19 10 3 6 29 22 19 1 5 13 20 43 -16 41
18 Real Valladolid 38 11 7 20 33 63 19 8 4 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 40
19 Espanyol 38 8 13 17 52 69 19 4 7 8 27 35 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 37
20 Elche 38 5 10 23 30 67 19 3 6 10 18 29 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 25

Real Sociedad:
Celta de Vigo:
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 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Rayo Vallecano 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Osasuna 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Real Betis 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Girona 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Real Sociedad 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Getafe 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cadiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Deportivo Alaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Villarreal 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Athletic Club 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Almeria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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