There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Real Sociedad leading Celta de Vigo by 17 points.
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.
Real Sociedad form and stats
8-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Real Sociedad so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Real Sociedad, who played 0-0 against Real Madrid. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Municipal de Anoeta). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Deportivo Alavés.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Real Madrid as Mikel Merino's goal in the 83rd minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sociedad handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and two defeats.
Sociedad have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Municipal de Anoeta with 29 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Sociedad have conceded 15 goals.
Celta de Vigo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Celta de Vigo so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-7 (win-draw-lose). It's been quite a sequence of draws for Celta when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Valencia match has the points been distributed unevenly.
Celta de Vigo have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper null null. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga.
Impressive finishing from Iago Aspas, Nolito, Rafinha Alcántara (2), Santi Mina and Jeison Murillo secured the home win 6-0 against Deportivo Alavés in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Real Valladolid.
As you can tell from the results above, Celta was very dominant against Deportivo Alavés, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Iago Aspas, Nolito, Rafinha Alcántara (2), Santi Mina and Jeison Murillo providing the goals.
Celta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barcelona in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Celta as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. Celta have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Celta de Vigo - Real Sociedad 0-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sociedad won five, Celta de Vigo won three and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Aspas Juncal 10 goals |   W. da Silva 9 goals |  M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 9 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
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| Real Sociedad | Celta de Vigo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 46 | 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 28 |
| 36 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 35 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 73% | 80% |
| 80% | 87% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 57% |
| 60% | 67% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | 33% |
| 23% | 20% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 27% |
| 10% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 10% |
| 57% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 43% |
| 30% | 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 33% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 47% | 43% |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.4 | 6.9 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 350 | 209 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 126 | 298 |
| 111 | 64 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 52 | 111 |
| 41% | 44% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 23% | 25% |
- Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Sociedad has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Sociedad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Real Sociedad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Celta de Vigo have scored away.
- Real Sociedad have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Barcelona | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 38 | 65 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 36 | 65 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 52 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 | Getafe | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 48 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 47 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 47 |
| 8 | Valencia | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 | -2 | 46 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 42 |
| 10 | Granada | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 42 |
| 11 | Levante | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -6 | 38 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Deportivo Alavés | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 34 | -14 | 35 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -8 | 34 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 33 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 17 | SD Eibar | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 29 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 31 | -21 | 26 |
| 19 | Leganés | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 24 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -23 | 24 |