Home advantage could prove decisive in Real Sociedad - Espanyol battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Thu 02.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Anoeta (32076 seats)

With their 23 point advantage in the league table, Real Sociedad fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Espanyol.

It's no vacation for neither Real Sociedad nor Espanyol as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga, Real Sociedad have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 16 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Real Sociedad with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Osasuna game, 17 days ago, have they avoided a loss. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sociedad, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Sociedad faced defeat in their previous match, away at Getafe (1-2). Before that game, the home loss against Celta de Vigo with the scoreline 0-1.

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 three wins, two draws and three defeats.

The manager I. Alguacil Barrenetxea will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Levante in only four days.

Sociedad have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Municipal de Anoeta with 29 goals in 16 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Espanyol form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Espanyol so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-9 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Espanyol as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Getafe match.

The attacking players of Espanyol have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 242 minutes.

Espanyol failed to get anything from their last game, a La Liga home match vs Real Madrid (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Real Betis wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Espanyol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.

After this away game Espanyol return home for a La Liga game against Leganes. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Espanyol as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. Espanyol have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Espanyol - Sociedad 1-3 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sociedad won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Espanyol has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadW. da Silva
W. da Silva
9 goals
Real SociedadM. Oyarzabal Ugarte
M. Oyarzabal Ugarte
9 goals
Real SociedadA. Isak
A. Isak
7 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Espanyol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Sociedad Espanyol
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
14 8 4 Won W 1 3 5
5 3 1 Drew D 0 4 9
13 5 1 Lost L 4 9 18
48 29 12 Scored S 2 11 26
41 16 3 Conceded C 7 23 51
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
81% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 69% 75%
62% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 44%
22% 19% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 22%
9% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
59% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 50%
25% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 16%
19% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.3 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 6 7
 
370 224 93 Total Shots T S 66 154 354
118 70 33 Shots on Target S O 18 46 114
41% 41% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 24% 23%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Sociedad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Espanyol have scored away.
  • Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Real Madrid 32 21 8 3 60 21 16 12 4 0 35 10 16 9 4 3 25 11 39 71
2 Barcelona 33 21 7 5 74 35 17 15 2 0 50 14 16 6 5 5 24 21 39 70
3 Atletico Madrid 33 15 14 4 43 25 16 10 5 1 23 10 17 5 9 3 20 15 18 59
4 Sevilla 33 15 12 6 48 33 16 7 7 2 22 14 17 8 5 4 26 19 15 57
5 Villarreal 33 16 6 11 53 40 16 8 5 3 31 19 17 8 1 8 22 21 13 54
6 Getafe 32 14 10 8 42 30 17 8 6 3 24 15 15 6 4 5 18 15 12 52
7 Athletic Club 33 12 12 9 38 28 16 9 4 3 20 9 17 3 8 6 18 19 10 48
8 Real Sociedad 32 14 5 13 48 41 16 8 3 5 29 16 16 6 2 8 19 25 7 47
9 Valencia 33 12 10 11 41 48 17 9 7 1 26 15 16 3 3 10 15 33 -7 46
10 Granada 33 13 7 13 40 38 16 9 2 5 19 12 17 4 5 8 21 26 2 46
11 Levante 33 12 6 15 41 46 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 4 2 11 17 30 -5 42
12 Osasuna 32 10 11 11 38 47 16 6 5 5 22 26 16 4 6 6 16 21 -9 41
13 Real Betis 33 9 10 14 43 54 17 8 4 5 30 25 16 1 6 9 13 29 -11 37
14 Real Valladolid 33 7 15 11 27 37 16 3 10 3 15 14 17 4 5 8 12 23 -10 36
15 Deportivo Alaves 33 9 8 16 32 50 17 7 5 5 20 14 16 2 3 11 12 36 -18 35
16 Eibar 32 9 8 15 34 48 16 7 2 7 22 22 16 2 6 8 12 26 -14 35
17 Celta de Vigo 33 7 13 13 32 42 16 5 6 5 18 15 17 2 7 8 14 27 -10 34
18 Mallorca 33 8 5 20 35 56 17 7 3 7 22 20 16 1 2 13 13 36 -21 29
19 Leganes 33 5 10 18 24 49 17 4 4 9 14 24 16 1 6 9 10 25 -25 25
20 Espanyol 32 5 9 18 26 51 16 2 5 9 15 28 16 3 4 9 11 23 -25 24

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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 32 21 8 3 60 21 16 12 4 0 35 10 16 9 4 3 25 11 39 71
2 Barcelona 33 21 7 5 74 35 17 15 2 0 50 14 16 6 5 5 24 21 39 70
3 Atletico Madrid 33 15 14 4 43 25 16 10 5 1 23 10 17 5 9 3 20 15 18 59
4 Sevilla 33 15 12 6 48 33 16 7 7 2 22 14 17 8 5 4 26 19 15 57
5 Villarreal 33 16 6 11 53 40 16 8 5 3 31 19 17 8 1 8 22 21 13 54
6 Getafe 32 14 10 8 42 30 17 8 6 3 24 15 15 6 4 5 18 15 12 52
7 Athletic Club 33 12 12 9 38 28 16 9 4 3 20 9 17 3 8 6 18 19 10 48
8 Real Sociedad 32 14 5 13 48 41 16 8 3 5 29 16 16 6 2 8 19 25 7 47
9 Valencia 33 12 10 11 41 48 17 9 7 1 26 15 16 3 3 10 15 33 -7 46
10 Granada 33 13 7 13 40 38 16 9 2 5 19 12 17 4 5 8 21 26 2 46
11 Levante 33 12 6 15 41 46 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 4 2 11 17 30 -5 42
12 Osasuna 32 10 11 11 38 47 16 6 5 5 22 26 16 4 6 6 16 21 -9 41
13 Real Betis 33 9 10 14 43 54 17 8 4 5 30 25 16 1 6 9 13 29 -11 37
14 Real Valladolid 33 7 15 11 27 37 16 3 10 3 15 14 17 4 5 8 12 23 -10 36
15 Deportivo Alaves 33 9 8 16 32 50 17 7 5 5 20 14 16 2 3 11 12 36 -18 35
16 Eibar 32 9 8 15 34 48 16 7 2 7 22 22 16 2 6 8 12 26 -14 35
17 Celta de Vigo 33 7 13 13 32 42 16 5 6 5 18 15 17 2 7 8 14 27 -10 34
18 Mallorca 33 8 5 20 35 56 17 7 3 7 22 20 16 1 2 13 13 36 -21 29
19 Leganes 33 5 10 18 24 49 17 4 4 9 14 24 16 1 6 9 10 25 -25 25
20 Espanyol 32 5 9 18 26 51 16 2 5 9 15 28 16 3 4 9 11 23 -25 24

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