Real Sociedad vs Granada preview: Away team in for a rough task at Reale Arena

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 13.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

Enjoying a 11 point lead in the league table, Real Sociedad followers crave to see their team earn max points from this fixture against Granada.

Insights:
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in La Liga

These teams have little in common geographically as Granada have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

Real Sociedad have played 11 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Sociedad's attacking players as they have now played 257 minutes without scoring in a league game. Oyarzabal was their last goal scorer. Nothing to worry about in defence for Real Sociedad, as their goalkeeper Alejandro Remiro Gargallo has completely shut out the opponents for 302 minutes in the La Liga.

Sociedad drew their last game, 0-0 away at Valencia (placed 11th). The attacking player Oyarzabal was declared "man of the match" for Real Sociedad with a rating of 7.6/10. Oyarzabal hit four key passes.

Sociedad are traveling soon after this match as the Europa League match at RB Leipzig awaits in four days.

Real Sociedad aren't scoring a lot here at Reale Arena in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. From these home matches, Real Sociedad have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Granada form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Granada so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-5 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Granada much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Real Sociedad will be a tough nut to crack.

Granada have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 192 minutes ago. Suarez was the goal scorer.

There might be some fixture complaints from Granada as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Real Madrid.

A 0-2 loss hosting Osasuna before that.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Granada have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other already this season, with the result Granada - Real Sociedad 2-3 registered in the official records. Sociedad-Granada H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Sociedad seven wins, Granada three wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadM. Oyarzabal Ugarte
M. Oyarzabal Ugarte
7 goals
GranadaJ. Molina Vidal
J. Molina Vidal
7 goals
GranadaL. Suárez Charris
L. Suárez Charris
6 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Granada missing players

Real Sociedad Granada
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 5 12 23
9 5 3 Won W 0 1 5
8 4 1 Drew D 2 6 9
5 2 0 Lost L 3 5 9
22 7 3 Scored S 3 10 26
21 6 0 Conceded C 10 17 34
82% 73% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
55% 27% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 78%
23% 9% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 43%
23% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 26%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 17%
32% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 42% 61%
55% 73% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 17%
32% 36% 25% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 30%
 
5 4.3 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.4 3.7
4.2 4.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 6.2 5.5
2 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.8 2.6
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.1 10.4 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.1 9.6
4 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.6 3.5
25% 20% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 23% 32%
 
10.3 9 6 Shots against (avg) S A 17.4 16.3 15.8
3.5 3.4 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5 5.3
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (8) at home in La Liga

  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 23 16 5 2 48 20 12 8 4 0 25 8 11 8 1 2 23 12 28 53
2 Sevilla 23 13 8 2 34 16 11 8 3 0 24 10 12 5 5 2 10 6 18 47
3 Real Betis 23 12 4 7 41 27 12 6 2 4 23 14 11 6 2 3 18 13 14 40
4 FC Barcelona 22 10 8 4 36 25 11 7 2 2 23 13 11 3 6 2 13 12 11 38
5 Atletico Madrid 22 10 6 6 38 30 10 6 3 1 17 8 12 4 3 5 21 22 8 36
6 Villarreal 23 9 8 6 38 23 12 7 3 2 29 13 11 2 5 4 9 10 15 35
7 Real Sociedad 22 9 8 5 22 21 11 5 4 2 7 6 11 4 4 3 15 15 1 35
8 Athletic Club 23 8 10 5 23 18 11 5 2 4 15 13 12 3 8 1 8 5 5 34
9 Rayo Vallecano 22 9 4 9 27 24 11 8 2 1 20 5 11 1 2 8 7 19 3 31
10 Celta de Vigo 23 8 6 9 28 25 12 4 2 6 15 15 11 4 4 3 13 10 3 30
11 Valencia 23 7 9 7 35 36 12 4 6 2 18 13 11 3 3 5 17 23 -1 30
12 Osasuna 23 7 8 8 22 27 12 2 6 4 10 16 11 5 2 4 12 11 -5 29
13 Espanyol 23 7 6 10 27 32 11 6 2 3 16 13 12 1 4 7 11 19 -5 27
14 Elche 23 6 8 9 26 31 11 4 5 2 13 11 12 2 3 7 13 20 -5 26
15 Getafe 23 6 7 10 20 23 12 6 2 4 17 11 11 0 5 6 3 12 -3 25
16 Granada 23 5 9 9 26 34 11 4 3 4 16 17 12 1 6 5 10 17 -8 24
17 Mallorca 22 5 8 9 19 34 11 3 6 2 10 9 11 2 2 7 9 25 -15 23
18 Cadiz 23 3 9 11 20 38 11 0 6 5 8 17 12 3 3 6 12 21 -18 18
19 Deportivo Alaves 23 4 5 14 17 38 12 3 3 6 8 14 11 1 2 8 9 24 -21 17
20 Levante 22 1 8 13 21 46 11 1 6 4 11 17 11 0 2 9 10 29 -25 11

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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.