La Liga news and guide: Real Sociedad modest front runner to overpower Osasuna

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 31.December
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

Real Sociedad have performed great football so far, proven by 3rd position in the table. Osasuna have an outlook both up and down from the 7th place.

Insights:
  • Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Osasuna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Real Sociedad have to build on here at Reale Arena in the La Liga.

Real Sociedad are returning here after visiting CD Coria in a Copa Del Rey match and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Midfielder Cho was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.3 (out of ten) in that game. Cho scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).

In the game before, a nice away win at Cazalegas. A Copa Del Rey match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Real Sociedad handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sociedad as they are travelling to their away game against UD Logrones in the Copa Del Rey. That match is four days after this one.

Real Sociedad's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Osasuna form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Two trips in a row for Osasuna, whose boss Arrasate could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against Arnedo. The attacker García got a match rating of 8.25 in that game. García scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Earlier, the Copa Del Rey victory away at Fuentes. We have checked recent matches where Osasuna have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Real Sociedad have not lost in the last 13 games (8-5-0) against Osasuna.

Top Goalscorers

SociedadB. Méndez Portela
B. Méndez Portela
6 goals
OsasunaL. Ávila
L. Ávila
6 goals
Real SociedadA. Sørloth
A. Sørloth
4 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Osasuna missing players

Real Sociedad Osasuna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 6 14
8 3 2 Won W 0 2 7
2 2 1 Drew D 1 2 2
4 2 0 Lost L 1 2 5
19 7 3 Scored S 1 5 16
17 9 1 Conceded C 2 6 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 79%
43% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 36%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
29% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 29%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 21%
 
5.5 5.6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 4.8
4.1 5.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4
2.9 3.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.5 3.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
13.6 13 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.2 13.2
6 6.1 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 4.5
23% 16% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 25%
 
11.2 12.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.3 10.5
4.1 4.6 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.1
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Osasuna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Real Sociedad 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 14 12 1 1 33 5 7 6 1 0 17 0 7 6 0 1 16 5 28 37
2 Real Madrid 14 11 2 1 33 14 7 5 2 0 16 7 7 6 0 1 17 7 19 35
3 Real Sociedad 14 8 2 4 19 17 7 3 2 2 7 9 7 5 0 2 12 8 2 26
4 Athletic Club 14 7 3 4 24 14 8 5 1 2 12 4 6 2 2 2 12 10 10 24
5 Atletico Madrid 14 7 3 4 21 14 6 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 1 2 12 6 7 24
6 Real Betis 14 7 3 4 17 12 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 2 2 3 5 7 5 24
7 Osasuna 14 7 2 5 16 14 8 5 0 3 11 8 6 2 2 2 5 6 2 23
8 Rayo Vallecano 14 6 4 4 20 16 7 4 2 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 8 9 4 22
9 Villarreal 14 6 3 5 15 10 5 3 1 1 9 4 9 3 2 4 6 6 5 21
10 Valencia 14 5 4 5 22 15 8 4 1 3 15 7 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 19
11 Mallorca 14 5 4 5 13 13 7 2 2 3 5 6 7 3 2 2 8 7 0 19
12 Real Valladolid 14 5 2 7 13 21 7 4 1 2 8 6 7 1 1 5 5 15 -8 17
13 Girona 14 4 4 6 20 22 7 3 2 2 12 11 7 1 2 4 8 11 -2 16
14 Almeria 14 5 1 8 16 22 7 5 0 2 13 8 7 0 1 6 3 14 -6 16
15 Getafe 14 3 5 6 12 20 7 1 3 3 6 10 7 2 2 3 6 10 -8 14
16 Espanyol 14 2 6 6 16 22 7 1 2 4 8 13 7 1 4 2 8 9 -6 12
17 Celta de Vigo 14 3 3 8 14 26 7 2 2 3 10 11 7 1 1 5 4 15 -12 12
18 Sevilla 14 2 5 7 13 22 7 0 3 4 4 11 7 2 2 3 9 11 -9 11
19 Cadiz 14 2 5 7 9 26 7 1 3 3 5 13 7 1 2 4 4 13 -17 11
20 Elche 14 0 4 10 10 31 7 0 2 5 4 13 7 0 2 5 6 18 -21 4

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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.