Football preview: Home crowd has big expectations when Real Sociedad welcome Rayo Vallecano

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena

It's game two of the La Liga season and a lot to play for. Don't miss our full preview of Real Sociedad-Rayo Vallecano!

Real Sociedad and Rayo Vallecano 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 previous season, Real Sociedad's league statistics were 17 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses, results that produced 5th place in the La Liga. From these 38 matches they scored 59 goals and let in 38. Performing at home in the former season Real Sociedad delivered 9-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 21 conceded.

No payout for Sociedad in their previous match, an away game at Barcelona that ended in defeat 2-4. Ander Barrenetxea, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.33 (out of 10). Barrenetxea served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times. A goal frenzy last time out for Real Sociedad, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Barcelona. Fun stuff to watch!

In the game before, an away victory match versus Osasuna with a 1-0 scoreline.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

Let's have a look at how Rayo Vallecano performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 10 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 21/20 goals scored/conceded. Rayo Vallecano have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the La Liga were 8 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 21 fixtures.

There might be some fixture complaints from Vallecano as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the La Liga match against Sevilla (0-3). Óscar Trejo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.05. Trejo hit one key pass.

Prior to that result Vallecano won their away game at Girona in the La Liga 2. The scoreline was 2-0.

It's early days yet, but Rayo Vallecano has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Real Sociedad-Rayo Vallecano H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Sociedad four wins, Rayo Vallecano three wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SociedadM. Oyarzabal Ugarte
M. Oyarzabal Ugarte
1 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Sociedad Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 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% 100% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 4
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Real Sociedad Last season Rayo Vallecano
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   23 46
17 9   Won W   10 22
11 6   Drew D   6 10
10 4   Lost L   7 14
59 34   Scored S   25 60
38 21   Conceded C   21 43
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 91%
71% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 67%
45% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 43%
24% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 15%
16% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 7%
53% 58%   BTTS BTTS   35% 43%
37% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 33%
16% 16%   Failed to Score F T   39% 33%
 
5.2 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.9
3.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.5
2.1 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.8
1 1   Red cards R C   2 6
 
11.1 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 9.8
4 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
39% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 34%

  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 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Barcelona 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atletico Madrid 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cadiz 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Elche 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 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Atletico Madrid 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 30
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 Espanyol 42 24 10 8 71 28 21 15 3 3 41 12 21 9 7 5 30 16 43 82
2 Mallorca 42 24 10 8 54 28 21 14 3 4 33 12 21 10 7 4 21 16 26 82
3 Almeria 42 21 10 11 61 40 21 10 8 3 34 18 21 11 2 8 27 22 21 73
4 Leganes 42 21 10 11 51 32 21 15 3 3 28 12 21 6 7 8 23 20 19 73
5 Girona 42 20 11 11 47 36 21 12 4 5 22 12 21 8 7 6 25 24 11 71
6 Rayo Vallecano 42 19 10 13 52 40 21 11 4 6 31 20 21 8 6 7 21 20 12 67
7 Sporting Gijón 42 17 14 11 37 28 21 11 7 3 22 12 21 6 7 8 15 16 9 65
8 Ponferradina 42 15 12 15 45 50 21 9 7 5 27 24 21 6 5 10 18 26 -5 57
9 Las Palmas 42 14 14 14 46 53 21 11 5 5 34 23 21 3 9 9 12 30 -7 56
10 Fuenlabrada 42 12 18 12 45 46 21 4 12 5 21 20 21 8 6 7 24 26 -1 54
11 Mirandes 42 14 12 16 38 41 21 6 10 5 19 18 21 8 2 11 19 23 -3 54
12 Malaga 42 14 11 17 37 47 21 6 7 8 20 22 21 8 4 9 17 25 -10 53
13 Tenerife 42 13 13 16 36 36 21 9 7 5 24 14 21 4 6 11 12 22 0 52
14 Real Oviedo 42 11 19 12 45 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 4 11 6 19 24 -1 52
15 Real Zaragoza 42 13 11 18 37 43 21 9 7 5 20 17 21 4 4 13 17 26 -6 50
16 FC Cartagena 42 12 13 17 44 52 21 8 7 6 27 23 21 4 6 11 17 29 -8 49
17 Alcorcón 42 13 9 20 32 42 21 9 2 10 20 23 21 4 7 10 12 19 -10 48
18 Lugo 42 11 14 17 38 53 21 8 8 5 20 16 21 3 6 12 18 37 -15 47
19 Sabadell 42 11 13 18 40 48 21 5 9 7 20 21 21 6 4 11 20 27 -8 46
20 UD Logrones 42 11 11 20 28 53 21 7 4 10 15 24 21 4 7 10 13 29 -25 44
21 Castellon 42 11 8 23 35 54 21 9 1 11 21 20 21 2 7 12 14 34 -19 41
22 Albacete 42 9 11 22 30 53 21 5 6 10 16 23 21 4 5 12 14 30 -23 38

Real Sociedad:
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 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Barcelona 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atletico Madrid 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cadiz 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Elche 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 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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