La Liga duel: Close contest expected between Real Sociedad and Real Madrid

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Anoeta (32076 seats)

Real Sociedad will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Real Madrid.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Real Sociedad are 6-6-6 (wins-draw-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Real Sociedad, who won 1-0 against Deportivo Alavés. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Getafe.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Real Sociedad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 1.

The Real Sociedad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 20 in 18 matches. Real Sociedad's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Madrid form and stats

8 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Real Madrid playing as the away team this season.

Real Madrid won their last game, 3-2 versus Villarreal played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rayo Vallecano wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Real Madrid playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were 1 Real Madrid win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Real Madrid are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 30 times in 18 away games so far. Real Madrid have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Real Madrid - Real Sociedad 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Real Sociedad, 0 draws and 8 wins for Real Madrid.

Top Goalscorers

K. Benzema
21 goals / 5 assists
Mikel Oyarzabal
13 goals / 2 assists
Willian José
11 goals / 4 assists

Real Sociedad missing players

Real Madrid missing players

Real Sociedad Real Madrid
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played 6 18 36
12 6 1 Won 2 8 21
11 6 1 Drew 2 4 5
13 6 3 Lost 2 6 10
42 20 3 Scored 8 30 62
43 19 6 Conceded 9 28 41
86% 83% 80% Over 0.5 100% 94% 94%
67% 67% 60% Over 1.5 83% 78% 78%
50% 50% 40% Over 2.5 50% 67% 56%
22% 11% 0% Over 3.5 17% 39% 28%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 17% 28% 22%
56% 56% 40% BTTS 67% 67% 50%
25% 22% 20% Clean Sheets 0% 11% 33%
33% 39% 60% Failed To Score 33% 28% 22%
 
4.7 5.4 4.6 Corners For (avg) 4.2 4.9 6.1
4.9 3.7 4.6 Corners Against (avg) 3 4.8 3.9
2.2 2.3 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2.8 2.1
4 1 0 Red Cards 1 3 5
Key stats this season:
  • Real Madrid is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

Real Sociedad
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-03-19 LAL Real Valladolid 1 - 1 Real Sociedad
04-04-19 LAL Real Sociedad 2 - 1 Real Betis
07-04-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 3 - 1 Real Sociedad
14-04-19 LAL Real Sociedad 1 - 1 Eibar
20-04-19 LAL Barcelona 2 - 1 Real Sociedad
25-04-19 LAL Real Sociedad 0 - 1 Villarreal
28-04-19 LAL Real Sociedad 2 - 1 Getafe
04-05-19 LAL Deportivo Alavés 0 - 1 Real Sociedad
12-05-19 LAL Real Sociedad 16:30 Real Madrid
19-05-19 LAL Espanyol - Real Sociedad
Real Madrid
All Champions League Copa Del Rey Uefa Super Cup La Liga FIFA Club World Cup Audi Cup International Champions Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-04-19 LAL Leganés 1 - 1 Real Madrid
21-04-19 LAL Real Madrid 3 - 0 Athletic Club
25-04-19 LAL Getafe 0 - 0 Real Madrid
28-04-19 LAL Rayo Vallecano 1 - 0 Real Madrid
05-05-19 LAL Real Madrid 3 - 2 Villarreal
12-05-19 LAL Real Sociedad 16:30 Real Madrid
19-05-19 LAL Real Madrid - Real Betis
21-07-19 ICC Bayern München - Real Madrid
23-07-19 ICC Real Madrid 23:00 Arsenal
26-07-19 ICC Real Madrid 23:30 Atlético Madrid

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Barcelona 36 25 8 3 86 34 18 14 3 1 49 17 18 11 5 2 37 17 52 83
2 Atlético Madrid 36 22 8 6 52 26 18 15 2 1 31 9 18 7 6 5 21 17 26 74
3 Real Madrid 36 21 5 10 62 41 18 13 1 4 32 13 18 8 4 6 30 28 21 68
4 Getafe 36 15 13 8 46 31 18 11 2 5 26 11 18 4 11 3 20 20 15 58
5 Sevilla 36 16 7 13 59 46 18 11 3 4 37 20 18 5 4 9 22 26 13 55
6 Valencia 36 13 16 7 46 34 18 6 10 2 21 11 18 7 6 5 25 23 12 55
7 Athletic Club 36 12 14 10 38 42 18 8 8 2 23 18 18 4 6 8 15 24 -4 50
8 Real Sociedad 36 12 11 13 42 43 18 6 6 6 20 19 18 6 5 7 22 24 -1 47
9 Espanyol 36 12 11 13 44 50 18 10 3 5 26 22 18 2 8 8 18 28 -6 47
10 Deportivo Alavés 36 12 11 13 36 46 18 6 8 4 17 18 18 6 3 9 19 28 -10 47
11 Eibar 36 11 13 12 44 47 18 9 5 4 29 19 18 2 8 8 15 28 -3 46
12 Leganés 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 7 8 3 19 14 18 4 4 10 17 25 -3 45
13 Real Betis 36 12 8 16 40 51 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 5 3 10 17 26 -11 44
14 Villarreal 36 9 13 14 46 50 18 4 8 6 27 26 18 5 5 8 19 24 -4 40
15 Celta de Vigo 36 10 10 16 50 57 18 8 4 6 29 23 18 2 6 10 21 34 -7 40
16 Levante 36 10 10 16 55 63 18 6 6 6 32 32 18 4 4 10 23 31 -8 40
17 Real Valladolid 36 9 11 16 30 48 18 5 5 8 16 24 18 4 6 8 14 24 -18 38
18 Girona 36 9 10 17 35 49 18 3 6 9 16 26 18 6 4 8 19 23 -14 37
19 Rayo Vallecano 36 8 7 21 38 66 18 5 6 7 24 30 18 3 1 14 14 36 -28 31
20 Huesca 36 6 12 18 40 62 18 4 6 8 22 29 18 2 6 10 18 33 -22 30

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