Football match preview: Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

Real Sociedad and Real Madrid are both doing (very) nicely in the La Liga with their 3rd and 1st places respectively. Let's hope for a wonderful game!

Insights:
  • Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (9) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (35) in La Liga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 La Liga games here at Reale Arena for Real Sociedad. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Two draws in a row at home now for Real Sociedad.

Stress levels are on the rise for Real Sociedad's attacking players as they have now played 188 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Januzaj was their last goal scorer.

A strong away win for Sociedad against Panaderia Pulido the last match, as Portu, A. Sørloth, Aihen Muñoz and N. Djouahra were on target. As mentioned above, Sociedad "killed" Panaderia Pulido in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Espanyol (0-1).

Sociedad aren't scoring a lot here at Reale Arena in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. As for guarding their own goal, Sociedad have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Real Madrid collect 19 points from their 8 away matches in the La Liga. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Real Sociedad.

Madrid are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the La Liga against Athletic Club (placed 8th). Éder Militão, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Militão won 5 of 7 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sevilla.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Inter in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Madrid are regular goalscorers on their travels. Madrid have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
12 goals
Real MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
9 goals
Real SociedadM. Oyarzabal Ugarte
M. Oyarzabal Ugarte
6 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Real Madrid missing players

Real Sociedad Real Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 8 15
8 4 1 Won W 1 6 11
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
19 5 1 Scored S 1 19 35
11 1 0 Conceded C 0 10 15
87% 71% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
53% 14% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 88% 73%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 88% 73%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 33%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 33%
33% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 88% 73%
60% 86% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 12% 27%
20% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 13%
 
4.5 3.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 5.5
4.1 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.9 3.8
2.1 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 10.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16 18.1 16.7
4.3 3.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.5 6.3
30% 19% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 37% 37%
 
9.3 7.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.8 11.5
3.1 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4 3.8
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals away as Real Sociedad have scored home.
  • Real Madrid have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Real Madrid have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most points (19) away in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most points from losing position (10) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (19) away in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (35) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+20) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+9) away in La Liga
  • Real Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Real Madrid is in the best form (5-1-0) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Real Sociedad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (6) at home in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have the most clean sheets (9) in La Liga
  • Real Sociedad have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 15 11 3 1 35 15 7 5 2 0 16 5 8 6 1 1 19 10 20 36
2 Atlético Madrid 14 8 5 1 26 14 7 4 3 0 11 4 7 4 2 1 15 10 12 29
3 Real Sociedad 15 8 5 2 19 11 7 4 3 0 5 1 8 4 2 2 14 10 8 29
4 Sevilla 14 8 4 2 24 11 6 5 1 0 17 6 8 3 3 2 7 5 13 28
5 Real Betis 15 8 3 4 25 18 8 4 2 2 15 10 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 27
6 Rayo Vallecano 15 7 3 5 23 16 7 6 1 0 16 3 8 1 2 5 7 13 7 24
7 FC Barcelona 14 6 5 3 23 16 8 5 2 1 16 8 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 23
8 Athletic Club 15 4 8 3 13 11 7 3 2 2 9 7 8 1 6 1 4 4 2 20
9 Espanyol 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 5 2 1 10 4 7 0 3 4 5 10 1 20
10 Osasuna 15 5 5 5 15 19 8 1 4 3 5 11 7 4 1 2 10 8 -4 20
11 Valencia 15 4 7 4 22 21 8 3 4 1 14 9 7 1 3 3 8 12 1 19
12 Villarreal 14 3 7 4 16 16 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 0 5 2 4 7 0 16
13 Celta de Vigo 15 4 4 7 16 19 8 1 2 5 7 12 7 3 2 2 9 7 -3 16
14 Mallorca 15 3 7 5 14 22 8 2 5 1 8 7 7 1 2 4 6 15 -8 16
15 Deportivo Alaves 14 4 2 8 11 19 8 3 0 5 6 11 6 1 2 3 5 8 -8 14
16 Granada 14 2 6 6 14 22 6 1 2 3 7 11 8 1 4 3 7 11 -8 12
17 Elche 15 2 6 7 12 21 7 1 4 2 6 9 8 1 2 5 6 12 -9 12
18 Cádiz 15 2 6 7 13 27 8 0 4 4 5 13 7 2 2 3 8 14 -14 12
19 Getafe 15 2 4 9 10 19 7 2 1 4 8 9 8 0 3 5 2 10 -9 10
20 Levante 15 0 7 8 13 28 7 0 5 2 6 11 8 0 2 6 7 17 -15 7

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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.