Real Sociedad welcome Real Valladolid as odds-on favourites: Full match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

Real Sociedad should be favourites to win this home fixture against Real Valladolid, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Real Valladolid have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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

Real Sociedad have played 9 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sociedad after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Real Sociedad are confident in defense, having played 230 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Real Sociedad, facing Real Madrid in a game that ended 0-0. The Sociedad goalkeeper Remiro was crucial in the match against Real Madrid last time out, making seven saves. Remiro, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.44 out of 10 in that game. Remiro topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey.

Not much happening? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Real Sociedad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Real Sociedad's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Valladolid form and stats

Real Valladolid have only collected 4 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-1-7 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Real Valladolid, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Valladolid go into this game after a win, the home game against Valencia that ended 1-0. That victory felt good as this team had gone five league matches without victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Martín when Larin scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute. Attacker Machís got a player rating of 8.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Machís served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Prior to that match, the Real Valladolid manager Martín faced defeat when travelling to Atlético Madrid and losing 0-3.

Observe: 10 of the latest 12 league fixtures involving this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Real Valladolid as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Real Valladolid, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Valladolid has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Real Valladolid - Real Sociedad 1-0 was the score in these contenders' previous head to head match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Real Sociedad wins - draws - Real Valladolid wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadA. Sørloth
A. Sørloth
8 goals
SociedadB. Méndez Portela
B. Méndez Portela
7 goals
Real ValladolidS. León Limones
S. León Limones
5 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Real Valladolid missing players

Real Sociedad Real Valladolid
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
12 5 1 Won W 0 1 6
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 2 7 11
28 12 3 Scored S 0 5 14
18 10 2 Conceded C 7 19 28
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
68% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 58%
37% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 42%
16% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 16%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
47% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 26%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 21%
16% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 58%
 
4.9 5.1 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.1 4.3
4.1 4.7 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.7 6.4
2.7 3.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.6 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.8 12.3 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.4 10.9
5.7 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 3.7
26% 24% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 20%
 
11.2 11.6 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 20 17.3 14.7
3.8 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.7 4.5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Sociedad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Valladolid have scored away.
  • Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Real Valladolid have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Real Valladolid have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Real Valladolid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Valladolid haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Barcelona 18 15 2 1 37 6 9 7 2 0 19 1 9 8 0 1 18 5 31 47
2 Real Madrid 18 13 3 2 38 16 8 5 3 0 16 7 10 8 0 2 22 9 22 42
3 Real Sociedad 19 12 3 4 28 18 9 5 2 2 12 10 10 7 1 2 16 8 10 39
4 Atlético Madrid 19 10 4 5 28 16 9 4 2 3 14 9 10 6 2 2 14 7 12 34
5 Villarreal 18 9 4 5 21 13 8 6 1 1 14 6 10 3 3 4 7 7 8 31
6 Real Betis 18 9 4 5 20 14 8 5 2 1 12 5 10 4 2 4 8 9 6 31
7 Osasuna 19 8 4 7 18 18 10 6 0 4 12 9 9 2 4 3 6 9 0 28
8 Athletic Club 19 7 5 7 25 20 10 5 2 3 12 6 9 2 3 4 13 14 5 26
9 Rayo Vallecano 18 7 5 6 24 22 9 4 2 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 11 11 2 26
10 Mallorca 19 7 4 8 15 18 9 4 2 3 7 6 10 3 2 5 8 12 -3 25
11 Almeria 19 6 4 9 23 29 10 6 1 3 17 12 9 0 3 6 6 17 -6 22
12 Girona 19 5 6 8 26 29 10 4 3 3 16 15 9 1 3 5 10 14 -3 21
13 Sevilla 19 5 6 8 21 26 10 3 3 4 10 12 9 2 3 4 11 14 -5 21
14 Valencia 18 5 5 8 25 21 10 4 2 4 17 10 8 1 3 4 8 11 4 20
15 Espanyol 19 4 8 7 23 29 9 2 3 4 11 15 10 2 5 3 12 14 -6 20
16 Celta de Vigo 19 5 5 9 18 29 10 3 4 3 13 13 9 2 1 6 5 16 -11 20
17 Real Valladolid 19 6 2 11 14 28 10 5 1 4 9 9 9 1 1 7 5 19 -14 20
18 Cadiz 19 4 7 8 14 29 10 2 5 3 9 15 9 2 2 5 5 14 -15 19
19 Getafe 19 4 5 10 16 26 10 2 3 5 9 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -10 17
20 Elche 19 0 6 13 12 39 9 0 3 6 5 15 10 0 3 7 7 24 -27 6

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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.