La Liga forecast and preview: Real Sociedad small favoured to get the better of Sevilla

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 04.June
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Reale Arena (32076 seats)

The host team, Real Sociedad, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but Sevilla have exhibited both know-how and spirit. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Sevilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Real Sociedad is in the 4th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Sevilla are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sevilla, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only four days ago.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga, Real Sociedad have managed 10 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 18 games.

Real Sociedad faced defeat in their previous match, away at Atletico Madrid (1-2). Before that match this club had gone seven consecutive league fixtures without losing. Midfield player Zubimendi got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Zubimendi hit two key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 54 total).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Almeria.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Real Sociedad matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 5 games).

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 28 league matches, 21 have had two goals or less.

Sociedad has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Real Sociedad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Reale Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 18 matches.

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Sevilla form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Sevilla playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.

Sevilla delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Roma in their previous match; a Europa League fixture. Midfielder Rakitić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.35. Rakitić hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 76 successful passes (of 87 total).

A 1-2 loss hosting Real Madrid before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sevilla playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

Sevilla are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 18 games (in the league). Sevilla struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo faced each other earlier on this season: Sevilla - Real Sociedad 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Sociedad wins - draws - Sevilla wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real SociedadA. Sørloth
A. Sørloth
12 goals
Real SociedadT. Kubo
T. Kubo
9 goals
SevillaY. En-Nesyri
Y. En-Nesyri
8 goals

Real Sociedad missing players

Sevilla missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Sociedad Sevilla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
20 10 4 Won W 0 6 13
8 5 2 Drew D 2 5 10
9 3 0 Lost L 3 7 14
49 24 11 Scored S 4 22 46
34 15 5 Conceded C 14 27 52
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
70% 72% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 86%
32% 28% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 49%
14% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 17% 16%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 11%
43% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 80% 61% 59%
41% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 28% 24%
24% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 11% 19%
 
4.3 4.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3 4.6
4.1 4.1 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.9 4.5
2.4 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 3.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 5 13
 
12.7 12.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 9.6 12.8
4.9 4.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.1 4
27% 28% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 39% 31%
 
10.6 9.9 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15.2 13.3
3.6 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.7 4.2
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Sevilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sevilla 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 37 28 4 5 69 18 19 15 3 1 37 4 18 13 1 4 32 14 51 88
2 Real Madrid 37 24 5 8 74 35 18 13 4 1 43 15 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 77
3 Atletico Madrid 37 23 7 7 68 31 19 13 3 3 41 15 18 10 4 4 27 16 37 76
4 Real Sociedad 37 20 8 9 49 34 18 10 5 3 24 15 19 10 3 6 25 19 15 68
5 Villarreal 37 19 6 12 57 38 18 12 2 4 34 16 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 63
6 Real Betis 37 17 8 12 45 40 18 9 4 5 25 17 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 59
7 Osasuna 37 14 8 15 35 41 18 10 1 7 22 20 19 4 7 8 13 21 -6 50
8 Athletic Club 37 14 8 15 46 42 19 8 3 8 22 15 18 6 5 7 24 27 4 50
9 Girona 37 13 10 14 57 53 19 10 3 6 35 26 18 3 7 8 22 27 4 49
10 Rayo Vallecano 37 13 10 14 45 50 19 9 5 5 28 22 18 4 5 9 17 28 -5 49
11 Sevilla 37 13 10 14 46 52 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 6 5 7 22 27 -6 49
12 Mallorca 37 13 8 16 34 43 18 9 5 4 19 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -9 47
13 Valencia 37 11 8 18 41 44 19 8 5 6 27 19 18 3 3 12 14 25 -3 41
14 Cadiz 37 10 11 16 29 52 19 7 6 6 19 23 18 3 5 10 10 29 -23 41
15 Getafe 37 10 11 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 18 3 5 10 13 25 -11 41
16 Almeria 37 11 7 19 46 62 19 10 3 6 29 22 18 1 4 13 17 40 -16 40
17 Celta de Vigo 37 10 10 17 41 52 18 6 6 6 24 20 19 4 4 11 17 32 -11 40
18 Real Valladolid 37 11 6 20 33 63 18 8 3 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 39
19 Espanyol 37 8 12 17 49 66 18 4 6 8 24 32 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 36
20 Elche 37 5 9 23 29 66 18 3 5 10 17 28 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 24

Real Sociedad:
Sevilla:
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 Barcelona 37 28 4 5 69 18 19 15 3 1 37 4 18 13 1 4 32 14 51 88
2 Real Madrid 37 24 5 8 74 35 18 13 4 1 43 15 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 77
3 Atletico Madrid 37 23 7 7 68 31 19 13 3 3 41 15 18 10 4 4 27 16 37 76
4 Real Sociedad 37 20 8 9 49 34 18 10 5 3 24 15 19 10 3 6 25 19 15 68
5 Villarreal 37 19 6 12 57 38 18 12 2 4 34 16 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 63
6 Real Betis 37 17 8 12 45 40 18 9 4 5 25 17 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 59
7 Osasuna 37 14 8 15 35 41 18 10 1 7 22 20 19 4 7 8 13 21 -6 50
8 Athletic Club 37 14 8 15 46 42 19 8 3 8 22 15 18 6 5 7 24 27 4 50
9 Girona 37 13 10 14 57 53 19 10 3 6 35 26 18 3 7 8 22 27 4 49
10 Rayo Vallecano 37 13 10 14 45 50 19 9 5 5 28 22 18 4 5 9 17 28 -5 49
11 Sevilla 37 13 10 14 46 52 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 6 5 7 22 27 -6 49
12 Mallorca 37 13 8 16 34 43 18 9 5 4 19 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -9 47
13 Valencia 37 11 8 18 41 44 19 8 5 6 27 19 18 3 3 12 14 25 -3 41
14 Cadiz 37 10 11 16 29 52 19 7 6 6 19 23 18 3 5 10 10 29 -23 41
15 Getafe 37 10 11 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 18 3 5 10 13 25 -11 41
16 Almeria 37 11 7 19 46 62 19 10 3 6 29 22 18 1 4 13 17 40 -16 40
17 Celta de Vigo 37 10 10 17 41 52 18 6 6 6 24 20 19 4 4 11 17 32 -11 40
18 Real Valladolid 37 11 6 20 33 63 18 8 3 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 39
19 Espanyol 37 8 12 17 49 66 18 4 6 8 24 32 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 36
20 Elche 37 5 9 23 29 66 18 3 5 10 17 28 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 24

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