Real Sociedad are psyched for a new test after their 2-0 vs Sheriff last time out. Villarreal are coming to town!
- Real Sociedad have scored in all their matches so far.
- Villarreal have the most clean sheets (4) away in La Liga
It's no vacation for neither Real Sociedad nor Villarreal as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Real Sociedad form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for Real Sociedad at their home stadium (Reale Arena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Real Sociedad are returning here after visiting Sheriff in a Europa League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Elustondo, defender, was given a rating of 8.2/10 in that game, top of the team. Elustondo scored one goal and won 8 of 11 duels.
In the preceding match a 5-3 victory visiting Girona.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 Sociedad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Real Sociedad, as the Europa League home game vs Sheriff is only four days away.
Real Sociedad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games.
Villarreal form and stats
2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Villarreal in their La Liga matches away.
The supporters enjoyed Villarreal's previous game versus Austria Wien, a Europa Conference League win (5-0) played at home. Morales, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.8. Morales scored three goals.
Ahead of that match was the La Liga away draw versus Cadiz that ended 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Villarreal playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Villarreal have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Europa Conference League game against Austria Wien. A back-breaking diary for the visitors!
Villarreal's manager Emery has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Real Sociedad-Villarreal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Sociedad three wins, Villarreal five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Méndez Portela 4 goals |  A. Sørloth 3 goals |   Á. Baena 3 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
Villarreal missing players
| Real Sociedad | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 60% | 71% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 57% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 80% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 43% |
| 5 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.6 | 14.6 |
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 29% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 24% |
| 12.6 | 15.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.6 | 10.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
- All of Real Sociedad's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Real Sociedad have scored in all their matches so far.
- Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Villarreal have the most clean sheets (4) away in La Liga
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Athletic Club | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Osasuna | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 9 | Valencia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Girona | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Getafe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Sevilla | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Almeria | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Elche | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 1 |
