Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Valencia welcomes Real Sociedad

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (55000 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Valencia welcome Real Sociedad for the opening game at Estadio de Mestalla. Read on!

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Valencia form and stats

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Valencia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Valencia, who have participated in one training match. Valencia have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.

Last season, Valencia's league statistics were 15 wins, 16 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the La Liga. Over these 38 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Valencia managed 7-10-2 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 12 conceded.

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Real Sociedad form and stats

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 Real Sociedad playing away, we found two games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Real Sociedad have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeats from five fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Real Sociedad performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 22/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Valencia 4 wins, 2 draws and Real Sociedad 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

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Valencia missing players

Real Sociedad missing players

Valencia Real Sociedad
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Valencia Last season Real Sociedad
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
15 7   Won   6 13
16 10   Drew   5 11
7 2   Lost   8 14
51 24   Scored   22 45
35 12   Conceded   26 46
84% 79%   Over 0.5   89% 87%
71% 68%   Over 1.5   68% 68%
37% 32%   Over 2.5   47% 50%
18% 11%   Over 3.5   32% 24%
8% 0%   Over 4.5   5% 5%
53% 53%   BTTS   53% 55%
34% 37%   Clean Sheets   26% 24%
29% 32%   Failed To Score   32% 34%
 
5.2 6.7   Corners For (avg)   3.9 4.7
4.5 3.8   Corners Against (avg)   6 4.8
2.4 2.3   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.1 2.2
3 0   Red Cards   3 4
Key stats last season:
  • Valencia have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Valencia
All Copa Del Rey Champions League La Liga Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
09-05-19 EL Valencia 2 - 4 Arsenal
12-05-19 LAL Valencia 3 - 1 Deportivo Alaves
18-05-19 LAL Real Valladolid 0 - 2 Valencia
25-05-19 CDR Barcelona 1 - 2 Valencia
28-07-19 CF Sporting CP 1 - 2 Valencia
10-08-19 CF Valencia 19:30 Inter
17-08-19 LAL Valencia 17:00 Real Sociedad
24-08-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 19:00 Valencia
01-09-19 LAL Valencia 15:00 Mallorca
15-09-19 LAL Barcelona - Valencia
Real Sociedad
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
13-07-19 CF Lagun Onak 0 - 5 Real Sociedad
20-07-19 CF Real Sociedad 0 - 1 Racing Santander
26-07-19 CF Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Real Sociedad
27-07-19 CF Millwall 3 - 3 Real Sociedad
31-07-19 CF Real Sociedad 1 - 0 Deportivo Alaves
09-08-19 CF Real Sociedad 17:30 Osasuna
10-08-19 CF Real Sociedad 18:30 Eibar
17-08-19 LAL Valencia 17:00 Real Sociedad
25-08-19 LAL Mallorca 17:00 Real Sociedad
30-08-19 LAL Athletic Club 20:00 Real Sociedad

Last season 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 38 26 9 3 90 36 19 15 3 1 51 17 19 11 6 2 39 19 54 87
2 Atlético Madrid 38 22 10 6 55 29 19 15 3 1 32 10 19 7 7 5 23 19 26 76
3 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 63 46 19 13 1 5 32 15 19 8 4 7 31 31 17 68
4 Valencia 38 15 16 7 51 35 19 7 10 2 24 12 19 8 6 5 27 23 16 61
5 Sevilla 38 17 8 13 62 47 19 12 3 4 39 20 19 5 5 9 23 27 15 59
6 Getafe 38 15 14 9 48 35 19 11 3 5 28 13 19 4 11 4 20 22 13 59
7 Espanyol 38 14 11 13 48 50 19 11 3 5 28 22 19 3 8 8 20 28 -2 53
8 Athletic Club 38 13 14 11 41 45 19 9 8 2 26 19 19 4 6 9 15 26 -4 53
9 Real Sociedad 38 13 11 14 45 46 19 7 6 6 23 20 19 6 5 8 22 26 -1 50
10 Real Betis 38 14 8 16 44 52 19 8 5 6 25 26 19 6 3 10 19 26 -8 50
11 Deportivo Alavés 38 13 11 14 39 50 19 7 8 4 19 19 19 6 3 10 20 31 -11 50
12 SD Eibar 38 11 14 13 46 50 19 9 6 4 31 21 19 2 8 9 15 29 -4 47
13 Leganés 38 11 12 15 37 43 19 7 8 4 19 16 19 4 4 11 18 27 -6 45
14 Villarreal 38 10 14 14 49 52 19 5 8 6 28 26 19 5 6 8 21 26 -3 44
15 Levante 38 11 11 16 59 66 19 6 7 6 34 34 19 5 4 10 25 32 -7 44
16 Celta de Vigo 38 10 11 17 53 62 19 8 5 6 31 25 19 2 6 11 22 37 -9 41
17 Real Valladolid 38 10 11 17 32 51 19 5 5 9 16 26 19 5 6 8 16 25 -19 41
18 Girona 38 9 10 19 37 53 19 3 6 10 17 28 19 6 4 9 20 25 -16 37
19 Huesca 38 7 12 19 43 65 19 5 6 8 24 30 19 2 6 11 19 35 -22 33
20 Rayo Vallecano 38 8 8 22 41 70 19 5 6 8 25 32 19 3 2 14 16 38 -29 32

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