A total of 26 rounds of games have gone by and both Villarreal and Real Sociedad are at the right end of the league table. Let's get started!
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This could be an interesting fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Villarreal form and stats
7-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Villarreal so far this season.
Happy days for Villarreal in their previous game, a fixture away at Osasuna (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Morales, who usually features in attack, was the champion performer for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.31 (out of 10). Morales scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, an unexpected home defeat against Anderlecht in the Europa Conference League.
Villarreal has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Villarreal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de la Cerámica in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.
Real Sociedad form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 2 draws and only 3 losses in the La Liga.
Kubo and Barrenetxea scored in Sociedad's previous match, the home game against Elche that ended 2-0. Those three points felt nice as this team had gone four league games without victory. Midfielder Silva was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.31. Silva hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 42 successful passes (of 45 total).
One game before, 0-0 at home against Roma in the Europa League. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Real Sociedad playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Real Sociedad wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Low on goals? 10 of this side's most recent 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
Sociedad has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. It's not easy to score on Real Sociedad as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams encountered each other previously this season: Real Sociedad - Villarreal 1-0. Villarreal-Real Sociedad H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Villarreal four wins, Real Sociedad four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sørloth 9 goals |  B. Méndez Portela 7 goals |   J. Morales Nogales 6 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Villarreal | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 32 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 20 | 35 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 92% | 92% |
| 65% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 65% |
| 38% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 46% | 46% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 23% | 23% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.3 | 14.3 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 26% | 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 12 | 10.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 10.4 | 10.5 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Villarreal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 68 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 48 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 34 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -3 | 34 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Girona | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -1 | 31 |
| 13 | Getafe | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 14 | Sevilla | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 28 |
| 15 | Cadiz | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -17 | 28 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -18 | 28 |
| 17 | Espanyol | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Valencia | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 19 | Almería | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -15 | 26 |
| 20 | Elche | 26 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 30 | -32 | 13 |
