Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Villarreal - Real Sociedad!
- Villarreal have not yet lost a game at home.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Villarreal nor Real Sociedad 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.
Villarreal form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 10 La Liga games here at Estadio de la Cerámica for Villarreal. The data says 5 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Villarreal tasted defeat here at Estadio de la Cerámica, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Happy days for Villarreal in their previous game, a Copa Del Rey match away at Girona that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that, Villarreal played out a La Liga draw 0-0 when visiting Huesca.
This is expected to be a close game, with Villarreal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Villarreal as a small favourite), we find four games. Villarreal has won one of these, drawn two and lost one.
The Villarreal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league 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 9 from 10 matches.
Real Sociedad form and stats
As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Real Sociedad have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Real Sociedad, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Real Betis (after extra-time) (placed 8th). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Real Betis in the La Liga.
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 eleven relevant matches. Results were four Sociedad wins, two draws and five defeats.
Sociedad has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Sociedad as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Real Sociedad - Villarreal 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Villarreal won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Real Sociedad has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Balaguero 10 goals |   M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 8 goals |  F. Alcácer García 5 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Villarreal | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 80% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 80% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 15% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 30% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 12.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.9 | 11.4 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | 37% |
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Villarreal have not yet lost a game at home.
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Atletico Madrid | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 47 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Granada | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 28 |
| 8 | Real Betis | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 27 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Cadiz | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 24 |
| 12 | Levante | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Getafe | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Valencia | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | SD Eibar | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Osasuna | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Elche | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 17 |
| 20 | Huesca | 20 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 13 |