Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad Prediction & Betting Tips - LaLiga

Prediction published on 26/02/2021, 22:43  by Nella Wagah | Modified on 26/02/2021 at 22:43 in LaLiga Predictions

European assignments are done for now and La Liga action resumes in the 25th round, among them is Real Madrid hosting Real Sociedad. Real Madrid are second in the standings with 52 points, and Real Sociedad fifth with 41 points. The hosts are coming from an away win in the Champions League, having beaten Atalanta 1-0 in Italy to set a five-match winning run. That win in Italy also saw the team notch its fourth straight clean sheet and now has six wins in seven matches. Despite struggling with a long list of injuries, Real have managed to stay competitive; they don’t score a lot but get just enough to win them points. In their last five matches, Real have scored eight goals, and conceded one. As a result of injuries, most of their goals in recent matches have been scored by defensive players. Top scorer Karim Benzema is out injured and Ferland Mendy, Casemiro and Raphael Varane have been among the scorers recently. Six of the eight goals scored in the last five matches, have come in the second half as the team pushes out more to get the winning goals. It is working for Real, and in the last four league matches, they’ve registered straight wins. At home this season, they’ve won eight of the 11 league games played. With 24 points collected out of a possible 33, they have a 73% win rate at home, with a goal difference of +13, having kept six clean sheets. Four of the six clean sheets have come in the last five home league games. Real have failed to score in just one of the 11 home matches in La Liga.

Real Sociedad are coming from a disappointing trip to England where they were dumped out of the Europa League. All their focus now goes to the league, where they are four points off the Europa League slots. With a five-match unbeaten run in the league, and two straight clean sheets, they’ll have a good starting point in their chase for a top four finish. Sociedad have not struggled with goals; they are the fourth best scorers in La Liga with 41 goals so far. They’ve scored 12 times in the last five league games and conceded four. Alex Isak has been their star man, the Swede scoring eight of the 12 goals. Together with Mikel Oyarzabal, they have 22 goals so far and the team has scored in each of the last eight league matches. Away from home, the goals haven’t been flowing as much; in the last eight, they’ve hit more than one goal in just one. However, they’ve failed to score in just one of their 12 away league games.