Real Sociedad vs Villarreal Prediction & Betting Tips - LaLiga

Prediction published on 01/01/2020, 07:24  by Niall | Modified on 01/01/2020 at 08:24 in LaLiga Predictions

The Reale Seguros Stadium is the venue for Real Sociedad’s encounter with Villareal after a fortnight’s rest for the La Liga clubs over the festive period. The hosts come into this game currently occupying a Europa League qualifying place in 5th on 31 points while their guests Villareal moved to 10th before the winter break after back-to-back wins seen them progress to 25 points.   

La Real are unbeaten in four games and won a barnburner of a contest against Osasuna in their last game 4-3. That result came after a respectable 2-2 draw with league leaders Barcelona and with their only defeat in seven games coming at the hands of Real Madrid, Sociedad are well worth their position in the table.  

As for Villareal successive wins over Sevilla and Getafe, who are both placed ahead of them in the standings, has done them the world of good. A league win either side of a Copa Del Ray triumph over Comillas means they are on a three-game winning run which contrastingly ended a six-game winless streak prior to their triad of victories.  

Real Sociedad have scored 14 goals in their last three games, helped tremendously by the fact that they fired eight in total past Becerril of the Spanish third tier in the Copa Del Ray. Nonetheless, they are the third highest scoring team in the league behind the top two (Madrid and Barca) and six of their eight home games this season have produced over 2.5 goals with 3.3 scored on average per game.