📏 Form Guide

Alaves

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Alaves will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Athletic Bilbao.

In that game, Alaves had 40% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Athletic Bilbao had 16 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Gorka Guruzeta (32', 37') was the scorer for Athletic Bilbao.

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 6 of the past 6 fixtures where Alaves have taken part. With regard to the goal split from that period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 5 while Alaves got themselves 3.

Their previous form shows that Alaves:

• have left without a victory over Real Sociedad in their last 5 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Real Sociedad

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Real Sociedad go into this meeting following on from a 2-0 La Liga win to defeat Cádiz in their last game.

In that match, Real Sociedad had 64% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Real Sociedad, goals were scored by Mikel Merino (28') and Arsen Zakharyan (68'). On the other side, Cadiz got 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Real Sociedad have helped themselves to the sum of 10 goals. Real Sociedad have also scored in every single one of those games. In that time, they have seen 11 goals go against them. We will find out if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Real Sociedad:

• are winless against Alaves when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• remain undefeated by Alaves when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings dating back to 18/06/2020 shows that Alaves have won 1 of them & Real Sociedad 2, with the tally of draws being 3.

An aggregate of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 4 of them from Babazorros and 7 being from Txuri-urdin. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The previous league clash featuring the two was La Liga match day 19 on 02/01/2024 when it finished Real Sociedad 1-1 Alaves.

That day, Real Sociedad managed 53% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. Their only player to score was Zubimendi (96').

For their opponents, Alaves got 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Luis Rioja (76') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Víctor García Verdura.

📰 Team News: Alaves

The Alaves boss Luis García Plaza has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad to pick from.

📋 Team News: Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil has not got a full squad to pick from. Carlos Fernández (Meniscus damage), Brais Méndez (Metatarsal fracture) and Aihen Muñoz (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. Robin Le Normand will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

✨ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Alaves may well find it hard to score goals against this Real Sociedad lineup who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore tipping a good tussle with a 0-1 winning score for Real Sociedad at the end of this game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 16:01 31/03/2024