Villarreal vs Real Sociedad Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 20)

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Villarreal

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Villarreal, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 La Liga victory versus Real Betis.

In that game, Villarreal had 32% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. For Villarreal, the goalscorers were Thierno Barry (26') and Ayoze Pérez (48'). Real Betis got 24 shots at goal with 5 on target. Aitor Ruibal (3') scored for Real Betis.

Marcelino García Toral's Villarreal have hit the back of the net 6 times in their last 6 outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures stands at 5.

Heading into this contest, Villarreal have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.

Real Sociedad

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After tasting defeat last time out to Mallorca in La Liga competition, Real Sociedad and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Cyle Larin (20') and Sergi Darder (47') scored for Mallorca.

Demonstrating their partiality to productive matches, goals have been celebrated 26 times in the previous six matches in which Real Sociedad have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 4.33 goals per meeting. Opposition teams have managed 14 of this grand total.

Heading into this contest, Real Sociedad are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 15/05/2022 shows us that Villarreal have won 2 of these and Real Sociedad 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.

In all, 14 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 for El Submarino Amarillo and 8 being from Txuri-urdin. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league contest between the two was La Liga match day 19 on 13/01/2025 and the score finished Real Sociedad 1-0 Villarreal.

In that game, Real Sociedad had 56% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Takefusa Kubo (51').

Villarreal had 15 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The match was refereed by César Soto Grado.

📰 Team News: Villarreal

Tajon Buchanan (unknown injury) and Ilias Akhomach (Cruciate ligament injury) are not available for Villarreal gaffer Marcelino García Toral.

ℹ️ Team News: Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad boss Imanol Alguacil has multiple availability issues to deal with. Arsen Zakharyan (Muscle injury), Igor Zubeldia (Hamstring injury), Álvaro Odriozola (Muscle injury) and Sheraldo Becker (Knee problems) are not ready for selection.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Villarreal will probably have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

In contrast, Real Sociedad could well struggle to score a goal of their own although we do see them being dangerous for periods.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 win for Villarreal at the end of this one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Looking at the betting prices for the match in the 90 min. result market, a victory for Villarreal can be had for 1.7, going for a drawn result is 3.6 and betting on a victory for Real Sociedad gets 5.25. They are the most competitive bets that can be secured at the current time.

Peter Guest, 03:03 19/04/2025