📏 Form Guide

Real Sociedad

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Real Sociedad won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 0-1 La Liga losing effort in their last game against Real Madrid.

In that match, Real Sociedad managed 56% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Real Madrid had 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Arda Güler (29') was the scorer for Real Madrid.

Over their past 6 fixtures, Imanol Alguacil's Real Sociedad have netted a combined total of 9 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.5.

Pre-game facts show that Real Sociedad:

• haven't lost in the league to UD Las Palmas in their last 5 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

UD Las Palmas

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Girona FC in La Liga action, UD Las Palmas and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, UD Las Palmas had 61% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Girona got 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. David López (26') and Artem Dovbyk (57') scored for Girona FC.

It has become apparent that UD Las Palmas have struggled for goals over their previous six clashes, contributing the unsatisfactory return of just 1. In those matches, Las Palmas have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 12.

Looking at the pre-match facts, UD Las Palmas:

• have not beaten Real Sociedad when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 19/03/2016 tells us that Real Sociedad have won 3 of these games and UD Las Palmas 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

A combined sum of 12 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 of them from Txuri-urdin and 4 for Las Palmas. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league match between these clubs was La Liga match day 3 on 25/08/2023 when the final score was UD Las Palmas 0-0 Real Sociedad.

That day, UD Las Palmas had 52% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

At the other end, Real Sociedad had 8 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Guillermo Cuadra Fernández.

📋 Team News: Real Sociedad

Hamari Traoré (Calf injury), Kieran Tierney (Adductor injury) and Aihen Muñoz (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil.

It seems likely that Txuri-urdin could opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Alex Remiro, Alvaro Odriozola, Robin Le Normand, Jon Pacheco, Javi Galan, Benat Turrientes, Mikel Merino, Takefusa Kubo, Arsen Zakharyan, Ander Barrenetxea and Mikel Oyarzabal.

📰 Team News: UD Las Palmas

Out of a mainly available group of players, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the UD Las Palmas manager Francisco García Pimienta to be concerned with. Julián Araujo (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

We believe UD Las Palmas might play in a 4-3-3 lineup with a starting lineup of Alvaro Valles, Alex Suarez, Saul Coco, Mika Marmol, Sergi Cardona, Javier Munoz, Maximo Perrone, Kirian Rodriguez, Marvin Park, Sandro Ramirez and Alberto Moleiro.

💭 Prediction

It’s looking like UD Las Palmas will have to play really well to get a goal against a Real Sociedad side who should win well here.

We predict a comprehensive 3-0 win for Real Sociedad at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 11:09 04/05/2024