Villarreal vs Real Sociedad Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Villarreal

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Villarreal will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-2 La Liga losing effort in their last game against Real Sociedad.

In that match, Villarreal managed 49% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Villarreal was Francis Coquelin (43'). For their opponents, Real Sociedad got 11 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Alexander Isak (56') and Zubimendi (73') scored for Real Sociedad.

Matches with Villarreal have often been lively ones recently with plenty of scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of these belonging to Villarreal.

Taking a look at their past results, Villarreal:

• haven't lost in the league to Real Sociedad in their last 3 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 11 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.

Real Sociedad

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In the course of their six previous matches, Imanol Alguacil's Real Sociedad have managed to stick the ball in the net 7 times - giving them a goals per game average of 1.17.

Their previous form shows that Real Sociedad:

• are undefeated by Villarreal in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 25/04/2019 shows that Villarreal have won 3 of them and Real Sociedad 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from El Submarino Amarillo and 6 for Txuri-urdin. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was La Liga match day 18 on 18/12/2021 when the final score was Real Sociedad 1-3 Villarreal.

In that match, Real Sociedad had 39% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Alexander Isak (32').

For their opponents, Villarreal had 15 shots at goal with 8 on target. Gerard Moreno (38', 68') and Samuel Chukwueze (96') scored.

The match was refereed by Jorge Figueroa Vázquez.

🗞️ Team News: Villarreal

Arnaut Danjuma (Muscular problems) and Alberto Moreno (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be playing for Villarreal boss Unai Emery.

ℹ️ Team News: Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad boss Imanol Alguacil has to choose a team with limited availability. Nacho Monreal (Knee Injury), Ander Barrenetxea (Thigh muscle rupture), Carlos Fernández (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Mikel Oyarzabal (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that Real Sociedad will need to apply a lot of pressure to register a score against this Villarreal team who we think will score at least once to put them ahead.

We therefore fancy a 1-0 winning margin for Villarreal when the full-time whistle blows.

A close call.

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

Peter Guest, 00:39 11/05/2022