📏 Form Guide

Villarreal

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Villarreal will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-2 La Liga victory against Real Betis.

In that match, Villarreal managed 32% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For Villarreal, the goals were scored by Thierno Barry (26') and Ayoze Pérez (48'). For their opponents, Real Betis had 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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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Mallorca in La Liga action, Real Sociedad will be hoping to turn things around 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

A look at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 15/05/2022 tells us that Villarreal have won 2 of them & Real Sociedad 4, with the number of draws being 0.

A total of 14 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 from El Submarino Amarillo and 8 being from Txuri-urdin. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league encounter between these sides was La Liga match day 19 on 13/01/2025 when it ended Real Sociedad 1-0 Villarreal.

That day, Real Sociedad managed 56% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Takefusa Kubo (51').

For their opponents, Villarreal had 15 shots at goal with 5 of them 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.

In all likelihood, El Submarino Amarillo should make use of the 4-4-2 system for this game and select Luiz Junior, Kiko, Juan Foyth, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Yeremi Pino, Santi Comesana, Daniel Parejo, Alfonso Pedraza, Ayoze Perez and Thierno Barry.

🗞️ Team News: Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil has to currently contend with reduced team options. Arsen Zakharyan (Muscle injury), Igor Zubeldia (Hamstring injury), Álvaro Odriozola (Muscle injury) and Sheraldo Becker (Knee problems) are not ready for selection.

We believe Txuri-urdin appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Aritz Elustondo, Jon Martin, Aihen Munoz, Luka Sucic, Benat Turrientes, Takefusa Kubo, Pablo Marin, Sergio Gomez and Mikel Oyarzabal.

🧠 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.

Peter Guest, 14:00 20/04/2025