Real Sociedad vs Espanyol Preview

Real Sociedad vs Espanyol

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Estadio Anoeta

Date: 23rd October 2017

Kick-off time – 19:00 GMT

Real Sociedad are arguably the most entertaining team in La Liga this season.

They are a team that is full of goals scorers from every area of the pitch as can be seen by the fact that their two centre backs have 7 goals among them this season.

They are very entertaining to watch but they can be very generous defensively also which has seen them concede almost as many goals as they have scored.

Mikel Oyarzabal has been very impressive down the left of attack as a youngster.  He is in line to be nominated for the Golden boy next year if he continues his rapid development that has seen him score 4 goals already.

William Jose scored 4 goals in one game against Vardar in midweek and should provide them with enough threat in this game with his 7 goals in 11 games already this season.

Espanyol have not had the best start to a league season this year but they will be spared some of the blame as they have faced some of the sternest tests for any defence this season away from home.

They have bagged just 2 points from their opening 4 away games.

It will be very difficult for Espanyol to stop Sociedad from scoring for a long period of time in this game as the hosts have averaged 2.3 goals conceded per game in the league this season.

Espanyol have lost 5 of their last 8 games against Sociedad and they have no victories against them with Eusebio Sacristán as their manager.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Real Sociedad

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Alavés 0-2 Real Sociedad Oct 14, 2017 Spanish Primera División
D Real Sociedad 4-4 Real Betis Oct 1, 2017 Spanish Primera División
L Zenit St Petersburg 3-1 Real Sociedad Sep 28, 2017 UEFA Europa League
L Real Sociedad 2-3 Valencia Sep 24, 2017 Spanish Primera División
L Levante 3-0 Real Sociedad Sep 21, 2017 Spanish Primera División

Espanyol

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Espanyol 0-0 Levante Oct 13, 2017 Spanish Primera División
L Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol Oct 1, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Espanyol 4-1 Deportivo La Coruña Sep 24, 2017 Spanish Primera División
D Villarreal 0-0 Espanyol Sep 21, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Espanyol 2-1 Celta Vigo Sep 18, 2017 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Espanyol 1-2 Real Sociedad Feb 10, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Real Sociedad 1-1 Espanyol Sep 9, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 0-5 Real Sociedad Feb 8, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Real Sociedad 2-3 Espanyol Sep 19, 2015 Spanish Primera División
Real Sociedad 1-0 Espanyol Mar 8, 2015 Spanish Primera División


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

March 29, 2024
Cadiz 21:00 Granada
March 30, 2024
Getafe 14:00 Sevilla
Almeria 16:15 Osasuna
Valencia 18:30 Mallorca
Barcelona 21:00 Las Palmas
March 31, 2024
Celta Vigo 12:00 Rayo Vallecano
Girona 14:15 Real Betis
Alaves 16:30 Real Sociedad
Real Madrid 19:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 1, 2024
Villarreal 19:00 Atlético de Madrid
April 4, 2024
Granada 18:00 Valencia
April 12, 2024
Real Betis 19:00 Celta Vigo
April 13, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 12:00 Girona
Rayo Vallecano 14:15 Getafe
Mallorca 16:30 Real Madrid
Cadiz 19:00 Barcelona
April 14, 2024
Las Palmas 12:00 Sevilla
Granada 14:15 Alaves
Athletic Bilbao 16:30 Villarreal
Real Sociedad 19:00 Almeria

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 29 22 6 1 64 20 +44 72
2 Barcelona 29 19 7 3 60 34 +26 64
3 Girona 29 19 5 5 59 34 +25 62
4 Athletic Bilbao 29 16 8 5 50 26 +24 56
5 Atlético de Madrid 29 17 4 8 54 34 +20 55
6 Real Sociedad 29 12 10 7 42 31 +11 46
7 Real Betis 29 10 12 7 34 33 +1 42
8 Valencia 28 11 7 10 32 32 +0 40
9 Villarreal 29 10 8 11 47 51 -4 38
10 Getafe 29 9 11 9 37 42 -5 38
11 Las Palmas 29 10 7 12 29 32 -3 37
12 Osasuna 29 10 6 13 33 43 -10 36
13 Alaves 29 8 8 13 26 35 -9 32
14 Mallorca 29 6 12 11 25 35 -10 30
15 Rayo Vallecano 29 6 11 12 25 38 -13 29
16 Sevilla 29 6 10 13 36 44 -8 28
17 Celta Vigo 29 6 9 14 32 44 -12 27
18 Cadiz 29 3 13 13 20 40 -20 22
19 Granada 28 2 8 18 30 58 -28 14
20 Almeria 29 1 10 18 28 57 -29 13

Spanish Primera Results

March 17, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 0 - 3 Barcelona
Rayo Vallecano 2 - 0 Real Betis
Villarreal 1 - 0 Valencia
Las Palmas 0 - 1 Almeria
Sevilla 1 - 2 Celta Vigo
March 16, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 2 - 0 Alaves
Getafe 1 - 0 Girona
Osasuna 2 - 4 Real Madrid
Mallorca 1 - 0 Granada
March 15, 2024
Real Sociedad 2 - 0 Cadiz
March 11, 2024
Almeria 2 - 2 Sevilla
March 10, 2024
Real Betis 2 - 3 Villarreal
Real Madrid 4 - 0 Celta Vigo
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 1 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
March 9, 2024
Girona 2 - 0 Osasuna
Granada 2 - 3 Real Sociedad
Cadiz 2 - 0 Atlético de Madrid
Valencia 1 - 0 Getafe
March 8, 2024
Barcelona 1 - 0 Mallorca

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