Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid Preview

Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Estadio Anoeta

Date: 19th April 2018

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

This ground has not been very nice to Atletico Madrid in recent seasons and they may struggle to get a win here again depending on how strong of a lineup they field.

Diego Simeone’s men would feel they are out of contention for the La Liga title as Barcelona hold an 11 points advantage over them and they now focus on winning the Europa League.

This game starts a run of games that sees Diego Simeone’s men play five games in 15 days including a two-legged Europa League semifinal against Arsenal with the winner of that encounter heavy favourites to win the competition.

The Europa League would obviously be their priority at the moment.

Real Sociedad have found a new lease of life under their new manager Imanol Alguacil.

One thing the temporary manager has done is to find a cure for their defensive problems.

Only three teams have conceded more goals than them in the division this season, however, they have kept a clean sheet in each of the last three games that Alguacil has been in charge.

Their change to a more balanced approach has not affected them going forward as can be seen by their 5-0 win over Girona in their most recent home game.

Atletico have won 4 of their last 5 games against Sociedad, however, they have lost two of their last three visits here.

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

Real Sociedad

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Eibar 0-0 Real Sociedad 1 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Real Sociedad 1-2 Getafe 17 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Espanyol 2-1 Real Sociedad 11 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Real Sociedad 2-1 Alavés 4 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
D Real Betis 0-0 Real Sociedad 1 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División

Atletico Madrid

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid 8 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Atletico Madrid 2-0 Sporting CP 5 Apr, 2018 UEFA Europa League
W Atletico Madrid 1-0 Deportivo La Coruña 1 Apr, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Villarreal 2-1 Atletico Madrid 18 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Lokomotiv Moscow 1-5 Atletico Madrid 15 Mar, 2018 UEFA Europa League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad 2 Dec, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad 4 Apr, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Real Sociedad 2-0 Atletico Madrid 5 Nov, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Atletico Madrid 3-0 Real Sociedad 1 Mar, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Real Sociedad 0-2 Atletico Madrid 18 Oct, 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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