Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad Competition – Spanish Primera Liga Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Date: 29th January 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
La Liga title hopefuls Real Madrid will welcome top four hopefuls Real Sociedad to the Santiago Bernabeu this Sunday for the 19th league game of the 2022/23 La Liga season. The Madrid-based side will look to make it three wins in a row in this fixture having seen off city rivals Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey in midweek. Carlo Ancelotti’s side needed extra-time to beat Diego Simeone’s men 3-1. Having conceded first in two of their last three wins, Ancelotti stated he finds it “hard to understand how a team that plays so well in the second half can play so bad in the first half.” And so he will be hoping they start better in this La Liga game against Real Sociedad. Los Blancos enter this matchday three points behind leaders and fierce rivals Barcelona and will be desperate to win here to avoid falling behind. But given that they have only conceded the opener in one of their seven home league games this term and remain unbeaten at the Santiago Bernabéu (W5, D2), they will fancy their chances. However, visitors Real Sociedad will also fancy their chances of getting a result here as their hosts have failed to keep a clean sheet at home in La Liga this season. The Basque club are a team in form having not lost in the league since October (W5, D1). They come into this round of games sitting only three points behind their hosts although they’ve played a game more. And so, a result here would certainly help their bid for a first top-four finish since 2012/13. However the Blue and Whites have claimed a solitary league head-to-head win in Madrid since that campaign (D1, L7). Meanwhile, they lost their Copa del Rey quarter-final 1-0 to Barcelona but as they played a day earlier than Madrid and that game didn’t go to extra-time, they might be a little fresher and could take full advantage of any fatigue among their hosts. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga: Spanish Primera Liga Table
May 10, 2024
Alaves
20:00
Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca
13:00
Las Palmas
Villarreal
15:15
Sevilla
Granada
17:30
Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
20:00
Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz
13:00
Getafe
Atlético de Madrid
15:15
Celta Vigo
Valencia
17:30
Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis
20:00
Almeria
May 13, 2024
Barcelona
20:00
Real Sociedad
May 14, 2024
Osasuna
18:30
Mallorca
Real Madrid
20:30
Alaves
Girona
21:00
Villarreal
May 15, 2024
Sevilla
18:30
Cadiz
Rayo Vallecano
18:30
Granada
Celta Vigo
21:00
Athletic Bilbao
Getafe
21:00
Atlético de Madrid
May 16, 2024
Las Palmas
18:30
Real Betis
Almeria
20:30
Barcelona
Real Sociedad
21:00
Valencia
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Real Madrid
34
27
6
1
74
22
+52
87
2
Girona
34
23
5
6
73
42
+31
74
3
Barcelona
34
22
7
5
70
43
+27
73
4
Atlético de Madrid
34
21
4
9
63
39
+24
67
5
Athletic Bilbao
34
17
10
7
55
33
+22
61
6
Real Sociedad
34
14
12
8
48
35
+13
54
7
Real Betis
34
13
13
8
43
39
+4
52
8
Valencia
34
13
8
13
37
39
-2
47
9
Villarreal
34
12
9
13
56
58
-2
45
10
Getafe
34
10
13
11
41
47
-6
43
11
Alaves
34
11
8
15
32
38
-6
41
12
Sevilla
34
10
11
13
45
46
-1
41
13
Osasuna
34
11
6
17
37
51
-14
39
14
Las Palmas
34
10
7
17
30
43
-13
37
15
Celta Vigo
34
8
10
16
40
52
-12
34
16
Rayo Vallecano
34
7
13
14
27
43
-16
34
17
Mallorca
34
6
14
14
27
40
-13
32
18
Cadiz
34
4
14
16
23
49
-26
26
19
Granada
34
4
9
21
36
64
-28
21
20
Almeria
34
2
11
21
33
67
-34
17
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