H2H: Celta Vigo vs Real Sociedad – Prediction (La Liga

H2H: Celta vs Sociedad – Comparison.

Two of Iago Aspas’ three league goals for Celta were match openers. Meanwhile, Mikel Oyarzabal has scored four goals across Sociedad’s last three league games, three from the penalty spot. Eighteen of Sociedad’s last 20 league fixtures saw either a 0-0 or 1-0 scoreline either way at HT.

Celta Insights.

After a decent start, Celta Vigo have returned to the form that saw them narrowly avoid relegation last season, with a 1-1 draw last time out extending their winless La Liga (LL) run to five games (D2, L3). In fact they’ve recorded the same results after seven games as they did after seven games in 2019/20, as well as the same goals scored average (0.57 per fixture) – the last time they had a worse goal average at this stage of a top-flight campaign was back in 1992/93. Their sole win came at home, but was followed by two defeats here by a 2+ goal margin after Celta conceded within the opening 15 minutes. The hosts can draw some hope from LL H2Hs held here though, with just two defeats from nine in all competitions since Celta’s last promotion to the top flight (W2, D5, L2).

Sociedad Insights.

To compound matters further, Real Sociedad travel here after recording their best seven-game start to a LL campaign since 2002/03 – a season in which they finished second, and one of five campaigns in their history that they finished in Spain’s top two. A league-high 2.0 goals scored per game, as well as a second league-high 4.29 average shots on target have been the main reasons for their success. Fans of the high-flying visitors have watched them record three wins ‘to nil’ on the road in all competitions – each of which they started as a favourite – as Sociedad now attempt four consecutive away wins for the first time since 1987/88.