H2H: Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad – Prediction (La Liga

Preview and Teams Comparison.

No side has beaten Real Sociedad on more occasions in LaLiga history than Real Madrid (81, along with Barça). Indeed, the Basques have conceded the most goals against the Whites in the competition (313).

Real Madrid have already dropped points twice at home to clubs who start this round in the bottom half of the La Liga (LL) table, so could find this match tough going against a high-flying Real Sociedad side. Three consecutive home clean sheets in all competitions will be encouraging, as will the fact Madrid have recorded more half-time/full-time wins than any other club bar Barcelona. Yet whilst well-disciplined Madrid’s current tally of 21 yellow cards is the fewest of any LL team so far, three of the last five H2Hs did see a player sent off (either way). Karim Benzema (RMD) has returned to goalscoring form by finding the back of the net in three of his last four competitive home games.

Madrid have won by at least a two-goal margin in three of their last four competitive fixtures at home. Three of the last four H2Hs have produced over 3.5 total goals. Impressively, those four H2H games featured 14 different goalscorers.

The hosts face a Sociedad outfit that’s enjoying consecutive away victories for the first time this campaign, and that possesses a record of: W2, D1, L2 as an away outsider. Significantly, Sociedad have registered the game’s final goal in four of their previous five league fixtures. If excluding prior clashes that yielded a level half-time score, the last nine H2Hs have gone the way of the half-time leader. A third straight league win over Madrid, for only the second time this century, will be in the visitors’ sights, yet Sociedad have been in front at half-time only once on the road this season. Sociedad’s leading LL goalscorer this season is Willian José with five goals. He opened the scoring from the spot in their victory at Madrid last season.