Real Sociedad - Sevilla Football prediction

Real Sociedad and Sevilla meet at Estadio Municipal de Anoeta in a match of the 11th round of the Primera Division. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 games. In fact, the last time they faced at this stage was on 20-12-2017, in a match for the Primera Division that ended with the victory of Real Sociedad by (3-1). The goals of the match were scored by Íñigo Martínez (17 '), Igor Zubeldía (76') and C. Vela (90 ') for Real Sociedad and W. Ben Yedder (44') for Sevilla. Although this is a game between 12th and 3rd of the overall classification, it is actually a game between the 17th place in home games and the 2nd as a visitor.

Analysis of Real Sociedad
After 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, the home team is in 12th place, having won 12 points. In the last match, they lost with Atletico Madrid away by (2-0), after in the previous game to have tied at home, in a game against Girona, by (0-0). This is a team that normally achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, having won 10 points, scoring 9 goals and conceding 8 and 2 points in their stadium with 3 goals scored and 5 conceded. The team arrives at this meeting after a draw with Celta de Vigo by (1-1). For the championship, Real Sociedad won 2 points in 12 chances, after 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 4 games that played in his stadium.

In this competition, you do not win in your stadium for 4 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition.

Real Sociedad dropped a lot of income in the final rounds, won only 1 victory in the last 5 games and is looking for a recovery as they are falling in the standings and are now only 4 points behind the relegation zone. The team has a reasonable attack that has scored 12 goals and is the eighth best of the competition, while the defense suffered 13 goals and is the ninth most leaked, needing to improve in both sectors. Playing at home, like the match this Sunday, the team no longer wins there are 4 games of which lost 2 and tied 2 and worth stresses that of the 5 matches that did as principal, in 3 suffered at least 2 goals, since it is a team who behaves in an offensive manner, but ends up leaving many spaces behind. For the clash against Sevilla, coach Asier Garitano will not be able to count on midfielder Sangalli because of injury.

Analysis of Seville
After 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, the visiting team is in 3rd place, having won 19 points. In the last match, he beat Huesca 2-1 after losing 4-2 to Barcelona in the last match. This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it has achieved similar results at home and abroad. The team arrives in this match after a draw with Villanovense by (0-0). In the championship, the Sevilla won 9 points in 15 possible, after 3 victories and 2 losses in the last 5 games that played as a visitor. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. There are 1 highlights in the last 11 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 7 of his 12 goals between the minutes (76'-90 ').

Sevilla have a good campaign in La Liga, have a great sequence with 5 wins in the last 6 rounds and are looking for another positive result to try to get to the top of the competition. The team has a very effective offensive sector that creates several opportunities and is the second best of the national with 22 goals, but the defense still needs adjustments, since it has 13 goals and is the ninth more leaked, since by its style of the defensive sector is a bit unprotected. Playing away from home, such as this Sunday's match, Sevilla have won 3 out of 5 matches and it is worth mentioning that only in the last 3 matches, scored 11 goals and suffered 7, showing that the games are often very busy in this type of situation. For the clash against Real Sociedad, coach Pablo Machín will not be able to count on defender Kjaer and striker André Silva, both injured.