Real Sociedad vs Villarreal predictions for this Liga Santander clash on Saturday at Reale Arena Stadium. Real Sociedad, in their worst form of the season, host Villarreal, who for their part have started to develop their best form of the season. Read on for our free predictions and betting tips.
Real Sociedad:
Real Sociedad are undoubtedly going through their worst moment of the season, with three defeats in a row in La Liga Santander. In their last match they lost 4-0 against Real Betis, in a match in which they were clearly inferior.
Real Sociedad have conceded seven goals in their last three matches. Before that, they had conceded 10 goals in 14 matches. Offensively they are not doing well either, having scored just two goals in their last five games and they have also gone four games in a row without scoring.
The games at the RCDE Stadium stand out for being low-scoring games, with a total of eight goals scored in eight games (five in favour of Real Sociedad and three in favour of the teams they have played against). The Reale Arena is the stadium where the fewest goals have been scored so far.
Villarreal:
Villarreal come into this game on the back of a 2-0 win over Rayo Vallecano the previous matchday. The Castellonense team has shown a clear improvement in recent weeks.
Of Villarreal’s 19 total points so far, only five of them have come when Villarreal have played away. Worst of all, all five points have come from five draws. An atypical situation for a team that has always excelled at playing well both at home and away.
Villarreal have not been bad at playing at the Reale Arena in recent seasons, having won in three of their last five visits.
We think that Real Sociedad’s current poor performances and Villarreal’s better level could make for a very even match, between two teams with a very similar level of squad.We think it will be a match with not many dangerous chances for either side and a draw could be the final result.