Real Sociedad vs Espanyol prediction and betting tips on February 9, 2025
Game Prediction
A match between Real Sociedad and Espanyol will take place in the 23rd round of the Spanish Primera on February 9, 2025. Both clubs need points: the hosts are aiming for the European competition, while the guests are fighting for survival.
Our prediction for the match Real Sociedad vs Espanyol
Last season, “the Txuri-Urdin” successfully returned to the Champions League, winning their group and reaching the play-offs. At the same time, the club quite expectedly lost its place in the top quartet, finishing in 6th position, at the inner arena. “The Parrots” spent that temporada in the Segunda, but again managed to return to La Liga from the very first attempt.
Being already at the old-new level, the representative of Catalonia is quite expectedly fighting for survival. Not hopelessly, but still, the statistics are not impressive. The club has lost only to Las Palmas, and even beat another outsider, Valladolid, in the winter, since mid-December. It also achieved a sensational 1-0 result in the struggle with Real Madrid. The representative of San Sebastian in many ways causes, if not disappointment, then anxiety, especially at the start. Gradually, it seemed, the team picked up speed, winning a lot since October. Still, there are a lot of failures again in recent weeks. The team finally won the game against Osasuna in the cup confrontation, but it had lost to this opponent in the championship before.
Alguacil’s wards are failing in attack – they score a little more than 0.8 goals per round. Still, the defense helps out – the club concedes almost as many. It is not for nothing that Manolo Gonzalez’s footballers are at risk of relegation: they manage to score less than a goal per match, while conceding one and a half in response.
Real Sociedad vs Espanyol: key statistics and trends
- Real Sociedad has won twice in 3 previous matches.
- On average, Real Sociedad scores 0.82 goals and concedes 0.86 goals per meeting.
- 18% of Real Sociedad confrontations have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per struggle is 1.68.
- Espanyol has been unbeaten in 4 previous battles.
- On average, Espanyol scores 0.95 goals and concedes 1.5 goals per match.
- 59% of Espanyol games have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per confrontation is 2.45.
Real Sociedad vs Espanyol: possible starting line-ups
Real Sociedad (possible line-up): Remiro – Munoz, Pacheco, Zubeldia, Aramburu – Sergio Gomez, Zubimendi, Olasagasti, Turrientes, Kubo – Oyarzabal.
Espanyol (possible line-up): Garcia – Olivan, Cabrera, Kumbulla, El Hilali – Tejero, Lozano, Kral, Carreras – Puado, Fernandez.
Previous head-to-head matches: Real Sociedad vs Espanyol
A 1-0 result in August was the fourth consecutive victory for Alguacil’s footballers over their Catalan opponent.
Free prediction for the match Real Sociedad vs Espanyol
The hosts are considered the clear favourites of the following battle. And it seems they are overrated – we bet on the guests to win with “a +1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.83).