Real Sociedad vs Villarreal prediction and betting tips on February 23, 2024
Game Prediction
Friday is the traditional time when the European tournaments give way to the opening matches in the national championships. This includes the start of the Primera again, in which, this time, Real Sociedad and Villarreal will be the first to compete. The analytical department of the website has made a prediction for this confrontation on February 23, 2024.
Real Sociedad is currently fighting in three different tournaments
“The Txuri-Urdin” went to Paris last Wednesday. They played the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against PSG. As a result, Mbappé and the company, with a decent fight, achieved a 0-2 success. A little earlier, Imanol Alguacil’s wards played the first semi-final of the Copa del Rey, and a goalless draw with Mallorca can hardly be called a positive result there (still, everything can be “fixed” by winning the return game). Speaking about the Primera, the representative of San Sebastian clearly gave up after reaching 4th place in the previous draw – too many points were lost, albeit mainly through the draws. There is a fight for 6th position with Betis. In this regard, the club took an important victory against Mallorca in the previous round, winning on the away field – 2-1.
Villarreal is seriously disappointing this season
“The Yellow Submarine” had a bright run under the leadership of Unai Emery, winning the Europa League (the team’s first major trophy) and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for only the second time in its history. The specialist left the club in the last but one autumn, but Setien, who had replaced him, even raised his players to 5th place of the Primera. This mentor, after the summer holidays, was quickly fired – the results were too poor. Still, his successors didn’t improve the performance much, except the fact that the representative of Spain was traditionally good in the Europa League. It lost in the cup confrontation to Unionistas de Salamanca. As for the Primera, the team, even under the rule of Marcelino, having improved in the game, is at the bottom of the table. And the home struggle with Getafe, which happened in the previous round, brought only a 1-1 draw.
Previous head-to-head matches
“The Txuri-Urdin” lost only once in 4 previous head-to-head matches, winning all the others. For instance, the team took a 3-0 victory on the away arena in December.
Free prediction for the match Real Sociedad vs Villarreal on February 23:
It’s hard to believe even in the minimal success of “the Submariners”. The hosts are stronger and motivated by the fight for the European tournament zone – we bet on their victory (odd: 1.76).