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Real Madrid vs. Real Sociedad: prediction for the La Liga fixture
Real Madrid secured another victory in Copa del Rey. Will Real Sociedad withstand in a La Liga clash on January 29? The answer is in our prediction.
Command Analysis
Real Madrid
SpainReal secured a comeback victory this mid-week. The Whites were behind at half-time of the match against Atletico, but managed to score twice in extra-time and to advance into the next round. Carlo Ancelotti said that it's hard to understand, how team can be so good in the second half, but so bad in the first one.
Team is going into this game three points away from the 1st place. Nonetheless, The Blancos have lost only one of seven latest home matches. After 17 rounds of La Liga Carlo Ancelotti's men have 13 victories and two draws, delivering 41 points and a 2nd position in the standings. Team scored 38 goals so far, the best offensive record in the league.
Alaba, Lucas, Mendy, Carvajal, Hazard and Tchouameni will miss the upcoming match.
Real Sociedad
SpainReal Sociedad suffered a 0:1 defeat to Barcelona in the quarter-final of Copa del Rey. Prior to this defeat, team had seven consecutive victories, scoring 2,29 goals per game.
Sociedad are unbeaten in La Liga since October, they are just three points behind the hosts, but they also played one game more than Madrid. Team surely wants to secure a Top-4 finish for a first time since 2012/13. It was that season, when the White-Blues secured their only victory at Santiago Bernabeu. After 18 matches the Basques have 12 victories and two draws, delivering 38 points. The Royal Club secured a victory over Rayo Vallecano (2:0) in the most recent match.
Sola, Pacheco, Guevara, Cho, Silva, Sadiq, Merquelanz, Merino and Gorosabel will miss the upcoming match.
Trends
Ставка Goals in both halves - no
This bet played in two latest matches of the visitors
Ставка Corners: total under 9,5
Two latest matches of Real Sociedad went by that scenario
Ставка Correct score 3:1
Real didn't lose in 3 of 5 latest head-to-head matches
Tip and bets
We are expecting a strong offensive performance from Real Madrid today, visitors might be able to strike back. They score regularly on head-to-head matches. In 4 of 5 latest head-to-head matches at Madrid no less than three goals were scored.
Our prediction - total under 2,5 goals
We believe that hosts will keep their streak alive. Madrid team has a much better squad than San Sebastian side, plus the hosts are chasing the leader.
Our second bet is on Real Madrid to win by two goals
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