The End of the Season is Close as Top Four Hopefuls Real Sociedad Host Almeria

Real Sociedad vs UD Almería - 23/05/2023

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We have a full round of fixtures in the Spanish topflight this week, beginning on the 23rd of May as Real Sociedad meet Almería.

The game will be played at the Reale Arena and the hosts begin the week in 4th place on 60 points while the visitors are in 14th place on 39 points.

Real Sociedad come into the game on the back of an excellent 2-1 win at Barcelona in La Liga on the weekend. With the teams below them hoping they were going to drop points.

Real Sociedad made the perfect start by scoring in the 5th minute. They doubled their advantage in the 72nd minute but did concede a goal late in the match.

The win at Barcelona means Real Sociedad are undefeated in their 6 most recent fixtures, all of which have been played in La Liga.

In addition to the victory at Barcelona, there have been wins over Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid at home plus a 2-0 win at Osasuna. Real Sociedad have been held to a draw at Real Betis and at home by Girona.

Trends show Real Sociedad have a good record of 18 undefeated games in their last 21 home encounters in all competitions. They have not lost any of their last 8 home matches in all competitions and have won 4 of their last 5 home league fixtures.

Almería travel to the Reale Arena on the back of a good 3-0 home win over Mallorca on the weekend. It was an important 3 points as Almería attempt to avoid relegation and they opened the scoring in the 12th minute.

Almería doubled their advantage shortly before half time and added a third goal to seal maximum points 13 minutes into the second half.

The win over Mallorca means Almería have won 3 of their 5 most recent fixtures in the league. The additional wins have come over Elche at home and Getafe away. There have been defeats at Real Madrid and Osasuna.

Away form in La Liga shows Almería have won only 1 of their last 24 away trips, which is a poor record. They have lost 3 of their last 4 away league matches and have seen both teams score in each of their last 7 games on the road.

Team news and Real Sociedad are without the injured trio of Brais Méndez, Sadiq Umar, and Martín Merquelanz. There are also doubts over the fitness of David Silva.

Almería travel without Kaiky Melo and Martin Svidersky, who are both on the treatment table. There are doubts over the fitness of Chumi and El Bilal Touré.

There is no doubting the ability of Almería to score goals in this game but their away record suggests they are going to leave empty handed against a strong Real Sociedad team.

We expect the hosts to move closer to Champions League football by claiming the victory with both teams scoring.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

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Score

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Es1

Real Sociedad UD Almería 23/05/2023 19:30

492229

13-2

3 - 2

3.83

17°

1.44

1.44 4.50 7.00 no no no

FT

1 - 0(1 - 0)

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