Real Sociedad will be hoping to continue their good start to the season as they welcome Elche to the Estadio Municipal de Anoeta on Sunday evening.
The hosts begin the weekend in 3rd place on 13 points, leaving them 3 points behind the leaders, while Elche are down in 15th place on 5 points and hoping to climb away from the relegation zone.
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Real Sociedad come into the match on the back of an exciting 3-2 win at Granada on Thursday night. Having found themselves 1-0 down at half-time, Real Sociedad came out in the second half and scored 2 goals in the space of 8 minutes to take the lead only to be pegged back in the 70th minute.
However, Real Sociedad scored the third and decisive goal 8 minutes from time to win the game.
That result means Real Sociedad remain undefeated in La Liga this season. They have won 4 of their 5 matches to date, with wins coming at home against Rayo Vallecano and Levante plus away at Cadiz and Granada.
The only dropped points for Real Sociedad this season came at home in a 0-0 draw with Sevilla.
Trends show Real Sociedad are undefeated in their last 6 home league games. They have managed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 3 home La Liga matches and have scored at least one goal in 13 of their last 14 at the Estadio Municipal de Anoeta.
Elche make the trip to Sociedad having suffered a heavy 4-1 loss at Villarreal in midweek. Having fallen behind after only 5 minutes of the game, Elche scored the equalising goal 14 minutes later.
However, they could not hold on to half time and Elche conceded a second goal in the 39th minute. Villarreal added two more goals in the second half to take maximum points.
That result means Elche have won only one of their 6 La Liga matches this season. The win came at Getafe and Elche have remained undefeated in 3 of their last 4 league games. In addition to the victory at Getafe, Elche picked up a point at home against Sevilla and Levante.
Trends show Elche’s form has not been good and they have won only 6 of their last 39 La Liga fixtures.
Team news and Real Sociedad have an extensive injury list. Just some of the players currently on the treatment table include Alexander Isak, David Silva, Ander Barrenetxea, Asier Illarramendi, Alex Sola, Nacho Monreal, and Carlos Fernández.
Elche travel without defender Pedro Bigas who has a knee injury but he is the only player unavailable for the visitors.
This could be a difficult match for Real Sociedad, especially with several first team players injured.
However, they have proven tough to beat at the beginning of this season and could come away with a narrow 1-0 win to keep them in contention at the top of the table.