The final game of the weekend in La Liga takes place on Monday the 4th of April as Real Sociedad play Espanyol at the Reale Arena. The hosts begin this round of fixtures in 6th place on 48 points while the visitors are in 12th place on 36 points.
Real Sociedad come into the match having picked up a point in a 0-0 draw at Sevilla prior to the international break. It was a good result against the team currently sitting in second place and Real Sociedad will be hoping to build on that by taking maximum points from this game.
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The draw against Sevilla means Real Sociedad are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 games, all of which have come in La Liga.
There have been wins over Osasuna and Alaves at home plus Real Mallorca away. However, the one big setback came at Real Madrid and Real Sociedad lost the match 4-1 having opened the scoring in the 10th minute.
Trends show Real Sociedad are tough to beat when playing at home and they are unbeaten in 21 of their last 25 home La Liga games.
They have won 4 of their 5 most recent league fixtures at the Reale Arena and have kept a clean sheet in each of their last 5 home La Liga games.
Espanyol make the trip to the Reale Arena on the back of a 1-0 home victory over Real Mallorca last time out. The only goal of the game was scored just before half time and Espanyol managed to keep a clean sheet in the second half to take maximum points.
That result means Espanyol are undefeated in each of the 3 most recent league games, with an additional win at home over Getafe and a draw at Levante. However, away form has been poor and Espanyol have failed to win any of their 5 most recent away fixtures, all of which have come in La Liga.
In fact, trends show Espanyol have achieved just 1 win in their last 14 away La Liga games. They have little trouble when it comes to scoring goals on the road and they have found the back of the net in each of their last 6 away league matches.
However, Espanyol have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 13 away La Liga games.
Team news and Real Sociedad have several players unavailable due to injury, including Mikel Oyarzabal, Aihen Muñoz, Nacho Monreal, Carlos Fernández, and Ander Barrenetxea.
Espanyol travel without any injury or suspension concerns and should be at full strength for this game.
This could be a trickly match for Real Sociedad and Espanyol could breakdown their stubborn defence to score. However, Espanyol are poor defensively on the road and we expect to see Real Sociedad score the goals required to win the match.