Thursday evening also brings us action from the Spanish top flight and a La Liga clash between 6th placed Real Sociedad and their lowly 16th placed counterparts, Cadiz, when the two teams face off at the Reale Arena.
Real Sociedad will be keen to grab all three points in order to further boost their prospects of a possible top six finish in the Spanish top flight.
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While Cadiz hold just a three-point cushion over the bottom three prior to Thursday’s encounter.
However, despite sitting in 6th spot, Real Sociedad have stumbled in their past few matches in La Liga, drawing with Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano whilst also suffering defeats at the hands of Barcelona and Levante as well.
The bigger picture though shows that Real Sociedad have lost just four out of their last 17 matches overall in the Spanish top flight.
While results on home soil have been even more impressive as Real Sociedad have slipped up on just three occasions in their previous 20 games in their own backyard.
Cadiz will also be in fairly confident mood ahead of this upcoming trip to the Reale Arena after posting a convincing 3-0 home win over Elche on the weekend which followed their previous recent 1-0 win on the road at Barcelona which is surely their highlight of this season’s campaign to date.
However, although Thursday night’s hosts, Real Sociedad may be less glamorous opponents, a win at the Reale Arena would represent a huge result for Cadiz and having suffered just the three losses in their last 12 matches overall, the visitors look to have a decent chance of claiming at least a point here.
Two of these three defeats were actually handed to Cadiz on home turf at their Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla in the shape of defeats against Real Betis and Athletic Bilbao
But points picked up here and there on their travels have helped contribute to Cadiz being able to prevent themselves slipping down into the relegation zone for the time being.
Despite picking up just two wins in their last nine away games, Cadiz have lost by a margin of 2 goals or more just once during this period so the visitors may well prove to be a stubborn opponent here.
Real Sociedad have won the last five meetings on the trot though, so the hosts look set to extend this record on Thursday night.