On Tuesday evening, Real Sociedad host Valencia at the Reale Arena in La Liga, as the home side look to maintain their unbeaten record in the Spanish top-flight this season.
Real Sociedad have kicked off their campaign with one win and two draws. Last time out La Real won 3-0 at Elche. The draw means that the home team are now unbeaten in their previous six games in the Spanish top-flight, although four of those unbeaten matches have ended in draws.
Before the Elche game, Sociedad’s recent league outings had been low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in the previous four La Liga matches.
One thing that must improve this season for Imanol Alguacil’s team is their home form, as La Real have won just one of their last seven top-flight games at the Reale Arena.
Those recent league matches on home soil have also been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in five of their last eight league matches on home soil.
Valencia could not have made a more mixed start to their league campaign, as they have won one, drawn one and lost one of their first three games in La Liga this season. A 1-1 draw at home to Huesca was certainly an underwhelming result for Los Che, who are enduring difficult times on and off the pitch.
Like Real Sociedad, their recent La Liga games have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in four of their last six league matches.
Los Che have struggled on their travels of late, as the visitors are winless in their last 12 away games in the Spanish top-flight, having lost six of their previous seven matches on the road.
Forebet predicts that this game will produce a low-scoring draw, between a team who underwhelm on home soil and a team that cannot seem to win on their travels.