Real Sociedad vs Valencia Prediction 16 May 2024

🔊Valencia are not entirely out of the race to finish in the top six and participate in Europa Conference League next season, but they are technically on the losing side as they are seven points behind 6th-placed Real Betis with only three matches left. Despite Valencia’ urgent need of points, they remain the underdogs at San Sebastian at the Anoeta stadium. At the same time, Real Sociedad is considered the favorite and expects not only to beat Valencia, but also to get ahead of Betis in the standings.

Injury and Suspension
Real Sociedad has at least three senior players ruled out of this encounter due to injury concerns. The injuries that are huge blows to Real Sociedad are Subimendi and Subeldia, who are very important players for the team and are even involved in the Spanish national team. Both players succumbed to injury issues recently and as a result, they have missed 1-2 matches, while Galan's injury makes the left flank of the defense extremely problematic.

Valencia has four players that will miss the Real Sociedad trip, but their injuries aren’t as disturbing as Real Sociedad’s. Vasquez and Perez are not regular starters for Valencia but they remain out injured for the Real Sociedad trip. Diahabi has been on the sidelines for a long time, while Domenech replaced him in goal and has established himself as a top second goalkeeper.

H2H
These encounters are pretty equal, as both teams have 12 wins each in their last 33 league meetings. Both teams have already met in La Liga earlier this season and it was Real Sociedad, who won 1-0 away from home. At the same time, Real Sociedad are winless in six of their last 7 La Liga meetings. In such a situation, it is worth considering an option in which Valencia will win or draw. At the same time, the last meetings of both teams were not decorated with a large number of goals scored, as under 2.5 goals were recorded in their last 5 head-to-head matches.

Trends

• Real Sociedad played draws in the 2nd half in their last 5 head-to-head La Liga matches against Valencia.
• Valencia won with a handicap of +1.5 in 6 of their last 7 away matches in La Liga.
• Real Sociedad hit over 4.5 shots on target at home in 7 of the last 8 matches.

Referee and fouls
The match will be officiated by Soto Cesar Grado. Over the last 10 matches, he had fairly average fouls and yellow cards - 24 and 4.1 respectively. But if we look at the whole season, then he averaged 23.81 fouls and issued 5.04 yellow cards per match, respectively, which is quite a lot for La Liga.

• Real Sociedad is one of the La Liga who has committed the most fouls, as they average 15.9 fouls per match. For such a number of violations, 2.6 yellow cards is quite low.
• Valencia is also not a decent side on the field, as they average 12.6 fouls per game. At the same time, the team received only 1.7 yellow cards on average.

If we compare the statistics of the teams, then Real Sociedad clearly surpasses the opponent in both fouls and yellow cards. In such a situation, a bet on Yellow Cards Result; Real Sociedad to win looks like a winning bet.

Corners

• Real Sociedad took more than 5.5 corners at home in 7 of their last 8 matches.
• Ten of Valencia’s last 11 La Liga matches ended with less than 9.5 corners.

In the upcoming meeting, Real Sociedad will certainly own the initiative. Taking into account the above trends, it is worth considering a bet on Valencia Total Corners; under 3.5.

Team Overview
Real Sociedad have lacked consistency in the last few weeks, as they managed only one win in their last five La Liga matches, and the win came against Las Palmas. However, they lost to Real Madrid and Barcelona, who are better teams than they are. It should be noted that during Real Sociedad’s struggles, the team scored only one goal on average. The Basques also have mixed problems in their last five encounters with Valencia. The bet on Real Sociedad Total goals; under (1.5) against an opponent with a decent backline, it may well go in.

Valencia put on a show in Catalonia against Barcelona, although they lost the tie 4:2. Since then, Los Ches have struggled to score goals, as It is much more familiar to see 0:1 or 0:0 results, as it was in the last matches against Alaves and Rayo Vallecano, respectively. At the same time, Valencia won with a handicap of +1.5 in 10 of their last 11 La Liga matches, which should be considered as a bet tip as well.

Scores24 prediction for Real Sociedad vs Valencia
Real Sociedad are the favourites to win this game, but it is obvious that the hosts will struggle to crack Valencia, who are fond of keeping the scoreline at 0-0. Six of Real Sociedad’s last seven matches ended with less than 2.5 goals. At the same time, in 7 of Valencia’s last 9 La Liga matches ended with less than one goal. Therefore, the bet on the Total Goals; under (2.5) should be out considered bet.

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