Real Sociedad vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th November 2024

Real Sociedad welcome Barcelona this coming Sunday in the LaLiga, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 13 match.

Barcelona have taken the lead in the LaLiga after collecting 33 points from their initial 12 encounters. Real Sociedad trail them by 15 points after 12 rounds, leaving them as number 11 in the table.

Although Real Sociedad are behind Barcelona in the table by double digits, beating the league leaders in the LaLiga would be huge for the hosts.

Real Sociedad scored eight times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.8 goals a game. They conceded eight and managed five clean sheets.

Ahead of their coming LaLiga match, Barcelona look in excellent goal-scoring shape. In their previous ten games, they hammered in an average of 3.6 goals a game. A highly respectable total of 36 goals, while also letting in nine goals. The latter leaves an average of 0.9 per outing, in which they managed four clean sheets.

Barcelona beat Real Sociedad twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively.

Real Sociedad vs Barcelona Prediction

Real Sociedad Form

Real Sociedad are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Osasuna by a 0-2 score, before winning 0-2 against Sevilla. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 2-1 against Viktoria Plzen. Real Sociedad only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Reale Arena in the LaLiga. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded nine goals.

Barcelona Form

Barcelona look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Real Madrid, who were defeated by 0-4. Then, Espanyol got outclassed in a 3-1 win, before beating FK Crvena Zvezda by 2-5. Barcelona picked up five wins from a possible six on their recent travels in the LaLiga, while scoring 20 and conceding seven goals. They also lost once while drawing none.

Barcelona could find it tough to break down the defensive barriers put up by Real Sociedad at Reale Arena on Sunday. The home side doesn't score much themselves, though, and we aim for the under 2.5 goals betting market.

Real Sociedad fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target one times in these matches, but also let in five goals. Real Sociedad have a record of four wins, three draws and five defeats in the LaLiga this season. Barcelona enjoy a record of 11 wins, zero draws and one defeat in the LaLiga.

Real Sociedad vs Barcelona Squads

Real Sociedad Squad

The 53-year-old coach of the home team, Imanol Alguacil, will select the lineup against Barcelona from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Alex Remiro (0/12), Arana (0/0), Unai Marrero (0/0), Aihen Munoz (0/4), Alvaro Odriozola (0/2), Aritz Elustondo (0/4), Hamari Traore (0/4), Javi Lopez (0/9), Jon Aramburu (0/10), Jon Martin (0/2), Jon Pacheco (0/6), Nayef Aguerd (0/8), Sergio Gomez (0/12), Arsen Zakharyan (0/0), Benat Turrientes (0/10), Brais Mendez (1/9), Igor Zubeldia (0/10), Jon Magunazelaia (0/0), Jon Olasagasti (0/4), Luka Sucic (1/9), Martin Zubimendi (1/12), Mikel Oyarzabal (2/10), Pablo Marin (0/3), Urko Gonzalez (0/1), Ander Barrenetxea (0/8), Orri Oskarsson (2/8), Sheraldo Becker (0/11), Takefusa Kubo (3/12), Umar Sadiq (0/6).

Barcelona Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Barcelona players that the manager Hans-Dieter Flick will choose from for the upcoming game:

Inaki Pena (0/7), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/6), Wojciech Szczesny (0/0), Alejandro Balde (0/11), Andreas Christensen (0/1), Eric Garcia (0/8), Gerard Martin (0/9), Hector Fort (0/6), Inigo Martinez (0/11), Jules Kounde (1/12), Pau Cubarsi (0/12), Ronald Araujo (0/0), Fermin Lopez (0/6), Frenkie de Jong (0/3), Gavi (0/3), Marc Bernal (0/3), Marc Casado (0/10), Pablo Torre (3/5), Pedri (3/12), Ansu Fati (0/3), Dani Olmo (5/5), Ferran Torres (1/8), Lamine Yamal (5/12), Pau Victor (1/7), Raphinha (7/12), Robert Lewandowski (14/12).

Real Sociedad vs Barcelona Team News

At the time of writing, Real Sociedad have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Barcelona on Sunday. There is no need for Igor Zubeldia to show up in the Real Sociedad dressing room, as he is suspended.

Sheraldo Becker and Aihen Munoz nurses various injuries and won't take part for Real Sociedad against Barcelona at Reale Arena.

Barcelona have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match this coming Sunday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands.

Barcelona need to do without Alejandro Balde and Gavi, who are not fit enough to travel to Reale Arena.

Real Sociedad vs Barcelona Lineups

Real Sociedad vs Barcelona H2H

Barcelona beat Real Sociedad twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively. In total, they have played six matches in past seasons with Barcelona running away with most of the points. They won five encounters, with Real Sociedad stealing all 3 points in one match. Naturally, the last zero games ended all square. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 8/13.

Real Sociedad vs Barcelona Results

Of the last ten encounters between Real Sociedad Barcelona over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 8/13 with bookies.

Real Sociedad vs Barcelona Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Robert Lewandowski so far with 14 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target eight times in his last six games, and no doubt Barcelona want him to continue this productive spell against Real Sociedadthis coming Sunday.

Real Sociedad won two of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Reale Arena. They drew one and lost seven as well, while Barcelona won eight of their last 10 games away. They drew zero and lost two. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. Real Sociedad managed a clean sheet in two of their games at home, Barcelona kept a clean sheet in two of their last 10.

Both teams scored six times in the last ten encounters between Real Sociedad and Barcelona, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Real Sociedad scored 0.9 goals on average, while Barcelona pulled 2.4 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Real Sociedad’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in nine of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Barcelona. They performed an average of 3.7 goals in these.