Sociedad v Espanyol Betting Tips – La Liga, 14th January 8.00pm
The form of these two in the Spanish top flight has been pretty even recently. They both earned a win on their respective returns to action after the winter break, each snapping a bad losing sequence of form that they had been on. You basically have Sociedad who have the worst home record this season, taking on Espanyol who have the second-worst away record. Read our predictions for Sociedad v Espanyol.
Sociedad v Espanyol Betting Odds*
Real Sociedad 19/20
Draw 23/10
Espanyol 3/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on January 13th, 2019 at 8:27 p.m.)
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Sociedad News and Form
Real Sociedad produced a 2-0 away win at Real Madrid on the weekend, which a major upset of a scoreline. They had been on a four-match league losing streak before arriving at the Bernabeu on the weekend. Back on home soil in the Spanish top flight, Sociedad are W1 D3 L4 for the season. They are out of form at home with back to back defeats having been suffered there. Across their home games in this campaign, Real Sociedad have produced only the six goals in total.
They have shipped nine on home soil though with only two clean sheets. 50% of their home games have managed to finish above 2.5 goals. Each of the defeats which they have suffered at home this season in La Liga have been by a one-goal margin only. Sociedad have been trailing at the half time break in four of their eight home games. They have opened the scoring in just three of their home fixtures. They currently hold the worst home record in the Spanish top flight this season with only six points on the board. In stark contrast, only Barcelona have a better away record than them.
Sociedad v Espanyol Head to Head
Things are even with one win each and two draws in the last four league meetings
Both teams have scored in five of the last six La Liga clashes
Sociedad are winless in three league home games against Espanyol (D2 L1)
Espanyol have no clean sheet in their last six against Sociedad
Espanyol News and Form
Espanyol recorded a 1-0 home win over Leganes in their first league game of the new year. That was a big fillip for them as they were on a six-match losing streak before that. Espanyol have hit the back of the net in only two of their last five league outings. Overall this season on their travels in the top flight, they have posted a W1 D3 L5 record. They are unbeaten on the road against sides currently in the bottom half of the table (W1 D3).
They are on a three-match losing streak on the road and are winless in four. Less than half of their road games have gone over 2.5 goals so this one is probably going to end up being tight and low-scoring. Espanyol have actually been leading at halftime in six of their away games (D2 L1) which is a really good return from them. They have scored all but one of their away goals this season in the first half of matches. However, 11 of the 13 away goals that they have shipped on the road have been in the second period of matches. They are apparently, a team of two halves. Only bottom side Huesca have earned fewer away points than Espanol have,
Sociedad v Espanyol Tips & Odds
Both teams to score 3/4
1-1 correct score at 5/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on January 13th, 2019 at 8:27 p.m.)
Sociedad v Espanyol Predictions
Draw: The last two between these at Sociedad have ended in a draw and that is where the appeal is for this one. There doesn’t look to be too much between them and therefore the draw in the match outright looks a decent proposition.
