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Spanish La Liga - Valencia VS Real Sociedad Prediction
Spanish La Liga - Valencia VS Real Sociedad
Match Time:20-01-2025 04:00 Monday (GMT+8)
Football Livescore | Match Prediction & Tips
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Valencia
Significant progress has been evident in the performance of the "Bats" following the change of head coach. However, under Carlos Corberán, the team has only secured victories in the Copa del Rey against lesser opponents. In their first outing of the new year, "Los Ches" won comfortably, beating second-division side "Eldense" 2-0 away, and last week recorded a similar scoreline against third-division "Orense," thus advancing to the tournament's quarter-finals.
Cup successes are certainly positive, but the main concern is Valencia's league standing. As a reminder, the "Bats" finished the first half of the season at the bottom of the table, trailing the safety zone by four points. Over 19 matches, Valencia has managed just two victories, winning at home against "Girona" and "Betis" (2-0 and 4-2 respectively). Currently, "Los Ches" are in the midst of a seven-match winless streak, with three draws and four losses. Under Carlos Corberán, Valencia lost 1-2 at home to "Real Madrid," conceding both goals late in the game while being a man up, and last week drew 1-1 away to "Sevilla."
Real Sociedad
The "Churi-urdin" made notable improvements in their results over the last two months of the previous year, significantly enhancing their league and European standings. However, just before the winter break, the Basques struggled to score in two consecutive matches, recording home draws of 0-0 against "Las Palmas" and a well-deserved 0-2 defeat at "Celta" in Vigo. Last weekend, Imanol Alguacil's team secured a crucial 1-0 victory over "Villarreal," thanks to a precise strike from Takefusa Kubo. This was Kubo's fourth goal of the current season, and all of them have ultimately contributed to wins.
This victory allowed "Real Sociedad" to finish the first half of the season in 7th place in the La Liga table, just two points behind "Villarreal" and "Mallorca," and thus outside the European competition spots. Furthermore, in the new year, the "Churi-urdin" have achieved two victories in the Copa del Rey. In the Round of 32, they comfortably defeated "Ponferradina" from the third division 2-0, and midweek, they confidently beat "Rayo Vallecano" 3-1 at home. Mikel Oyarzabal and Jon Olasaagasti found the net before halftime, with Sergio Gómez sealing the result with a clever free-kick goal.
Valencia possible starting lineup:
Mamardashvili; Foulquier, Tarrega, Mosquera, Gaya; Guerra, Barrenechea; Rioja, Almeida, D Lopez; Duro
Real Sociedad possible starting lineup:
Remiro; Elustondo, Zubeldia, Aguerd, Munoz; Kubo, Mendez, Zubimendi, Sucic, Gomez; Oyarzabal
Valencia vs Real Sociedad Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Valencia have a slight edge over Real Sociedad and have won 16 out of the last 45 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Real Sociedad's 15 victories.
Valencia have lost each of their last three matches against Real Sociedad in La Liga and have failed to find the back of the net in each of these games.
After a run of eight defeats in 11 matches away from home against Valencia in La Liga, Real Sociedad have lost three of their last 13 such games in the competition.
Valencia have lost three of their last six matches at home against Basque opponents in La Liga - as many victories as they had achieved in the 19 such games preceding this run.
Prediction: Valencia 1-1 Real Sociedad
There have been positive signs from Valencia of late, and despite their struggles at home this season, we are expecting Los Che to be good enough for a share of the spoils, with Real Sociedad potentially being made to settle for a point.
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