Real Sociedad vs Valencia Prediction & Betting Tips (28 September)

Real Sociedad completely missed out on its start to the season by only winning a small match, on the 2nd day, on the pitch of promoted Catalan side Espanyol Barcelona 0-1. For the rest, it is 4 defeats and 2 draws which complete the record of this team. On 3 occasions, the defeats were written with 2 goals conceded, as against Rayo Vallecano during the 1st day 1-2, Alaves 1-2 and without scoring for the reception of Real Madrid 0-2. During the last day, the Basques went to the turf of the promoted, Real Valladolid and they did not even manage to collect 3 points 0-0. To make matters worse, the 8th finalist of the last edition of the Champions League was content to share points with OGC Nice this week, as part of the 1st day of the league phase of the Europa League 1-1.

La Real has still not won in front of its public, 3 defeats in 3 matches, and a trigger will have to be found quickly. Valencia thought they would finally launch their season following their victory against Girona last weekend 2-0 but ultimately, the confirmation did not take place this week against Osasuna, still at the Mestalla 0-0. As a reminder, the Ché club lost 4 of its first 5 scores in La Liga including a correction suffered at Wanda against Atlético Madrid 3-0 15 days ago. Ranked at the bottom of the table, the Blanquinegros offer no sporting guarantee in the current state of things, like Real Sociedad ultimately.

Injured for 3 matches, starting midfielder Brais Mendez played again against Nice and will therefore be present this evening. Ditto for Javi Lopez (return from injury), and for Odriozola. Clearly the infirmary has been emptied among the Basques but there are still the former Rennais Hamari Traoré and the winger Zakharyan who are seriously injured. On a personal level, it is a disaster for Real Sociedad since no player has reached the 2-goal mark. On the other hand, Ander Barrenetxea may have finally launched his season by scoring against Nice on Wednesday evening in C3.

Sidelined by the club following problems with the law, Rafa Mir will be missing and for good moment. Mouctar Diakhaby (ex-Lyon) is still rehabilitating from his serious injury suffered against Real Madrid last season and Jaume Domenech (3rd goalkeeper in the hierarchy) is on the flank along with left back and captain José Gaya. This week, the striker who scored 13 goals last season, Hugo Duro, returned from injury. Pepelu (2 assists this season), and Luis Rioja (ex-Alaves) are also options to score goals in this team.