In a weekend match on Sun Nov 28th, in week 15, Espanyol will host Real Sociedad in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Espanyol is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Barcelona. Memphis Depay scored the first goal for Barcelona in the 48th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Espanyol couldn’t manage to score, and Barcelona took the shutout win. Espanyol is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while real Sociedad is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Valencia. Neither Real Sociedad nor Valencia could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Real Sociedad should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Espanyol and Real Sociedad last played eachother at the Reale Arena on the 22nd of January. Real Sociedad was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 22000 spectators. Barrenetxea struck first for Real Sociedad in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Alexander Isak added another in the 62nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Espanyol couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win.
Real Sociedad’s most prolific scorer has been Alexander Isak. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Espanyol’s most prolific scorer has been Raúl de Tomás. The Spanish attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.