On the 10th of April, in this week 31 match, Real Sociedad and Elche will play a match in Elche in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Elche is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Athletic Club. Alex Berenguer struck first for Athletic Club in the 32nd minute on a feed from Yuri, then Asier Villalibre added another in the 86th minute. Elche is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Real Sociedad is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Espanyol. Alexander Isak scored the first goal for Real Sociedad in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Espanyol couldn’t muster any offence and Real Sociedad ran away with the shutout win. Real Sociedad should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Elche and Real Sociedad last played eachother at the Reale Arena on Sep 26th. Real Sociedad was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 24000 jubilant spectators. Mikel Oyarzabal struck first for Real Sociedad in the 81st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Elche was frustrated by Real Sociedad’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Real Sociedad ended the match with the shutout victory.
Mikel Merino and David Silva are the top scorers for Real Sociedad in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Elche’s most prolific scorer has been Fidel. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Barragán is unavailable to play for Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez’s team, while Real Sociedad will be without Barrenetxea, Aihen Muñoz, Mikel Oyarzabal and Nacho Monreal.