On the 22nd of May, Real Sociedad will play host to Atlético Madrid in a clash of these two closely matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Real Sociedad is fresh off their 2-1 win against Villarreal. Francis Coquelin scored the first goal for Villarreal in the 43rd minute, then Alexander Isak tied it up for Real Sociedad in the 56th minute But luckily in the 73rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Martin Zubimendi Ibanez. Real Sociedad should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Atlético Madrid, recorded a 1-1 draw against Sevilla. José Giménez struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 30th minute on a feed from Yannick Carrasco, then Youssef En-Nesyri tied it up for Sevilla in the 85th minute on a feed from Óliver Torres squeezing out at least the one point for Sevilla. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Atlético Madrid should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Wednesday Jan 19th, Real Sociedad hosted Atlético Madrid in their last match together. Real Sociedad won by a score of 2 to 0. Adnan Januzaj scored the first goal for Real Sociedad in the 33rd minute, then Alexander Sørloth added another in the 47th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético Madrid couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win.
Atlético Madrid is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Yannick Carrasco and Rodrigo De Paul each only have 1 goal in their last five. Alexander Sørloth has been the most prolific scorer on Real Sociedad in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea’s Real Sociedad squad will be without Barrenetxea, Mikel Oyarzabal and Nacho Monreal, while Diego Pablo Simeone’s squad will be without João Félix, Thomas Lemar and Sime Vrsaljko.