In this week 9 match on Oct 16th, Celta de Vigo hosts Real Sociedad in a meeting 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 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Celta de Vigo sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Barcelona. Lopez scored the first goal for Barcelona in the 17th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Celta de Vigo was frustrated by Barcelona’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Barcelona ended the match with the shutout victory. Celta de Vigo is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Real Sociedad is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Villarreal. Brais Méndez scored the first goal for Real Sociedad in the 33rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Villarreal 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.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Real Sociedad won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Alexander Sørloth has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Real Sociedad. Both Iago Aspas and Gabriel Veiga Novas have been the hottest scorers for Celta de Vigo in the last five each having scored 2 goals.