On the 13th of February, Espanyol hosts Real Sociedad at Rcde Stadium in a clash 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 10 degrees, which is great football weather. Espanyol sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Osasuna. Ante Budimir scored the first goal for Osasuna in the 45th minute, then Martin Braithwaite tied it up for Espanyol in the 59th minute on a feed from Javi Puado squeezing out at least the one point for Espanyol. Espanyol is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Real Sociedad recorded a 0-1 loss against Real Valladolid. Cyle Larin scored the first goal for Real Valladolid in the 73rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Real Sociedad couldn’t muster any offence and Real Valladolid ran away with the shutout win. Real Sociedad should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 18th of September, Real Sociedad hosted Espanyol at the Reale Arena in their last match together. Real Sociedad was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over zero thousand jubilant fans. Alexander Sørloth struck first for Real Sociedad in the 17th minute, then Edu Expósito got the equalizer for Espanyol in the 19th minute on a feed from Darder.
Navarro Munoz and Barrenetxea are the top scorers for Real Sociedad in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Both Joselu and Martin Braithwaite have been the hottest scorers for Espanyol in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Adrià Pedrosa is unavailable to play for Espanyol, while Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea’s squad will be without David Silva, Mikel Merino, Barrenetxea, Guevara, Gorosabel, Umar Sadiq, Pacheco Dozagarat and Alex Sola.