La Liga

La Liga | Gameweek 16

Dec 9, 2023 at 5.30pm UK

Estadio de la Ceramica

Villarreal
0 - 3
Real Sociedad

Capoue (22'), Pedraza (49')

FT(HT: 0-3)

Merino (38'), Zubimendi (41'), Kubo (45+4')
Zubimendi (60')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's La Liga clash between Villarreal and Real Sociedad, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Villarreal

All competitions

La Liga

Last Game: Villarreal 0-0 Maccabi Haifa
Wednesday, December 6 at 8pm in Europa League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Real Sociedad

All competitions

La Liga

Last Game: Andratx 0-1 Real Sociedad
Wednesday, December 6 at 3pm in Copa del Rey

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Villarreal 1-1 Real Sociedad

Only one of the last five La Liga meetings between these two sides have finished level, but we are expecting the spoils to be shared in this contest. Neither are losing at the moment, and having both played on Wednesday, a tight fixture this weekend might finish all square. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Real Sociedad win with a probability of 42.27%. A win for Villarreal had a probability of 32.87% and a draw had a probability of 24.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Sociedad win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.94%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.84%) and 0-2 (6.76%). The likeliest Villarreal win was 2-1 (7.71%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.67%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 3.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Real Sociedad would win this match.

Result
Villarreal	Draw	Real Sociedad
32.87% ( -0.03)	24.87% ( -0.02)	42.27% ( 0.06)

Both teams to score 57.45% (

0.07)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

54.28% (

0.1)

45.73% (

-0.09)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.96% (

0.1)

68.05% (

-0.09)

Villarreal Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.32% (

0.03)

26.68% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.07% (

0.04)

61.93% (

-0.03)

Real Sociedad Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.36% (

0.08)

21.65% (

-0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.23% (

0.11)

54.77% (

-0.1)

Score Analysis

Villarreal 32.87%

Real Sociedad 42.27%

Draw 24.86%

Villarreal	Draw	Real Sociedad
2-1 @ 7.71% ( -0) 1-0 @ 7.63% ( -0.02) 2-0 @ 5.04% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 3.4% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.6% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 2.22% ( -0) 4-1 @ 1.12% ( 0) Other @ 3.15% Total : 32.87%	1-1 @ 11.67% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 5.9% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 5.78% ( -0.02) 3-3 @ 1.33% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.18% Total : 24.86%	1-2 @ 8.94% ( 0.01) 0-1 @ 8.84% ( -0.02) 0-2 @ 6.76% ( 0) 1-3 @ 4.56% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 3.45% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 3.01% ( 0.01) 1-4 @ 1.74% ( 0.01) 0-4 @ 1.32% ( 0.01) 2-4 @ 1.15% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.5% Total : 42.27%