📊 Form Guide

Espanyol

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Espanyol are hoping to win again following the 1-2 La Liga triumph vs Osasuna.

In that match, Espanyol managed 32% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Espanyol, the goals were scored by Romero (27') and García (53'). At the other end, Osasuna got 24 shots on goal with 9 on target. Muñoz (49') scored for Osasuna.

Over their past 6 fixtures, Manolo González's Espanyol have hit the back of the net a total of 5 times, an average number of goals per match of 0.83.

Coming into this clash, Espanyol have not won against Real Sociedad in their previous 6 league matches.

Real Sociedad

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Valencia in La Liga competition, Real Sociedad and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Real Sociedad had 55% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Real Sociedad, the goals were scored by Muñoz (3') and Orri Steinn Óskarsson (63'). Valencia had 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Guerra (8', 93'), Duro (22'), Tárrega (60' Own goal) and Guido Rodríguez (89') scored for Valencia.

Demonstrating their penchant for action-packed encounters, goals have been scored 21 times in the prior 6 matches in which Real Sociedad have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 3.5 goals per fixture. Their opponents have managed 12 of this grand total. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, though.

Pre-game facts show that Real Sociedad:

• have not lost to Espanyol in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head results stretching back to 04/04/2022 reveals that these fixtures have not been kind to Espanyol. They have not been able to come away with any victories whatsoever while Real Sociedad have dominated them, running out winners in 83 per cent of those ties.

In all, 17 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 from Periquitos and 11 for Txuri-urdin. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The last league contest featuring these sides was La Liga match day 2 on 24/08/2025 when it ended Real Sociedad 2-2 Espanyol.

That time, Real Sociedad had 62% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Barrenetxea (61') and Orri Steinn Óskarsson (69').

On the other side, Espanyol got 14 shots at goal with 3 on target. Milla (10') and Puado (45') scored.

The match was refereed by Alejandro Quintero González.

🗞️ Team News: Espanyol

In all likelihood, Periquitos may well kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match and select Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Clemens Riedel, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Edu Exposito, U. Gonzalez de, Tyrhys Dolan, Ramon Terrats, Pere Milla and Roberto Fernandez.

ℹ️ Team News: Real Sociedad

We believe Txuri-urdin seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martin, Duje Caleta-Car, Sergio Gomez, Benat Turrientes, Carlos Soler, Takefusa Kubo, Arsen Zakharyan, Pablo Marin and Mikel Oyarzabal.

🔮 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Real Sociedad will have their work cut out to break down this Espanyol outfit who should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

That’s why we have predicted a highly competitive game with a 1-0 win for Espanyol after 90 minutes.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Renata Leite, 04:06 23/05/2026