Comments and predictions for Alaves vs Real Sociedad: Tense battle of wits
The match between Alaves vs Real Sociedad in La Liga takes place at 2:30 a.m. on April 24. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Alaves vs Real Sociedad team information
Alaves will be without defender Abdel Abqar, who is in danger of missing the rest of the season with a hamstring injury suffered in the defeat to Real Madrid earlier this month.
However, defenders Santiago Mourino and Manu Sanchez will return from suspension and be available against Sociedad. Mourino could replace Moussa Diarra in central defence, while Sanchez is expected to replace Aleksandar Sedlar on the left.
Up front, Kike Garcia continues to be Alaves' biggest hope with 12 goals in 30 matches in La Liga this season.
On Real Sociedad's side, the away team will likely still be without Arsen Zakharyan, Alvaro Odriozola, Igor Zubeldia and Ander Barrenetxea due to injury.
Nayef Aguerd has also missed the last three games and is unlikely to be back for this trip. Meanwhile, Orri Oskarsson is racing against time to recover from a minor injury that kept him out of the Villarreal clash.
The good news for Sociedad is that key midfielder Martin Zubimendi is ready to return after serving a suspension for picking up enough yellow cards.
Latest expected lineup for Alaves vs Real Sociedad
Alaves:
Rivera; Tenaglia, Darces, Mourino, Sanchez; Jordan, Blanco; Vicente, Guridi, Alena; Garcia
Real Sociedad:
Remiro; Aramburu, Martin, Elustondo, Munoz; Zubimendi; Kubo, Mendez, Marin, Gomez; Oyarzabal
Latest football commentary on Alaves vs Real Sociedad
Alaves are facing many difficulties in their efforts to stay in the league as they are currently still in the "red light" group, after only winning 7, drawing 10 and losing 15 in 32 matches played this season.
Coach Eduardo Coudet's team has had inconsistent form in recent rounds, with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 5 rounds.
Following a 2-2 draw with Las Palmas, Alaves have lost back-to-back home games against Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid, with a narrow 1-0 win away at Girona in between. Most recently, they held Sevilla to a 1-1 draw away on Sunday, with Kike Garcia equalising after Peque had opened the scoring early for the home side, extending Alaves' unbeaten run to five away games (W1 D4).
Despite winning 1 point, Alaves still ended last weekend's round with a position exactly 1 point behind the safe zone, in the context of the season with only 6 matches left, respectively against Real Sociedad, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Club, Valencia, Real Valladolid and Osasuna.
After a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad in the first leg in August, Alaves have the chance to complete a double against La Real in La Liga this season. However, it will not be easy to do so, especially when they have lost 4 of their last 5 home games (W1).
Real Sociedad currently have 12 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses after 32 rounds, entering the next round with a position one point behind the top 8 and two points behind seventh place - a Europa League spot.
Although eighth place is enough to qualify for the Conference League, La Real clearly have higher goals, especially when they have finished in the top 7 in all 5 recent seasons.
Coach Imanol Alguacil's team have lost just one of their last five La Liga games, but they have only picked up one point in their last two rounds.
After a 2-0 home defeat to Mallorca, Sociedad were lucky to draw against Villarreal last weekend at the Estadio de la Ceramica, despite leading 2-1 thanks to a Mikel Oyarzabal brace.
Ayoze Perez equalized in the 60th minute, after which Villarreal had three goals ruled out by VAR. However, La Real still extended their unbeaten away run in La Liga to three games (W1 D2).
Sociedad can be confident before the away trip to Mendizorroza, because they have not lost in the last three trips here (won 1, drawn 2), including a 1-0 victory last season.
Latest Alaves vs Real Sociedad score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Alaves vs Real Sociedadas follows:
- Sportsmole:Alaves 1-2 Real Sociedad
- WhoScore:Alaves 1-2 Real Sociedad
- Our newspaper predicts:Alaves 1-1 Real Sociedad
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