In a weekend match on Sunday Oct 9th, in week 8, Villarreal and Real Sociedad will play a match in San Sebastián in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Real Sociedad is fresh off their 5-3 win against Girona. Alexander Sørloth struck first for Real Sociedad in the 8th minute, but Rodrigo Riquelme got the equalizer for Girona in the 23rd minute , but Real Sociedad kept scoring and walked away with the win. Real Sociedad is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Villarreal is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Cádiz. Cádiz had 10 on net, and Villarreal had 15, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Villarreal is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Villarreal hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Morales and Francis Coquelin, and they each have 1 goal. In the last five matches, both Brais Méndez and Alexander Sørloth are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Real Sociedad and look to continue their dominance.
Robin Le Normand, Barrenetxea, Mikel Oyarzabal, Zubeldía and Umar Sadiq are unavailable to play for Real Sociedad, while Unai Emery Etxegoien’s Villarreal squad will be without Juan Foyth, Gerard Moreno, Alberto Moreno, Manu Trigueros and Pepe Reina.