Week 10 brings us a match on Oct 19th where Mallorca and Real Sociedad will play a match in San Sebastián in a clash of the La Liga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Real Sociedad sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Sheriff. Alexander Sørloth struck first for Real Sociedad in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from David Silva, then Diego Rico added another in the 66th minute In the end, Sheriff was frustrated by Real Sociedad’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Real Sociedad ended the match with the shutout victory. Real Sociedad looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, 12th placed Mallorca, recorded a 0-1 loss against Sevilla. Nemanja Gudelj struck first for Sevilla in the 53rd minute on a feed from Isco, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Mallorca couldn’t muster any offence and Sevilla ran away with the shutout win. Mallorca is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Real Sociedad won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Mallorca’s most prolific scorer has been Vedat Muriqi. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Real Sociedad is glad to have Alexander Sørloth in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals
Real Sociedad will be without Robin Le Normand, Barrenetxea, Mikel Oyarzabal, Zubeldía, Gorosabel and Umar Sadiq, while Mallorca will be without Vedat Muriqi, Tino Kadewere and Dominik Greif.