Valencia vs Real Sociedad Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview

Valencia meet Real Sociedad in a live La Liga match this Wednesday night. Read the match predictions to find out why an away win is the betting tip at the Mestalla. Valencia come into this match on the back of a lacklustre 0-2 defeat away to Malaga while Real Sociedad beat Deportivo La Coruna 1-0 at home.

Valencia vs Real Sociedad Preview

Valencia are once again left with suspensions to deal with after both Eliaquim Mangala and Dani Parejo picked up bookings that determined a ban in the defeat against Malaga. With Aymen Abdennour and Ezequiel Garay doubtful, Los Ches are short at in defence and Aderlan Santos is set for a rare start at centre-back. Rodrigo Moreno is also out injured for the hosts but Simone Zaza returns to lead the line in attack.

Real Sociedad are monitoring the fitness of Mikel Oyarzabal, with Juanmi ready to take his place on the left-flank. Willian Jose is more likely to feature and will be the focal point of the attack but Carlos Vela is also a tricky customer on the right. Carlos Martínez and Imanol Agirretxe are both ruled out through injury and no major changes are expected for the visitors.

Team Predictions Valencia vs Real Sociedad

Atletico Madrid 4-2-3-1 formation: Alves; Lato, Garay, Santos, Montoya; Soler, Perez; Nani, Orellana, Cancelo; Zaza

Villarreal 4-3-3 formation: Rulli; Yuri, Martinez, Navas, Zaldua; Zurutuza, Illarramendi, Prieto; Juanmi, Jose, Vela

Valencia vs Real Sociedad Betting Tips

• Valencia have won 4 drawn 2 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
• Real Sociedad have won 4 drawn 2 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Valencia have scored an average of 1.4 goals and conceded an average of 1.5 goals per game
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Real Sociedad have scored an average of 1.3 goals and conceded an average of 1.3 goals per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Valencia’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Real Sociedad’s previous 10 matches

Valencia vs Real Sociedad Prediction

Valencia had been going great guns until slipping to defeat against Malaga. However, they also failed to score in their previous match when holding Sevilla to a 0-0 draw, so will need to rediscover their goalscoring touch. At the other end of the pitch, they have a patched up defence through suspension and injury which looks pretty vulnerable.

A glance at Real Sociedad’s recent away form reveals three defeats on the road. However, on closer inspection we can see that they put up spirited efforts to be narrowly denied 1-0 at Atletico Madrid and 3-2 at Barcelona most recently. This tie represents calmer waters for the visitors and Los Txuriurdin will fancy their chances of landing the spoils.

Real Sociedad have a terrific record against Valencia, winning nine of the previous eleven meetings in all competitions. With the home side’s defence looking depleted, the visitors are taken to add to that fine record and record a victory here.

Free Betting Tips

Match Prediction
REAL SOCIEDAD at 7/4 with bwin

Over/Under Prediction
OVER 2.5 GOALS at 13/20 with bet365

Correct Score Prediction
REAL SOCIEDAD 2-1 at 19/2 with BetVictor

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