Each of the eight previous league meetings here have witnessed a total of 5 yellow cards, handed out at an average of 6.13 per game.
Eibar
Propping up the La Liga table ahead of this weekend, Eibar look relegation-bound following four straight league defeats. They conceded an average of three goals per game across those fixtures, trailing ‘to nil’ at HT in each, and haven’t won in 15 La Liga attempts. Furthermore, Eibar have won just one league game here all season. Eibar have also developed a worrying trend of losing their defensive focus as halves progress, particularly at home. Combined, the 31st minute-HT and the 75th minute-FT periods have seen ‘Los Armeros’ concede 12 (66.67 per cent) out of 18 home league ‘goals against’ this term.
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad, meanwhile, are on course for European qualification, with their current projected points tally (based on points per game) standing at 59 – enough for a top-six finish in each of the previous two La Liga seasons. Sociedad look set to strengthen their position, as they face a side against whom they’ve lost just once in eight La Liga H2Hs. Naturally, the visitors’ immediate priority is to improve upon a recent away record which has seen them win just one of their last six away league games. With the bookmakers expecting them to prevail here, it’s worth noting that they’ve avoided defeat in 81.82 per cent of their La Liga away games entered as the favourites this season.
Sergi Enrich was the last Eibar player to score in a La Liga home game, and he also netted the equaliser in December’s reverse fixture – both goals arrived after HT. Meanwhile, Portu’s strike against Celta Vigo (Apr 22) maintained Sociedad’s undefeated run in his goalscoring La Liga games this term. Each of the eight previous league meetings here have witnessed a total of 5 yellow cards, handed out at an average of 6.13 per game.