Football AnalysisLa Liga: Real Sociedad Vs Osasuna – Match preview
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That suggests that Sociedad should be a difficult proposition for Osasuna’s attackers, particularly as they’ve earned a league-high nine La Liga clean sheets at home on the way to six wins ‘to nil’.

Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad’s ambitions for a third consecutive UEFA club competition appearance took another hit with a 4-0 defeat away to Athletic Bilbao in La Liga’s 150th Basque derby, whilst a 5-3 aggregate defeat to RB Leipzig in midweek Europa League action will have further dented confidence. One of their ten victories this La Liga season was a 2-0 win away at upcoming opponents Osasuna though, and some strong defensive efforts in past weeks point towards a potential repeat of that scoreline here. In fact, last round’s loss at rivals Athletic ended a run of four consecutive La Liga clean sheets, three of which were earned at the comforts of home. That suggests that Sociedad should be a difficult proposition for Osasuna’s attackers, particularly as they’ve earned a league-high nine La Liga clean sheets at home on the way to six wins ‘to nil’.

Osasuna

Just like Sociedad, Osasuna have also accumulated four clean sheets across their last six La Liga fixtures, notably earning victories as pre-match outsiders from their two most recent away trips (3-0 at Vallecano and 2-0 at Granada). Their defensive prowess ought not to be underestimated even after they too suffered a bruising defeat last weekend, a 0-3 home loss to Atlético Madrid. Whilst one might imagine four years in Sociedad’s setup as a manager (including 68 matches in first-team charge) would give him a significant advantage as an opposition coach, Osasuna boss Jagoba Arrasate is ironically yet to defeat his former colleague Imanol Aguacil and Sociedad in any competition since taking charge of Osasuna, whilst his current club haven’t won against Sociedad in nearly a decade!

 

Sociedad’s Mikel Oyarzabal has scored in two of his last four La Liga appearances against Osasuna, whilst Kike Garcia has found late goals in Osasuna’s last two La Liga away trips. The last 11 La Liga fixtures involving either club have seen one or neither team score.