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Real Sociedad v Atletico Madrid
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Kick Off: Saturday 25th May at 15:15
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Competition: La Liga
Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid square off at the Reale Arena for their final fixture of the 2023-24 La Liga season on Saturday afternoon.
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Following last weekend’s results, this is little more than a dead-rubber match for both teams.
Real Sociedad secured a sixth-placed finish and a spot in next season’s Europa League after producing a brilliant 2-0 victory away at Real Betis last Sunday.
Atletico Madrid, meanwhile, are locked in fourth position, despite falling to a shock 4-1 defeat at home to Osasuna last time out.
Real Sociedad v Atletico Madrid Best Bets
With both sides in a position where they can approach this game with complete freedom, an entertaining end-of-season affair could be in store. Real Sociedad have scored in nine of their last 11 La Liga outings, while Atletico Madrid have made the net bulge in eight of their encounters over that same 11-game segment. Thus, a bet on both teams to score looks worth backing at 1.73 with Betfair.
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid talisman Antoine Griezmann stands out to register just 1 shot on target at 1.53 with PaddyPower. The French forward, who has 24 goals to his name this term, is averaging 1.20 on-target attempts across all competitions this season. This bet would have paid out in four of Griezmann’s last six La Liga appearances, not to mention he netted a hat-trick in Atleti’s last road trip.
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⚔️ Real Sociedad v Atletico Madrid Head-to-Head
Atletico Madrid ran out 2-1 winners in October’s reverse fixture, with Antoine Griezmann’s 89th-minute penalty proving decisive.
The data would suggest that Diego Simeone’s side fully deserved the victory, having won the shot count 14-13 and creating just under 3.0 Expected Goals (xG), while limiting their opponents to just 0.93 xG.
The previous meeting was relatively fiery, with both sides racking up three yellow cards apiece. However, given that there is little more than pride at stake this time around, this match seems set to be a much more timid affair.
Atletico Madrid have held the ‘Indian sign’ over Real Sociedad for a number of years now, having avoided defeat in each of the last eight La Liga meetings between the pair.
Across that eight-game sample, the capital club have collected maximum points on no fewer than five occasions.
However, it’s worth noting that last season’s corresponding fixture in San Sebastian ended all square, with the pair sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw.
📊 Real Sociedad Form and Stats
Real Sociedad are finishing the season relatively strongly and they should be a tough proposition for Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
Only Barcelona and Real Madrid have managed to beat the Basque outfit across the last 10 rounds of La Liga action, with Real Sociedad taking top honours from six of those 10 tussles.
Imanol Alguacil’s side have sewn up sixth place thanks to three wins from their last four matches, keeping a clean sheet in each of those three triumphs for good measure.
In fact, a very solid defence has proven the foundation for Sociedad’s success this season, with the hosts holding the joint-second-best defensive record in the division, conceding just 37 goals.
Having such a rock-solid rearguard has coincided with Real Sociedad boasting the best Expected Goals (xG) against tally (1.13) in La Liga this term, further highlighting just how tough a nut they are to crack
What’s more, La Real have silenced their opponents in a sizeable 10 (62.5%) of their 16 victories in La Liga this season so far.
📊 Atletico Madrid Form and Stats
Atletico Madrid’s four-game winning run in La Liga came crashing to a halt with a 4-1 defeat at home to Osasuna last weekend. That was just Los Colchoneros’ second league defeat of the season in front of their own supporters, with Barcelona the only other side who have managed to bank maximum points on their visit to the Wanda Metropolitano this season.
It would be fair to say Atleti’s defensive standards have slipped this term, with the capital club failing to silence their opponents in 22 of their 37 La Liga outings thus far, conceding at least once in 12 of their last 16 Spanish top-flight assignments.
However, at the other end of the park, Atletico Madrid have upped their attacking output this season, with their expected Goals (xG) for tally of 1.55 bettered only by Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Somewhat surprisingly, Diego Simeone’s notoriously well-drilled Atletico Madrid side have seen 23 (62%) of their 37 league games this season deliver over 2.5 goals.
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* All odds displayed correct at the time of publishing.
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