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Valencia CF v Real Sociedad : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 19th Jan, 20:00 BST, Mestalla, Valencia

Home advantage is often beneficial in the La Liga, and Rubén Baraja Vegas’s Valencia CF will have the joy of it on Sunday night. Imanol Alguacil’s Real Sociedad are their visitors to the Mestalla. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been laid out below, with head-to-head history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds are provided too.


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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals simply means there there will be a maximum of 2 goals scored in total by Valencia and R.Sociedad during the regulation 90 mins. It's a bet the statistics below and the odds both favour on this occasion, and an outcome that we've seen before when these sides go head-to-head. Without a strong favourite to win the game, our best bet prediction for this one is under 2.5 goals.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 39% chance of R.Sociedad coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Valencia
31%
3.10
8%
3.10
9%
Draw
30%
3.00
7%
3.00
3%
R.Sociedad
39%
2.45
11%
2.50
5%
R.Sociedad 1-0
14%
6.00
9%
5.50
5%
Draw 1-1
13%
6.005.75
Draw 0-0
13%
6.00
26%
5.50
5%
Valencia 1-0
12%
6.50
18%
6.50
R.Sociedad 2-0
8%
10.00
9%
9.50
6%
R.Sociedad 2-1
8%
11.00
15%
9.50
Valencia 2-1
6%
13.0011.00
8%
Valencia 2-0
6%
13.00
8%
12.00
8%
Draw 2-2
4%
21.00
19%
17.00
R.Sociedad 3-0
3%
23.00
21%
19.00
12%
R.Sociedad 3-1
3%
26.00
24%
19.00
Valencia 3-1
2%
34.0023.00
12%
Valencia 3-0
2%
34.0026.00
10%
R.Sociedad 3-2
1%
41.00
20%
34.00
Valencia 3-2
1%
51.0034.00
Over 2.5 Goals
34%
3.00
14%
2.75
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
66%
1.40
8%
1.40
Home 1st Goal
44%
2.40
1%
2.38
Away 1st Goal
48%
1.91
7%
1.95
No 1st Goal
9%
6.00
26%
5.50
BTTS - Yes
41%
2.25
14%
2.30
BTTS - No
59%
1.57
9%
1.57
1%
BTTS - Home Win
11%
8.50
11%
7.50
6%
BTTS - Draw
17%
5.00
9%
4.80
BTTS - Away Win
13%
7.00
22%
6.00
Home/draw
61%
1.53
9%
1.53
3%
Away/draw
69%
1.36
3%
1.35
4%
Home/away
70%
1.36
3%
1.36
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
61%
1.62
10%
1.57
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
39%
2.30
15%
2.25
2%
Over 3.5 Goals
16%
6.00
25%
5.50
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
84%
1.12
4%
1.12
Over 4.5 Goals
6%
13.00
32%
12.00
Under 4.5 Goals
94%
1.04
2%
1.02
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
29.00
29%
23.00
12%
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
1.01
1%
1.00
Over 0.5 Goals
87%
1.12
4%
1.12
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
13%
6.00
26%
5.75
5%
Home DNB
52%
2.10
10%
2.10
7%
Away DNB
60%
1.67
7%
1.67
6%
Valencia win to nil
20%
4.33
15%
-
R.Sociedad win to nil
26%
3.50
7%
-
Valencia / Valencia
15%
5.50
10%
5.00
5%
Valencia / R.Sociedad
3%
34.00
17%
26.00
Valencia / Draw
6%
15.00
12%
13.00
Draw / Valencia
12%
6.50
8%
6.00
8%
Draw / R.Sociedad
15%
5.505.25
5%
Draw / Draw
21%
4.00
18%
3.80
3%
R.Sociedad / Valencia
2%
41.0029.00
R.Sociedad / R.Sociedad
20%
4.33
9%
4.00
7%
R.Sociedad / Draw
6%
15.00
12%
13.00
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

Valencia have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 7 and won 2. Valencia have conceded 29 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Valencia have played 9 games at home, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

R.Sociedad lay in 7th place on 28 points in the La Liga league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 14 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. R.Sociedad have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

R.Sociedad have played 9 away games, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Valencia
R.Sociedad
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
A.Madrid1913512244 
Feb 23
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
May 11
2
Real Madrid1913422443 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 6
l
 
0-2A
May 25
3
Barcelona1912252938 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 26
w
 
1-0F
Mar 2
4
A.Bilbao1910631236 
May 18
l
 
1-0A
May 4
l
 
1-0A
5
Villarreal19865330 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 16
w
 
1-0F
Apr 20
6
Mallorca19937-230 
Mar 30
l
 
2-1F
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
7
R.Sociedad Away19847428 
Jan 19
l
 
3-0A
-
-
8
Girona19847228 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 16
May 18
w
 
0-1F
9
R.Vallecano19676025 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 20
l
 
1-2A
Mar 16
10
Real Betis19676-225 
w
 
4-2F
May 25
w
 
2-0F
Feb 16
11
Osasuna19676-525 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 2
l
 
0-2A
Feb 2
12
Celta19739-224 
Feb 2
l
 
3-1F
May 14
l
 
2-0A
13
Sevilla19658-723 
Apr 13
d
 
1-1F
Mar 9
w
 
0-2F
14
Las Palmas19649-522 
l
 
2-3F
May 4
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 6
15
Getafe19478-319 
May 11
d
 
1-1F
Jan 26
d
 
0-00-0
16
Leganes19478-1119 
Feb 9
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 23
w
 
0-3F
17
Alaves194510-1017 
d
 
2-2A
May 14
l
 
1-2F
Apr 23
18
Espanyol194411-1416 
Apr 23
d
 
1-1A
Feb 9
w
 
0-1F
19
Valladolid194312-2415 
Mar 9
l
 
1-0A
Mar 30
d
 
0-00-0
20
Valencia Home192710-1113 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
Jan 19
Win / draw / win form
7
Valencia have not won in 7 consecutive league games
Valencia 20TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
7
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Valencia1 - 2Real Madrid
Valencia2 - 2Alaves
Valencia0 - 1R.Vallecano
Valencia4 - 2Real Betis
Valencia2 - 3Las Palmas
Valencia0 - 0Osasuna
Valencia2 - 0Girona
Valencia1 - 1Villarreal
Valencia1 - 2Barcelona
Valencia1 - 3Girona
Valencia0 - 0R.Vallecano
Valencia0 - 1Alaves
Valencia1 - 2Real Betis
Valencia0 - 0Mallorca
Valencia1 - 0Getafe
Valencia2 - 2Real Madrid
Valencia0 - 0Sevilla
Valencia2 - 1Almeria
Valencia1 - 0A.Bilbao
Valencia3 - 1Villarreal
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
2
Draw
8
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AValencia1 - 1Sevilla
HValencia1 - 2Real Madrid
HValencia2 - 2Alaves
AValencia1 - 1Espanyol
AValencia0 - 1Valladolid
HValencia0 - 1R.Vallecano
AValencia1 - 2Mallorca
HValencia4 - 2Real Betis
AValencia1 - 1Getafe
HValencia2 - 3Las Palmas
AValencia0 - 0Leganes
AValencia0 - 3R.Sociedad
HValencia0 - 0Osasuna
HValencia2 - 0Girona
AValencia0 - 3A.Madrid
HValencia1 - 1Villarreal
AValencia0 - 1A.Bilbao
AValencia1 - 3Celta
HValencia1 - 2Barcelona
AValencia2 - 2Celta
R.Sociedad 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Celta2 - 0R.Sociedad
Leganes0 - 3R.Sociedad
A.Bilbao1 - 0R.Sociedad
Sevilla0 - 2R.Sociedad
Girona0 - 1R.Sociedad
Valladolid0 - 0R.Sociedad
Mallorca1 - 0R.Sociedad
Getafe0 - 0R.Sociedad
Espanyol0 - 1R.Sociedad
Real Betis0 - 2R.Sociedad
Barcelona2 - 0R.Sociedad
Getafe1 - 1R.Sociedad
Alaves0 - 1R.Sociedad
Granada2 - 3R.Sociedad
Sevilla3 - 2R.Sociedad
Mallorca1 - 2R.Sociedad
Girona0 - 0R.Sociedad
Celta0 - 1R.Sociedad
A.Bilbao2 - 1R.Sociedad
Cadiz0 - 0R.Sociedad
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HR.Sociedad1 - 0Villarreal
AR.Sociedad0 - 2Celta
HR.Sociedad0 - 0Las Palmas
AR.Sociedad3 - 0Leganes
HR.Sociedad2 - 0Real Betis
AR.Sociedad0 - 1A.Bilbao
HR.Sociedad1 - 0Barcelona
AR.Sociedad2 - 0Sevilla
HR.Sociedad0 - 2Osasuna
AR.Sociedad1 - 0Girona
HR.Sociedad1 - 1A.Madrid
HR.Sociedad3 - 0Valencia
AR.Sociedad0 - 0Valladolid
AR.Sociedad0 - 1Mallorca
HR.Sociedad0 - 2Real Madrid
AR.Sociedad0 - 0Getafe
HR.Sociedad1 - 2Alaves
AR.Sociedad1 - 0Espanyol
HR.Sociedad1 - 2R.Vallecano
HR.Sociedad0 - 2A.Madrid
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
R.Sociedad have beaten Valencia in 3 consecutive league meetings
3
R.Sociedad have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Valencia
League games at Valencia since 2015
Valencia
R.Sociedad
Goals: Scored
10
9
Games: Scored
6 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
4 / 10
VAL
3
D
4
RSO
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Valencia
0 - 1R.Sociedad
Valencia1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Valencia2 - 1
2 - 3R.Sociedad
0 - 1R.Sociedad
Valencia2 - 0
League games at R.Sociedad since 2014
R.Sociedad
Valencia
Goals: Scored
16
9
Games: Scored
8 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
3 / 11
VAL
3
D
3
RSO
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT R.Sociedad
R.Sociedad3 - 0
R.Sociedad1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Valencia
R.Sociedad3 - 0
0 - 1Valencia
2 - 3Valencia
R.Sociedad3 - 2
R.Sociedad2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Valencia 20th R.Sociedad 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Valencia scoring 1 goal or less
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that R.Sociedad will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-9
Valencia’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-14
R.Sociedad have scored 14% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
0.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2024/2025 season
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Valencia
PG (predicted goals)
R.Sociedad
1
1.1
Attack rating
10%
better
VAL
RSO
view stats
Games scored12
11
Failed to score7
8
Scored first10
9
Goals scored18
17
Avg. goals scored0.9
0.9
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal7
9
Conversion rate for14
11
Avg. XG for0.9
1.2
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
VAL
RSO
41%
better
view stats
Games conceded16
8
Clean sheets3
11
Conceded first7
7
Goals conceded29
13
Avg. goals conceded1.5
0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
11
Conversion rate against19%
9%
Avg. XG against1.4
1
KickOff rating
+41%

Valencia v R.Sociedad La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Valencia La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19527
C MosqueraH DuroD LópezPepelu
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Mosquera DEF19
4
-
D López FWD1932
1
-
J Guerra MID181
1
-
L Rioja FWD1841
2
-
D Foulquier DEF17
3
-
C Tárrega DEF162
3
-
Pepelu MID1611
6
1
A Almeida MID16
1
-
H Duro FWD1652
2
-
G Mamardashvili GLK15
1
-
E Barrenechea MID1411
2
-
D Gómez FWD142
-
S Canós FWD13
3
-
J Vázquez DEF12
3
-
Y. Gasiorowski Hernandis DEF12
1
-
T Correia DEF11
1
-
H Guillamón MID9
2
-
G Valera FWD8
-
F Pérez MID7
-
J Gayà DEF61
1
-
R Mir FWD61
2
-
S Dimitrievski GLK4
1
-
M Caufriez DEF1
-
R.Sociedad La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19446
Álex RemiroT KuboS GómezJ Aramburu
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Álex Remiro GLK19
-
T Kubo FWD194
3
-
M Zubimendi MID1811
2
-
S Gómez FWD184
1
-
J Aramburu DEF17
6
-
M Oyarzabal FWD1742
3
1
I Zubeldia DEF16
5
-
B Méndez MID1622
3
-
L Sučić MID1511
1
-
S Becker FWD151
1
-
A Barrenetxea FWD1512
4
-
N Aguerd DEF14
3
-
J López DEF13
1
-
B Turrientes  MID12
4
-
O Óskarsson FWD122
-
A Muñoz DEF11
3
-
J Pacheco DEF9
2
-
Olasagasti MID8
-
A Elustondo DEF7
-
U Sadiq  FWD7
1
-
H Traoré DEF41
-
P Marín MID4
-
J. Martín Vicente DEF3
1
-
Álvaro Odriozola DEF2
1
-
J Argoitia MID2
-
U González MID1
1
-