Valencia will be looking for their second win on the bounce when they host Real Sociedad in the La Liga. After defeating Gefate in Sunday’s seven-goal thriller, the visitors are attempting to win consecutive games.
Preview (Valencia vs. Real Sociedad)
Ruben Baraja guided Valencia to safety last season. He has experienced a good start to his first full season in charge of Valencia. His team has taken 10 points from their first six games. It placed them in sixth place in the La Liga standings. Los Che got off to a strong start with victory over Sevilla, the Europa League champions, and Las Palmas. They then suffered before back-to-back losses to Osasuna and Alaves stopped their upward trend. On matchday five, they responded admirably by defeating Atletico Madrid 3-0 at home. They handed Diego Simeone’s team their first loss of the year.
After missing out on the chance to win back-to-back games for the second time this season, Valencia conceded two leads against Almeria on Saturday, resulting in a 2-2 draw as a result of goals from Sergio Arribas and Diego Lopez canceling out each other’s goals. They will now focus on a challenging home match against Real Sociedad. The hosts will be optimistic about their chances of earning a successful outcome after avoiding loss in their last six head-to-head encounters at Mestalla (W2, D4). Real Sociedad has had inconsistent success in the first half of the 2023–24 season. They attempt to repeat their fourth-place showing from the previous year.
Real Sociedad was in danger of losing another lead when Getafe established a 2-1 lead. Take Kubo opened the scoring at the weekend. However, a second-half brace from Mikel Oyarzabal and a goal from Brais Mendez sealed the victory. Juanmi Latasa pulled one back late on. This season, Real Sociedad has lost four competitive games in which they scored the first goal. Real Sociedad will now set out on their travels in an effort to secure their first away victory of the season.
Team News
The injured quintet of Dimitri Foulquier, Jesus Vazquez, Sergi Canos, and Roman Yaremchuk is still unavailable to Valencia. Gabriel Paulista is probably going to play on Wednesday at home after missing the previous three games due to injury. Hugo Duro, who continues to captain the home team, will try to add to the three league goals he has already scored this year. Igor Zubeldia, who is expected to miss the game after leaving Sunday’s victory over Getafe with an ankle injury, might be replaced by Jon Pacheco for the visitors. Due to illness, Arsen Zakharyan is anticipated to miss a second straight game, and Aritz Elustondo is questionable for the midweek match.
Alguacil is anticipated to call up Kieran Tierney, Mikel Merino, Martin Zubimendi, and Oyarzabal after rotating his team over the weekend. Real Sociedad will be eager to secure their first away victory of the year, but after losing all six of their previous away matches against Valencia, we believe they will be forced to settle with a point-sharing arrangement.
Valencia 2 – 2 Real Sociedad
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