Crucial Game at Both Ends of the Table as Levante Host Real Sociedad

Levante UD vs Real Sociedad Preview 06/05/2022

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The first game of the weekend in La Liga will be played on Friday the 6th of May as Levante welcome Real Sociedad to the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia. The hosts begin the weekend sitting bottom of the table on 26 points while the visitors are in 6th place on 56 points.

Levante come into the match on the back of a 1-1 draw in the derby at Valencia last weekend. Valencia opened the scoring after 27 minutes but with the hosts down to 10 men from the 31st minute onwards, Levante managed to score the equalising goal with 9 minutes remaining on the clock.

That result means Levante have recorded 1 win from their 4 most recent fixtures, all of which have come in La Liga. In addition to the draw at Valencia, Levante have been defeated at home by Barcelona and Sevilla plus picked up a victory at Granada.

Trends show in their last 44 games in all competitions, Levante have recorded only 6 wins and 2 of those wins have come in their last 6 matches. Prior to the defeats against Barcelona and Sevilla, Levante went 3 games unbeaten at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia but they have won only 3 of their last 22 league matches on home soil.

Levante have scored at least one goal in each of their last 12 La Liga games and have scored 2 or more goals in each of their last 3 home league matches.

Real Sociedad make the trip to the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia having picked up a point in a 1-1 draw at Rayo Vallecano last weekend. Real Sociedad opened the scoring after 33 minutes but conceded the equaliser 12 minutes from time.

That result means Real Sociedad have failed to win any of their 3 most recent fixtures, all of which have come in La Liga. In addition to the draw at Rayo Vallecano, there has been a 1-0 defeat at home against Barcelona and a 0-0 draw at Real Betis.

Away form in the league shows Real Sociedad are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 matches. However, they have recorded only 2 wins from their last 10 away La Liga games.

Trends show Real Sociedad have not suffered a loss to Levante in 13 of their most recent 16 clashes in La Liga. Real Sociedad have managed to score 1 or more goals in their last 8 matches against Levante in all competitions.

Looking ahead to the team news and Levante are likely to be without the injured quartet of Roger Marti, Shkodran Mustafi, Jorge de Frutos, and Carlos Clerc.

Real Sociedad also have four players on the treatment table, with Mikel Oyarzabal, Nacho Monreal, Carlos Fernández, and Ander Barrenetxea set to miss out.

This could be a tense game with European qualification and relegation on the line. We expect to see both teams score in the match but with the extra quality, it could be Real Sociedad who come away with a narrow but important victory.