Real Sociedad – Barcelona. Forecast and announcement for the match of the Spanish championship

On January 18, the match of the 20th round of the Spanish Primera will be held at the Reale Arena stadium, in which “Real Sociedad” will host “Barcelona”.

The match starts at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Sport.ua together with the La Liga betting partner betting announces the upcoming match!

Real Sociedad

The team has failed the last two seasons. As a result of last spring, the club finished only in eleventh place – this is how the era of local pupil Imanol Alguacil, who was previously remembered for loud successes, including winning the Spanish Cup and reaching the playoffs of the Champions League, ended in San Sebastian. Having said goodbye to Imanol, the club decided to replace him with a virtual clone – another specialist from its own structure.

However, already in half a year, the mentor had to be changed again in search of a way out of another impasse. Matarazzo was called up and so far he has lived up to expectations: a 1-1 draw with Atlético and a 2-1 win over Getafe in the league, as well as Osasuna’s progress in the Copa del Rey – if only on penalties. Thus, the unbeaten streak of “Real Sociedad” has already reached five matches in a row.

Barcelona

The club has been working under the leadership of Hansi Flick since the summer of last year. Before that, he trained exclusively in his native Germany, but after moving to Spain, he immediately collected the entire set of domestic trophies. At the same time, not everything, especially in the first round, went smoothly.

A partially similar story was repeated in the new season. At the start, the Catalans had problems, and the coach even showed signs of burnout. However, the team later adjusted their game and managed to overtake Real Madrid by January, who won El Clasico and led for a while. And in the Super Cup, “Barcelona” made a real profit: 5:0 against “Atletico” and 3:2 against Madrid. However, it is too early to relax, and in the Spanish Cup, a modest but strong “Racing” happened in a very timely manner, which the Catalans passed without any problems, scoring two unanswered goals.

Statistics of personal meetings

The Catalan club have won four of their last five matches against rivals from San Sebastian.

Forecast

Bookmakers do not expect serious problems for guests. Thanks to their class and attitude, Barcelona should beat a fairly comfortable opponent even on their field (coefficient – ​​1.60 according to the BC betking line).