Real Sociedad vs. Sevilla 9/19/21 LaLiga Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Real Sociedad is welcoming Sevilla to Real Arena in a derby match of round 5 of the Spanish LaLiga. Sociedad isn’t scoring a lot of goals in LaLiga, but they have 3 wins and 1 loss so far. Sevilla is undefeated in their last 10 games, and they got a positive result from their Champions League game earlier this week.

Real Sociedad has been playing well on both ends in LaLiga, especially on the defensive end where they conceded 4 goals in 4 games, but they have scored at least 1 goal in each of their last 7 games. In the Europa League earlier this week, Sociedad was playing against PSV on the road, and they were being dominated. Sociedad has had 39% of ball possession, 4 shots on goal, 2 corner kicks, 3 big chances created, and 74% of the correct passes. After conceding a goal in the 31^st minute, Real Sociedad has scored 2 goals, and they were now in the lead. PSV has tied the score in the 54^th minute, and the final result of this match was 2-2. Oyarzabal has been in excellent form in LaLiga with 4 scored goals. I like Real Sociedad, they are focused on the offense, they are creating chances, and the goals will come soon.

The good news for Sevilla is they are not losing games, but except in their first game in LaLiga, Sevilla hasn’t scored more than 1 goal in their last 4 games. Defensively, Sevilla has also been decent with only 2 conceded goals in their last 5 games. Sevilla was hosting Salzburg in the Champions League earlier this week, and that was a crazy game. Sevilla has had 48% of ball possession, 2 shots on goal, 4 corner kicks, 1 big chance created, and 77% of the correct passes. We saw 4 penalty kicks in the first half, and 3 of those were for Salzburg. Two of those penalties were saved by Sevilla, while Sevilla also scored a penalty kick in the first half. The final score of this match was 1-1. In LaLiga, Sevilla is still undefeated, and they are in 7^th place with 7 points. Lamela has been a great signing for Sevilla in the offseason, and he has scored 3 goals for them so far. En-Nesyri has added 2 goals. Sevilla is a strong team, certainly capable of challenging the big 3 in LaLiga, and I think they will this season.

The trends are pretty even in this matchup, and I think this will be a great game. Sevilla might be a better team, but Real Sociedad is the home team here, and they are playing solid soccer. I don’t think either team has the edge in this game, and for that reason, I’m taking the draw.