Villarreal vs Real Sociedad Prediction: The match has great tournament significance for both teams

One of the matches of the 27th round of the Spanish championship will be the duel between Villarreal and Real Sociedad. The teams are direct rivals in the fight for a place in the Champions League competition, and bookmakers in the pair consider the home team as favorites of the meeting, but very small.

After relegation from the Conference League, Villarreal will finish the season playing exclusively in La Liga. And after a setback against the Belgians, the team beat on the road Osasuna, a strong team with Eurocup ambitions. Before the start of Saturday's pool of the 27th round of the Spanish championship, Villarreal sits in sixth place in the league of the Primera, with 41 points. The gap with Real Sociedad is seven points. It is evident that for Villarreal, it is vital to winning. Otherwise, we can forget about the Champions League, and getting into the Europa League competitions will be extremely difficult. Villarreal's home statistics are fifth in the division, +7=2-3, 17:10 goal difference.

Real Sociedad also dropped out of the European Cup before the international break. But not of the Conference League, but Europa League. After the defeat against Roma, which cost them a place in the quarterfinals of the League, Real Sociedad beat Elche 2:0 on home soil and maintained their presence in the top 4 of the Spanish Primera. In general, it should be noted that the second part of the season began much weaker than in the fall. The away statistics of Real Sociedad is the fourth in the division, +8=2-3, 20:12 goal difference.

Villarreal: Reina - Foyth, Mandi, Torres, Mojica - Trigueros, Parejo - Chukwueze, Terrats, Pino - Morales.

Real Sociedad: Remiro - Barrenetxea, Zubeldia, Normand, Rico - Mendez, Zubimendi, Merino - Kubo - Oyarzabal, Soerloth

The match is of tremendous tournament importance for both teams. Therefore, we doubt that any of the opponents will take a risk. On the contrary, we think that Sunday's game won't be a goal-scoring affair; caution will prevail, affecting the number of goals scored. As for the outcome, we are on the home team's side; as written above, Real Sociedad does not look the best in the second part of the season, while Yellow has one of the best home stats in the league. Well, we should not forget that if the home team wants to represent Spain in the Champions League next season, then the upcoming match they need to win.

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