The confrontation between Girona vs Real Sociedad is the one that will close the twenty-fifth round of La Liga. The meeting will be held on Monday at 22:00 on Estadi Municipal de Montilivi. It remains to be seen if the success of the hosts in Madrid with Real was just a straw fire or even came back and they will begin to rise.
Girona: current form, latest results, statistics
I said almost every presented article, in which the Girona match was considered, that it occupies a position far below the team’s capabilities. I have often seen it in the La Liga games and I notice that it is a solid team with great opportunities to take a place between the top 8.
The success of Santiago Bernabeu stopped a series of 10 games without victory and sliding on the slide in the leaderboard. If he walked along the same line, he was likely to enter the teams with a good chance of downgrading. It was a great sin for such a band.
But let’s see the latest 5 games:
- 27.01.19 Girona vs Barcelona 0-2
- 31.01.19 Girona vs Real Madrid 1-3 (Copa del Rey)
- 03.02.19 Eibar vs Girona 3-0
- 09.02.19 Girona vs Huesca 0-2
- 17.02.19 Real Madrid vs Girona 1-2
He is now ranked 15th, with 27 points, 4 more than the first retrograde position. That success with the Real is not enough and must continue its ascension in the next period. The first meeting, in which he has to prove that he has gone through the difficult period, is the one with Real Sociedad.
Until now he had some problems at home, where he only won 2 times. There were also several important players missing because of the injuries, but they started to return to the base team. The most important is Borja Garcia, who, along with Portu and Stuani, ensures the lethal triplet of the hosts. Cristhian Stuani, with 13 goals scored, is the main danger to side defending.
Real Sociedad: current form, latest results, statistics
Real Sociedad has a story that can inspire Girona. He was almost in the same situation and started climbing after a victory with the Real in Madrid. Since then he has not lost any of the 6 games that followed and climbed to No. 7 in the standings.
Now threaten the European positions, which only divide 3 points. Even the distance to the last place of the Champions League is not too great. Getafe has 5 points more, but an extra match played. There are good chances to see Sociedad and above in the rankings.
The latest 5 guest results are:
- 20.01.19 Rayo Vallecano vs Real Sociedad 2-2
- 27.01.19 Real Sociedad vs Huesca 0-0
- 02.02.19 Real Sociedad vs Athletic Bilbao 2-1
- 10.02.19 Valencia vs Real Sociedad 0-0
- 16.02.19 Real Sociedad vs Leganes 3-0
Like his opponent, Real Sociedad was a team that relied heavily on out-of-home meetings, bringing most of the points. Only lately the trend has changed and has become quite a host team, hard to beat.
For the meeting with Girona, Sociedad has 3 very important absences in the base team in all the compartments. The defense is missing Theo Hernandez, suspended from the middle Asier Illarramendi, injured, and offensive Willian Jose, suspended. The last is the scorer of the away team with 9 goals scored. Immediately behind him was the offensive midfielder Mikel Oyarzabal, who scored eight times.
Girona vs Real Sociedad: Direct Matches
In La Liga there are only 3 direct meetings between the two, with a victory for Real Sociedad and two draws. In turn the score was 0-0.
Girona vs Real Sociedad Picks
Girona proved to be a very mature team in the meeting with Real Madrid, and managed to turn the score and win. The players escaped an obsession that became more and more visible after 10 games without victory. Now they have seen that Girona has a big chance to add a victory in the match with a Real Sociedad lacking some important pieces.
Prediction Today: 1
Odds: 1.73
