Real Sociedad-Cadice is a La Liga Week 24 match played on Friday at 21:00: odds, predictions, TV and streaming.
The defeat at the Mestalla, which came last Saturday against a Valencia side in the midst of a crisis and coming off five consecutive defeats, is yet another worrying symptom. That things are no longer going in the right direction is now evident at Real Sociedad, who are struggling with their first real crisis of the season.
The Txuri-urdin have only beaten Espanyol in their last six matches between the national cup and the league, and now fear overtaking by their pursuers Atletico Madrid and Betis, who have almost wiped out the reassuring gap that existed a month ago. After the last day, third place is increasingly at risk. The Colchoneros, by drawing in the derby with Real, netted another point and moved to -1. Manuel Pellegrini’s green-and-whites are also back in the running for the Champions League, who also won at the weekend against bottom-of-the-table Elche, securing their third win in a row. Now the Basques are feeling the wind up their necks and, if they continue to keep the handbrake on, the risk is to ruin the excellent run they have made so far. A bit like what happened a year ago.
Real Sociedad with the handbrake pulled
Imanol’s men will be looking to redeem themselves in the first leg against Cádiz, which comes a few days before the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 against José Mourinho’s Roma: the first match is scheduled for next Thursday at the Stadio Olimpico.
Sergio Gonzalez
The Andalusians, who have won their last three home games against Mallorca, Girona and Rayo Vallecano and moved away from a relegation zone that still remains very close, will try to take advantage of this. Despite their last away defeat on 6 January, Sergio’s side seem to have the right credentials to remain in the top flight. The Gialloblù have been in the news in recent hours for their request for a suspension from La Liga due to a gross error by the Var in the match against Elche.
The Prediction
Cadiz’s away performance is not as good as their home one, and Imanol’s Real Sociedad are undoubtedly in with a chance of getting back to winning ways in the league before diving back into their Europa League adventure and facing an interesting double with Roma. The Basques are favourites in a match with less than three goals in total, bearing in mind that the Andalusians are not used to shining in the non-possession phase and away from their home crowd have scored barely six goals.
Real Sociedad v Cadiz: possible line-ups
- REAL SOCIEDAD (4-3-3): Remiro; Rico, Le Normand, Zubeldia, Barrenetxea; Zubimendi, Merino, Méndez; Oyarzabal, Kubo, Sörloth.
- CADICE (4-4-2): Ledesma; Espino, Fali, Hernández, Carcelén; Ocampo, Alcaraz, Escalante, Bongonda; Roger, Guardiola.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-0
