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Real Sociedad and Barcelona are fighting at Estadio Municipal de Anoeta in a meeting for the Copa del Rey (Quarterfinals). At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 4 wins and 2 draws in the last 6 games. However, the last time they met at this stadium was on 11/27/2016, in a Primera Division game that ended in a 1-1 draw. The goals of the match were scored by Willian José (53 ‘) for Real Sociedad and by L. Messi (59’) for Barcelona.
Real Sociedad
Until reaching this stage of the Copa del Rey (Quarterfinals), the home team had to eliminate: Villarreal and Valladolid. The team arrives at this meeting after a victory away with Malaga by (0-2). Real Sociedad won 6, drew 3 and lost 1 of their last 10 home games for all competitions.
In this competition, you do not lose 4 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded at least one goal in each of the last 4 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 4 matches in this competition . The team do not usually feel difficult to open the scoring: they managed to score the first goal in 13 of the last 15 matches, 13 of them reached the interval in the lead in 5 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 9.
Real Sociedad play their fifth game for Copa Del Rey, the third against their fans after eliminating Villarreal. In the first leg, Real Sociedad won 3×1 at home. Then away from his fans got a draw in 1×1. In the Spanish Championship the team has been making a good campaign. In the last round, the team won a beautiful result by beating Malaga away from home by 0x2, reaching their second win followed as a visitor. Before, the team had suffered a very bad result when losing at home by 0x4 to Sevilla. After 18 rounds, the club accumulated ten victories, two draws and six defeats, thus occupying the fifth position in the table. For this match, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3 or 4-5-1.
Barcelona
Until reaching this stage of the Copa del Rey (Quarterfinals), the visiting team eliminated: Athletic Bilbao and Hercules. In the last game he played for the Primera Division, he beat Las Palmas at home (5-0). In the last 10 games as a visitor, Barcelona has won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2. The team conceded goals in 3 of the last 4 games, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but its attack has marked with great regularity, since Has always scored at least one goal in the last 4 games in this competition. In his away games there is a tendency to have goals, since 30 of his last 32 games finished with More than 1.5 goals. In 15 games, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 5 games in which he conceded the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 20 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 10 of his 24 goals between the minutes (46’-60 ‘).
Barcelona go into the field for their fifth showing for the Copa Del Rey, the third away from their fans, having eliminated Athletic Bilbao. In the first leg, away from home, Barcelona were defeated by 2×1. Then, at home, he won the 3×1 win and the standings. In the Spanish Championship the team continues to make a good campaign, being unbeaten for eleven matches. In the last round, the team received the Las Palmas at home and applied a beautiful thrashing by 5×0. After eighteen rounds, the club accumulated eleven wins, five draws and two defeats, thus taking third place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team in 4-3-3.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.60