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Valladolid and Real Sociedad measure their strength at the José Zorrilla Municipal Stadium in a match for the Copa del Rey (16 round of 32). The record of recent direct confrontations favors the visiting team, who in the last 3 matches won 2 and drew 1. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 27-03-2014, ended with the victory of Real Sociedad by (1-0 ). Special attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Valladolid
The home team arrives at this stage of the Copa del Rey (round of 16) after having played previous qualifiers with: Tenerife and Zaragoza. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses as a visitor; Against 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. The team arrives at this meeting after a draw at home with Almeria by (0-0). Valladolid won 6, drew 2 and lost 2 of their last 10 home games for all competitions. His attack has scored regularly, as he has achieved in 7 of the last 10 games. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never managed to turn the score.
Valladolid return to play at home in their third game for the Copa Del Rey trying to maintain the same performance that helped the team to eliminate Zaragoza away from home by 1×2, and Tenerife at home by 3×1 in overtime. Already in Liga Adelante the team has not been doing a good campaign. In the last round, the team received the Alméria at home and was only in the tie in 0x0, thus getting to their third consecutive game without winning. Before, the team had gone to the home of Numancia and left there defeated by 2×1. After sixteen rounds, the club accumulated five wins, four draws and seven losses, occupying the fourteenth place.
Real Sociedad
The visiting team makes its debut in this edition of the Copa del Rey with the intention of achieving a positive result and surprise the team of the house. This is a team that curiously has been stronger outside than at home, because in the last 30 games it registers 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; Against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. The team arrives in this match after a draw at home with Barcelona by (1-1). In the last 10 matches played in all competitions, Real Sociedad have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 5. Their attack has scored regularly, having scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games. There are 2 periods in the last 4 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 3 of his 7 goals between the minutes (16′-30 ‘) and 3 of his 7 between (46′-60’).
Real Sociedad enters the field for its debut by the Copa Del Rey of that year trying to repeat the same good performance that has been presenting in the Spanish Championship. In the last round, the team received Barcelona at home and got a draw in 1×1, thus getting to their fifth undefeated game in the competition. Before, the team had achieved a great result by beating Sporting Gijón away from home by 1×3. After thirteen rounds, the club accumulated seven wins, two draws and four losses, thus taking fifth place in the table. For that game, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3.
Prediction: under 2.5 goals @ 1.66