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Zaragoza vs Real Sociedad Prediction & Betting tips
In the previous one there is no clear favorite, since both teams are offensive and irregular at the time of scoring. For this reason, it should not surprise us that the bet “plus 2.5 goals” is interesting to consider. Paint to be an open duel and with spaces from the initial stage, being feasible that “hands” and Basques play without complex to hit in a neutral field (Tafalla).
Zaragoza :
After not having achieved the direct promotion to the first division, the objective of the “maños” is to make a good campaign in the Liga2. Of course, for this season, the leadership decided to sign coach Imanol Idiakez, who came to replace Natxo Gonzalez, who signed for Deportivo La Coruna. Under the command of this coach, Zaragoza intends to play well and show a colorful football face to the arch, trying to repeat what was done in the second division last (20 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses in the regular phase, managing to score 57 goals and giving 44 on his fence). Already in the playoffs lost surprisingly to Numancia, after equalizing 1-1 visit and losing 1-2 at home on the final.
In terms of signings, the leadership decided to hire 4 level elements to empower a team with conditions. Diego Aguirre, Jeison Medina, Álex Muñoz and James Igbekeme arrived, who have already had minutes in the pre-season friendlies. An absence difficult to forget will be that of Borja Iglesias, a quality scorer who signed for Espanyol Catalana. If we talk about friendlies, the team equaled 0-0 against Tudelano, beat Teruel 1-2 and lost 1-0 against Nástic de Tarragona last Saturday (1-0 from the initial stage). For this duel and according to what was expressed by the same coach Idiakez, Zaragoza is expected to use different tactical systems, which will vary according to how the marker moves.
Real Sociedad :
After fulfilling a campaign for oblivion in the Santander League 2017-2018, the Royal Society leadership took action and decided to act immediately. To do this, he signed the coach Asier Garitano, who did a great job in the humble and combative Leganés. Now it is expected that he can ratify his collective and solidary proposal in a squad that is used to playing well but defending poorly. Just review your numbers in the past season to corroborate this statement (12th place with 49 points product of 14 wins, 7 equalities and 17 falls). In matters of goals scored 66 and yielded 59, proving to be a highly unbalanced squad between lines (great offensive mixed with very low level at the time of scoring).
If we talk about signings, Real has signed some players to improve their squad. Mikel Merino and Theo Hernández arrived, who already have experience in weight clubs at European level. The first played in Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle, while the second played at Real Madrid. The side Odriozola is no longer there, who signed for the entity directed by Lopetegui. In terms of friendlies, the Basques have played four in recent weeks, their goal being to continue to catch the rhythm of football to get the best way to their first official match of the season. First they beat Real Sociedad B 4-0, and then they beat Eibar 2-3. The third preparation game was against Real Union and the final result was an equality (1-1). They come from colliding with Osasuna on the last Saturday in a neutral field (win 2-3, losing 1-2 the first half and scoring the winning goal in minute 87 of the game).
The last official match between the two teams was in February 2013 by the Santander League. On that occasion, Real Sociedad won 1-2 as a visitor. Then they collided in a friendly preparation in August 2015, a match that Zaragoza won clearly (3-0).
Zaragoza vs Real Sociedad head to head matches
16.08.15 CF Zaragoza Real Sociedad 3 : 0
10.02.13 LL Zaragoza Real Sociedad 1 : 2
16.09.12 LL Real Sociedad Zaragoza 2 : 0
31.07.12 CF Real Sociedad Zaragoza 2 : 1
10.03.12 LL Real Sociedad Zaragoza 3 : 0