Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Real Sociedad
Match Time & Date:
14/04/2024
21:00
Prediction: 3-1
Almeria
After surviving Deportivo Alaves in the Basque derby, Real Sociedad will be aiming to extend their winning run to four games when they take on Almeria on Matchday 31. The Basque outfit are eyeing a spot in European competitions and they are seen as hot favourites to beat the Andalusians in front of home fans. All Takefusa Kubo, Brais Mendez, and Martin Merquelanz are sidelined with injuries, while Carlos Fernandez is a major doubt.
Almeria, on the other hand, are having a season to forget, with the team sitting in the ultimate position in the standings ahead of the trip to San Sebastian. As the Andalusians are with one foot in the Segunda Division, we predict that the hosts are going to pick up all three points from the match. Both Luis Suarez and Aleksandar Radovanovic are sidelined with injuries for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Mikel Oyarzabal):
Intelligence is not an attribute you will find in Mikel Oyarzabal’s stats with Real Sociedad but this tricky winger is a highly knowledgeable winger who will use both brain and feet while playing. For a player born in Eibar, who made his first steps in his hometown club, it was always going to be a choice between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad for Oyarzabal.
La Real saw their chance and grabbed this gem of a player at a young age, helping him develop into a proper professional throughout their youth ranks. Mikel Oyarzabal has spent the entirety of his senior career with the Basque behemoths where he’d use his ability to fill in a number of positions up top much to his own benefit.
Oyarzabal’s positioning and movement are work of a tactical genius, whereas it is his nous to find details to exploit that best define him as a player. Having come through the youth categories of the Spanish national team, Oyarzabal also has a senior cap next to his name. It was in 2016 that he also represented the Basque region, scoring on his debut to cap a 3-1 win over Tunisia.
Highlighted Team (Almeria):
UD Almeria is a Spanish club based in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Los Rojiblancos are one of the newer additions to the Spanish football system, with the club being founded on July 26, 1989.
Almeria suffered relegation to Segunda Division in the 2014/15 season, and they have been competing in the Spanish second tier ever since. Los Rojiblancos are well known for their white shirts with red stripes, while blue is the dominant colour of their away jersey. Sofiane Feghouli, Felipe Melo, Diego Alves, Veljko Paunovic, Aleix Vidal, Alvaro Negredo, Tomer Hemed, and Mate Bilic are some notable footballers who played for Almeria in the past. Fellow Andalusian clubs Sevilla, Malaga, and Granada are considered the club’s fiercest rivals.
The club’s biggest success in Copa del Rey came in the 2010/11 season when they made it to the semis of the prestigious competition. Nonetheless, Catalan giants Barcelona proved to be a big catch for Almeria in the Spanish Cup semi-finals.
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