Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
All eyes will be on Reale Arena when Real Sociedad and Barcelona lock horns in a highly-anticipated Primera Division clash. The Basques dropped two points in a 2-2 draw with Rayo Vallecano, but they are surely capable of making life difficult for Barca in San Sebastian just as they did in the past. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Mikel Oyarzabal, who scored a brace against los Vallecanos, while Mohamed-Ali Cho is pushing for a start. All Andre Silva, David Silva, and Kieran Tierney remain in the recovery room, while both Alvaro Odriozola and Martin Merquelanz are major doubts.
The Catalan giants, on the other hand, are low on confidence following a 2-1 loss in “El Clasico” and seeing that they often struggle at Reale Arena, we are tempted to put our money on the home side. The good news for the visitors is that Robert Lewandowski has overcome his injury, but this match comes too early for Pedri and Frenkie De Jong.
Highlighted Player (Robert Lewandowski):
After scoring 36 goals in 59 league games for Znicz Pruskow, Robert Lewandowski joined Lech Poznan in June, 2008. The 184-cm-tall attacker scored 18 goals in 28 appearances for the club in the 2009/2010 Ekstraklasa campaign and during the season he was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar.
The Polish forward signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga side in June, 2010 and he quickly established himself as the team’s key attacker. Lewandowski was producing excellent performances with the Millionaires between 2010 and 2014 and it has to be noted that he won two Bundesliga trophies with the club (2010/2011, 2011/2012). He participated in the 2012/2013 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund, but the Millionaires were beaten by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in the title game.
However, he betrayed Borussia Dortmund fans in 2014 as he signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga giants. Lewandowski impressed in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign as he scored 30 goals in 32 league games for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The Polish footballer represented his homeland at Euro 2016 in France and he scored one goal at the showpiece tournament in France.
Highlighted Team (Real Sociedad):
Real Sociedad is as Bask football club from San Sebastian. The club is playing in the La Liga since 2010 after the club got relegated to the Segunda Division. Currently the club hosts its home games in the Anoeta Stadium which holds a capacity of 32 2000 seats.
Real Sociedad was founded on 17th of September 1909 as Sociedad de Futbol and was originally founded by English immigrants. Real Sociedad was one of the founders of the highest Spanish football division.
Starting from 1939 Sociedad de Futbol changed its name to Real Socidedad. Real Sociedad had the most success in the eighties where the club managed to win the title twice.Famous players that played for Real Sociedad are: Arteta, Beguiristain, Xabi Alonso and Griezmann.