Villarreal vs Real Sociedad Betting Tips & Predictions

Real Sociedad have been by some distance the league’s most unpredictable side. They’ve chalked several big away wins, beaten some of the top sides but also lost at home to several of the struggling teams. Their past fortnight almost typifies their season. They beat Barcelona 1-0 at home following a 2-1 win at Sevilla. However they’ve backed that up with defeats against Eibar and even more shockingly at home to Getafe who had been in atrocious form coming into it. They may almost be relieved to be playing one of their better teams here where less pressure is on them to get a result.

They may be helped by the fact that Villarreal could rest a few of their players with next week’s Europa League Semi-Final against Liverpool in mind. The Yellow Submarine have lost their last two league matches at Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid and have only won 2 of their last 8 in La Liga. However the sides below them are all stumbling and they maintain a 6 point advantage on 5th place Athletic Bilbao and will be on the brink of Champions League qualification should they win this.

A point wouldn’t be a disaster either though and they will know this could be tricky given Real Sociedad’s unpredictable nature. The Basques have won 3 of their last 6 away games with victories in Bilbao, Sevilla and a 5-0 win at Espanyol testament to their qualities. Villarreal will be prioritising the Europa League where they believe they have a real chance of winning silverware for the first time in the club’s history so they might not be at their best and therefore you can get good value by backing a 1-1 draw at 6/1.