📏 Form Guide

Real Sociedad

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Real Sociedad go into this fixture after a 1-1 La Liga drawn game against Levante.

In that match, Real Sociedad managed 56% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Real Sociedad was Takefusa Kubo (45'). For their opponents, Levante had 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. Adrián de la Fuente (90') was the scorer for Levante.

It has not been often in recent games where Real Sociedad have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Real Sociedad have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals in the process.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Real Sociedad:

• have not beaten Atlético Madrid in their previous 11 matches in the league.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Atlético Madrid

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Atlético Madrid go into this clash following on from a 0-3 La Liga win with the defeat of Girona FC in their previous outing.

In that match, Atlético Madrid had 49% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Atlético Madrid, the goalscorers were Koke (13'), Conor Gallagher (38') and Antoine Griezmann (92'). On the other side, Girona had 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Atlético Madrid, three or more goals have been hit. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell is 3.5, with the average number of goals for Atlético Madrid working out to 2. Such a pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this match, though.

Ahead of this meeting, Atlético Madrid remain unbeaten by Real Sociedad when having played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. A solid away record against them.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 03/09/2022 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Real Sociedad. They have not been able to come away with any victories at all while Atlético Madrid have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those ties.

In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 4 of them for Txuri-urdin and 12 being from Atleti. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league meeting between the two was La Liga match day 35 on 10/05/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Atlético Madrid 4-0 Real Sociedad.

That time, Atlético Madrid had 61% possession and 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Alexander Sørloth (7', 10', 11', 30').

At the other end, Real Sociedad had 6 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by José María Sánchez Martínez.

📋 Team News: Real Sociedad

It looks as if Txuri-urdin could kick off with a 4-1-4-1 system this time and select Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martin, Duje Caleta-Car, Sergio Gomez, Benat Turrientes, Takefusa Kubo, Brais Mendez, Carlos Soler, Goncalo Guedes and Mikel Oyarzabal.

📰 Team News: Atlético Madrid

We’re of the thinking that Atleti will likely make use of a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Robin Le Normand, David Hancko, Giuliano Simeone, Pablo Barrios, Koke, Alejandro Baena, Julian Alvarez and Alexander Soerloth.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Real Sociedad will need to put in a solid display to hit the back of the net against this Atlético Madrid side who will likely win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

Therefore, we predict a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning score for Atlético Madrid at the end of the match.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Peter Guest, 19:01 04/01/2026