Aston Villa vs Real Sociedad - prediction, team news, lineups

Aston Villa volition proceed their pre-season preparations erstwhile they look Real Sociedad astatine Bescot Stadium connected Tuesday.

Villa are gathering up to the UEFA Super Cup connected August 12, portion La Real are moving towards their La Liga opener against Real Betis connected August 21. 

Match preview

Aston Villa started their pre-season run with an emphatic 5-0 triumph implicit League Two outfit Walsall.

They were provided with a overmuch tougher trial successful Saturday's constrictive 2-1 defeat to Portuguese champions Porto. 

Unai Emery's broadside volition look different hard duty successful their midweek outing against Copa del Rey holders Real Sociedad, earlier they alert retired to the Far East to reason their preparations with 3 friendlies against Indonesian All-Stars, Pathum United and Bayern Munich.

As the Europa League winners, Villa volition person 1 oculus connected adjacent month's UEFA Super Cup against Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain successful Salzburg, wherever they volition effort to assistance the trophy for the archetypal clip since 1982.

Villa person seen a fig of players depart up of the caller campaign, including the cardinal duo of Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers, who person joined Manchester United and Chelsea respectively.

They person astatine slightest made 4 signings of their own, recruiting Joao Gomes, Johan Manzambi, Modou Keba Cisse and Alejandro Garnacho, though Emery volition privation much reinforcements to springiness his broadside the champion imaginable accidental of balancing the demands of Champions League shot with the engaged home schedule. 

Pellegrino Matarazzo is preparing for his archetypal afloat play arsenic Real Sociedad brag aft taking implicit the reins successful December.

Matarazzo has already etched his sanction successful Real Sociedad history, starring the Basque broadside to their 4th Copa del Rey triumph with a punishment shootout triumph implicit Atletico Madrid successful April's final, securing the nine a spot successful the 2026-27 Europa League league phase. 

The Real Sociedad brag volition present beryllium targeting an betterment connected past season's 10th-placed finish, though that volition beryllium acold from casual arsenic his broadside volition person to equilibrium their La Liga docket with their Europa League fixtures. 

After starting their pre-season docket with a constrictive decision to Pau, Real Sociedad went connected to gully 1-1 against newly-promoted Racing Santander earlier beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 successful Saturday's clash astatine the Bescot Stadium. 

La Real volition present look Villa astatine Walsall's location crushed earlier wrapping up pre-season with games against Toulouse, Koln and Chelsea up of their La Liga opener against Real Betis. 

Matarazzo volition anticipation to person much reinforcements earlier the caller La Liga season, with defender Kazunari Kita the lone caller signing of Real Sociedad's summertime window. 

Aston Villa Club friendlies form:

W L 

Real Sociedad Club friendlies form:

L D W

Team News

The Villans are apt to beryllium without Pau Torres, Alysson and Tammy Abraham owed to injury. 

Emi Buendia could instrumentality to the fold aft missing the decision to Porto arsenic portion of an effort to negociate his workload.

Emi Martinez, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Ollie Watkins and Manzambi are unavailable pursuing their engagement successful the 2026 World Cup.

Midfielder Amadou Onana is acceptable for an extended spell connected the sidelines aft sustaining a superior genu wounded successful Belgium's last-16 triumph implicit the USA. 

As for Real Sociedad, they stay without semipermanent absentee Alvaro Odriozola, who has been retired since November with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Take Kubo and Luka Sucic precocious linked up with their teammates aft their post-World Cup breaks, but the brace volition not play successful Tuesday’s affable arsenic they absorption connected gathering their fitness.

Spain striker Mikel Oyarzabal is enjoying immoderate clip disconnected aft scoring 5 goals successful his country’s triumphant World Cup campaign.

Aston Villa imaginable starting lineup:

Bizot; Nedeljkovic, Cisse, Mings, Maatsen; Bogarde, Gomes; Bailey, Buendia, Lynch; Burrowes

Real Sociedad imaginable starting lineup:

Remiro; Aramburu, Martin, Pacheco, Munoz; Aguirre, Turrientes; Zakharyan, Soler, Gomez; Oskarsson

We say: Aston Villa 1-2 Real Sociedad

Both teams are without cardinal players, but Real Sociedad tin inactive sanction a squad that could vie successful La Liga, and we deliberation they could get the amended of a Villa broadside that volition diagnostic respective players who volition not beryllium regular starters for the upcoming season. 

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