Girona vs Real Sociedad - prediction, team news, lineups

Girona volition beryllium looking to boost their endurance hopes erstwhile they invited Real Sociedad to Montilivi for Thursday’s La Liga encounter.

The location broadside are languishing successful 17th spot, portion the visitors caput into matchday 36 successful eighth position.

Match preview

With 3 games near to play, Girona are sitting conscionable 2 points wide of the driblet portion aft failing to triumph immoderate of their past 5 matches since beating Villarreal 1-0 connected April 6 (D2, L3).

Michel’s broadside astatine slightest managed to salvage a constituent successful Monday’s distant clash against his erstwhile club, Rayo Vallecano, which saw Girona fable Cristhian Stuani nett a 90th-minute equaliser conscionable 4 minutes aft Alemao thought helium had won the crippled for Los Franjirrojos.

The Catalan nine volition present instrumentality location to Montilivi arsenic they proceed their quest to widen their four-year enactment successful the apical flight, with the hosts looking to debar a 3rd consecutive location defeat.

In fact, the Blanquivermells commencement the matchday with the associated fourth-worst location grounds successful La Liga, having collected conscionable 22 points from their 17 outings astatine Montilivi.

Only 2 teams person conceded much goals than Girona (25), portion conscionable 3 teams person scored less location goals than the 19 efforts they person mustered successful beforehand of their supporters this season.

Girona person ne'er beaten Real Sociedad astatine location successful La Liga, but they tin astatine slightest instrumentality assurance from the information they pulled disconnected a 2-1 triumph successful December’s reverse fixture.

Real Sociedad’s play peaked connected April 18, erstwhile they bushed Atletico Madrid connected penalties to triumph their 4th Copa del Rey and their archetypal 1 successful beforehand of supporters since 1986-87.

Pellegrino Matarazzo’s broadside person experienced a somewhat inevitable drop-off since their triumphant nighttime successful Sevilla, having gone connected to instrumentality conscionable 2 points from their adjacent 4 matches successful La Liga.

La Real mislaid narrowly to Getafe and Sevilla, either broadside of an entertaining 3-3 gully with Sevilla, earlier they fought backmost from 2 goals down to rescue a constituent successful Saturday’s location clash against Real Betis. 

Orri Oskarsson struck successful the 79th infinitesimal to halve the deficit, earlier skipper Mikel Oyarzabal netted a stoppage-time punishment to salvage a 2-2 gully against the league's fifth-placed side.

However, the effect mathematically ended Real Sociedad's distant hopes of Champions League qualification, and with Europa League shot already secured done the Copa del Rey, the eighth-placed nine lone has presumption to play for successful their last 3 games.

Aiming to assertion their archetypal La Liga triumph since beating Levante connected April 4, Real Sociedad volition beryllium capable to instrumentality assurance from the information they person won 2 of their past 3 distant games against Girona, including a 1-0 triumph connected their astir caller travel to Montilivi successful October 2024. 

Girona La Liga form:

D L L L D

Real Sociedad La Liga form:

D W L D L D

Real Sociedad signifier (all competitions):

D W L D L D 

Team News

Girona are incapable to telephone upon Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Donny van de Beek, Cristian Portu and Vladyslav Vanat owed to injury.

Bryan Gil is disposable for enactment aft completing a one-match prohibition for an accumulation of yellowish cards.

Ivan Martin and Claudio Echeverri are pushing for starting spots aft coming disconnected the seat to play the last half-hour against Rayo. 

As for the visitors, they stay without semipermanent absentee Alvaro Odriozola, portion determination are doubts surrounding the fittingness of Igor Zubeldia and Goncalo Guedes. 

Oskarsson volition service a one-match prohibition aft picking up his 5th yellowish paper of the play successful the gully with Betis.

Right-back Jon Aramaburu is acceptable to instrumentality to the starting lineup aft serving a one-match prohibition astatine the weekend. 

Girona imaginable starting lineup:

Gazzaniga; Martinez, Frances, Reis, Moreno; Witsel, Martin; Tsygankov, Ounahi, Gil; Echeverri

Real Sociedad imaginable starting lineup:

Remiro; Aramburu, Martin, Caleta-Car, Gomez; Soler, Turrientes; Marin, Sucic, Barrenetxea; Oyarzabal

We say: Girona 2-2 Real Sociedad

Girona whitethorn person a greater inducement than their opponents, but they person failed to triumph immoderate of their erstwhile 4 top-flight location meetings with Real Sociedad, and with that successful mind, we deliberation they volition person to settee for a stock of the spoils, particularly arsenic they are winless successful 5 La Liga outings. 

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