Real Sociedad vs Real Betis - prediction, team news, lineups

Real Betis volition beryllium aiming to marque it successive wins successful Spain's apical formation erstwhile they proceed their play distant to Real Sociedad connected Saturday night.

The Seville outfit are presently 5th successful the La Liga table, six points up of sixth-placed Celta Vigo, portion Real Sociedad are ninth and person already qualified for adjacent season's Europa League.

Match preview

Real Sociedad's triumph successful this season's Copa del Rey last means that they person already secured Europa League qualification for the 2026-27 campaign.

The Basque outfit are presently ninth successful the table, boasting a grounds of 11 wins, 10 draws and 13 defeats from their 34 league matches this play to cod 43 points.

The White and Blues volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 1-0 decision astatine Sevilla, and they person lone picked up 1 constituent from their past 3 league fixtures.

Pellegrino Matarazzo's broadside volition decorativeness their play with games against Girona, Valencia and Espanyol, and they tin inactive extremity the run arsenic precocious arsenic 5th astatine this signifier of proceedings.

Real Sociedad person picked up 28 points from their 17 location league games this season, portion Real Betis person the fifth-best distant grounds successful the division, claiming 23 points from 17 matches.

Real Betis volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-0 triumph implicit Real Oviedo, and Manuel Pellegrini's broadside person picked up 7 points from their past 3 league fixtures.

El Glorioso presently beryllium 5th successful the La Liga table, six points up of sixth-placed Celta Vigo and 10 points down fourth-placed Atletico Madrid successful the conflict for the Champions League.

Pellegrini's squad are acceptable for a top-five decorativeness and a presumption successful adjacent season's Europa League, and they person lone really mislaid 7 times successful the league this term, with excessively galore draws (14) costing them a presumption adjacent higher up the division.

Real Betis person faced Real Sociedad connected 119 erstwhile occasions successful each competitions, and they conscionable way successful the wide head-to-head, having posted 42 wins to the location team's 46.

Earlier this season, El Glorioso recorded a 3-1 triumph implicit Real Sociedad connected location soil, and they are aiming to grounds a 3rd consecutive triumph implicit the Basque outfit connected Saturday.

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Team News

Real Sociedad volition beryllium without the services of Alvaro Odriozola for the remainder of the play owed to a superior genu injury, portion Inaki Ruperez and Goncalo Guedes are fittingness doubts.

The location broadside volition besides beryllium incapable to telephone upon Jon Aramburu connected Saturday, with the right-back suspended owed to the milestone yellowish paper that helium picked up against Sevilla.

Mikel Oyarzabal has scored 14 times successful La Liga this season, and the attacker, who is acceptable to correspond Spain astatine the 2026 World Cup, volition proceed done the middle.

As for Real Betis, Marc Bartra and Angel Ortiz are retired of the lucifer done injury, but Junior Firpo is expected to beryllium cleared to instrumentality to the squad.

Cucho Hernandez has scored 10 times successful 29 league appearances for Real Betis during the 2025-26 campaign, and the 27-year-old volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the field.

Giovani Lo Celso is besides acceptable to clasp his spot successful the mediate of midfield, portion Antony and Abde Ezzalzouli are expected to diagnostic successful the wide areas for the Seville outfit.

Real Sociedad imaginable starting lineup:

Remiro; Elustondo, Martin, Caleta-Car, Gomez; Kubo, Herrera, Turrientes, Soler, Barrenetxea; Oyarzabal

Real Betis imaginable starting lineup:

Valles; Bellerin, Llorente, Natan, Rodriguez; Antony, Fornals, Amrabat, Lo Celso, Ezzalzouli; Hernandez

We say: Real Sociedad 2-2 Real Betis

Three of the past 8 matches betwixt these 2 teams person finished level, and we are expecting different stalemate to hap this weekend, but it could beryllium an entertaining affair.

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