Preview: Real Sociedad vs Osasuna – Prediction, Team News, Lineups

Real company will aim to make it three consecutive wins in all competitions as they continue their 2024-25 La Liga campaign with a home game against them Osasuna on Sunday evening.

The home team has been unconvincing domestically this season, picking up just 12 points in 10 games to sit in 11th place La Liga tablebut Osasuna is in eighth place after collecting 15 points from its first ten games.

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Real Sociedad struggled to get going in the first few months of the La Liga season. The team can boast a record of three wins, three draws and four defeats from ten games and is in eleventh place in the table with twelve points.

Goals were a problem, they only found the net eight times, with only Leganes (six), Getafe (seven) and Valencia (seven) scoring fewer goals, but they were solid defensively and only conceded eight goals.

Real Sociedad finished sixth in La Liga last season, but as of this writing are five points behind sixth-placed Mallorca and looked no longer a challenger to finish in the European places again.

Imanol AlguacilHowever, the Barcelona side have only just started to build some momentum, picking up a welcome point against Atlético Madrid at the start of the month before recording a 1-0 away win at Girona last weekend.

The Basque team comes into this game with a European Cup win after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League on Thursday night to move up to 17th place Europa League table.

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Osasuna, meanwhile, boasts a record of four wins, three draws and three defeats from their 10 La Liga games this season, which puts them eighth in the league with 15 points.

Vicente MorenoThe Barcelona team is the only La Liga team to beat Barcelona this season and score a goal 4:2 victory over the league leaders At the end of September, but they struggled in their last two games, drawing against Getafe before losing to Real Betis.

Los Rojillos finished 11th in Spain's top flight last season, however they finished seventh in the 2022/23 season and certainly look capable of securing a place in the top half of the table this season, as they have already scored an impressive 14 goals in La Liga.

However, Osasuna have conceded 16 goals, which is one of the weaker defensive records in the division and could potentially slow them down in the quest for a possible European Cup spot.

The Pamplona team actually beat Real Sociedad 1-0 in the corresponding game of the 2023/24 season, but lost five of their last seven La Liga games against Sunday's opponents.

Real Sociedad La Liga form:

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Team news

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Real Sociedad will be without the services of Alex Remiro, Aihen Munoz, Pablo Marin, Hamari Traore And Arsen Zakharyan for the competition with Osasuna.

Head coach Alguacil will make changes from the team that started against Maccabi Tel Aviv Sergio Gomez, Other Barrenetxea And Orri Oskarsson expected to receive callbacks on Sunday evening.

Mikel Oyarzabal And Martin Zubimendi will certainly be one of the home team's regular players, while there is probably still a place available for them in midfield Brais Mendez.

As for Osasuna, Kike Barja has been absent for a long period of time due to a serious knee injury Iker Munoz is still not available for selection.

Head coach Moreno is expected to resist the temptation to reshuffle his team following the defeat against Real Betis in their last game, with the same eleven possibly taking the field on Sunday evening.

Bryan Zaragoza And Ante Budimir Both have been in strong form in the early stages of the campaign and the pair are expected to continue to strengthen Ruben Garcia in the final third of this competition.

Possible Real Sociedad starting lineup:
Merrero; Aramburu, Zubeldia, Aguerd, S Gomez; Oyarzabal, Sucic, Zubimendi, Mendez, Barrenetxea; Oscarsson

Osasuna's possible starting lineup:
Herrera; Areso, Catena, Boyomo, Bretons; Ibanez, Torro, Oroz; Ruben Garcia, Budimir, Zaragoza

We say: Real Sociedad 2:1 Osasuna

Osasuna are yet to win on their travels this season, picking up just two points from their four games. Although Real Sociedad's home form has been disappointing this season, we expect the hosts to secure a narrow win on Sunday evening.

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