Real Sociedad vs Cadiz CF prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-03-14 20:00.
[p]Real Sociedad and Cádiz put some woeful form behind them with La Liga wins last weekend but are both still teetering on the brink of falling short of their respective ambitions, making this meeting in San Sebastian crucial. Sociedad’s UEFA Champions League journey is over following a 4-1 aggregate loss to PSG and they’re by no means assured of any European football next season after finishing the previous round just one point ahead of seventh-place Betis.[/p]
[p]Sociead gave Granada’s hopes of survival a kick in the teeth after coming from behind twice before netting an 85th-minute winner to bring to an end four consecutive losses across all competitions. Now they can deal a similarly vital blow to Cádiz’s hopes, but first and foremost on their mind would be delivering season ticket holders their first home La Liga win since late November, with the majority of their five consecutive games without victory (D3, L2) coming against bottom-half opposition.[/p]
[p]Cádiz are still two points from safety even despite their shock 2-0 win over Atlético Madrid, their first victory over a club beginning this round in the top half of the competition (D5, L9). It was also the first win for new coach Mauricio Pellegrino (D4, L2), who accepted it as vindication for the change of manager and asserted that “the team is growing” but “needed a positive stimulus” to confirm it.[/p]
[p]Their survival probably depends on lifting their productivity away from home, as they continue to lament a winless La Liga away record (D6, L8) that continued in spite of a late equaliser away to Vallecano (1-1) in the most recent trip. They could draw some confidence from keeping Sociedad scoreless at home just before Christmas (0-0), but another indication of their growth under Pellegrino would be to defeat Sociedad for the first time in any competition this century (D5, L8).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Mikel Merino scored late in two of Sociedad’s last three home games across all competitions, whilst Cádiz are looking for more from Chris Ramos after he scored with his head in three separate 1-1 away draws this La Liga season.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Cádiz failed to score in ten of their 12 losses this La Liga season. [/p]