Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-05-23 14:15.
[p]It’s the end of an era at the Bernabéu as Carlo Ancelotti prepares to leave Real Madrid as the most successful coach in their history in terms of trophies won (15) by trying to reward fans with one final victory. While this season has been underwhelming as they will finish second in La Liga to rivals Barcelona and have only the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Intercontinental Cup to show for their efforts, they are at least finishing with purpose, winning their last two league games.[/p]
[p]If the Italian needs any extra motivation before he departs to take on the Brazil job, he has a proud record of never losing a home game against Real Sociedad to uphold (W4, D2). Three successive La Liga wins here suggest they’ve got a good chance, but Los Blancos have had to battle as their last six La Liga home fixtures were decided by a one-goal margin (W5, L1), but that’s perhaps unsurprising given the number of first-choice defenders they have unavailable.[/p]
[p]It’s also been a disappointing season for Real Sociedad as they bid farewell to their long-serving and highly-regarded manager Imanol Alguacil having failed to qualify for Europe for the first time since 2018/19. Last weekend’s gutsy 3-2 win over Girona in which they scored an injury-time winner was too little, too late as the damage had been done by a six-match winless run in the league prior to that (D2, L4).[/p]
[p]Winning just one of their last ten La Liga away games (D2, L7) has also contributed to La Real’s mid-table finish and won’t inspire much confidence as they head to the Bernabéu either. Sociedad know they can compete here after their 4-4 Copa del Rey draw after extra-time in April, in which they were 4-3 ahead after 90 minutes. [/p]
[p]Key battle: Incoming Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has reportedly requested that the club extend veteran Luka Modrić’s contract, and after assisting in both of Madrid’s last two games, he clearly still has plenty to offer. Midfielder Pablo MarĂn opened the scoring for Sociedad against Girona and also assisted the opener in the Copa del Rey draw here last month.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Real Madrid have finished four of their last five La Liga campaigns with a draw (W1).[/p]
[p][i]Written by John Pennington[/i][/p]