Real Sociedad vs Celta Prediction: the Hosts to Please Their Fans

Prediction for the La Liga Real Sociedad vs Celta match, which will take place on February 18th. Teams are solving different problems. The Basques want to gain a UCL place, while their opponent has only one desire - to stay in the La Liga elite. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

After a series of failures - the loss in the Copa del Rey to Barcelona and a home defeat to Valladolid in the Primera, they claimed an away win against Espanyol 3:2 in the last round. Before the 22nd round, Real Sociedad sits firmly in third place in the standings. The gap from the fifth place is 8 points, and the gap from the leading Barcelona is 14. So the title fight is out of the question. The Basques' home statistics are 11th in the division, +5=2-3, 12:11 goal difference.

Due to victories over Athletic and Betis, Celta got out of the danger zone sitting 14th, three points behind Valencia. The gap is small, but there are as many as three teams between the Celestial and the Bats. So we are unlikely to see Celta among the bottom three, even if they lose a couple of games. In the last round of La Liga, Celta gave a battle to Atletico but failed in the very end. Still, Celta did not deserve to lose, and the match should have been tied. Celta's away stats are 12th in the division, +3=1-6, and a 9:19 goal difference.

Real Sociedad lost their last home game. Of course, the club will try to please their fans with a victory over a comfortable opponent, securing their position in the standings. The gap from Betis is big, but there are still enough matches to catch up, so it is too early to relax. They need to earn points steadily.