La Liga Round 7 2026-09-20 · 19:00 UTC finished
Prediction
46% Valencia (home) Model favorite
28% Draw
26% Real Sociedad (away)
Expected goals 1.45 — 1.17 Over 2.5 goals: 49% Both teams to score: 53%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Valencia Real Sociedad
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 0.810.9
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.641.76
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 53
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 15.6 12.2
Matches in the last 7 days 23
Matches in the next 7 days 00
Travel to this match (km) 422446

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability for this match is below 50% (backtest hit rate for this band is 42.7%%).

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Valencia

  • injured César Tárrega return: Early October 2026
  • injured Diego López return: Early January 2027
  • injured Dimitri Foulquier return: doubtful
  • injured José Copete return: Back in training
  • injured Mouctar Diakhaby return: Early October 2026
  • injured Sergi Canós return: Early December 2026
  • injured Umar Sadiq return: Early November 2026

Real Sociedad

  • injured Álvaro Odriozola return: Early November 2026
  • injured Igor Zubeldia return: Early October 2026

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Valencia 10 · 8 8 draws · 14 Real Sociedad

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-05-17Real Sociedad 3 - 4Valencia
2025-08-16Valencia 1 - 1Real Sociedad
2025-01-19Valencia 1 - 0Real Sociedad
2024-09-28Real Sociedad 3 - 0Valencia
2024-05-16Real Sociedad 1 - 0Valencia
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Data coverage

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