We said: Espanyol 1-2 Real Sociedad
Espanyol will certainly not roll over on Sunday, having proved themselves to be tough to beat, but we see the visitors having the quality to come out with a hard-fought three-point haul.
Raul de Tomas should cause Alguacil's men plenty of problems, but they will be desperate to bounce back from a midweek loss and should scrape over the line in a tough encounter.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Real Sociedad win with a probability of 40.92%. A win for Espanyol had a probability of 31.54% and a draw had a probability of 27.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Sociedad win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.4%) and 0-2 (7.64%). The likeliest Espanyol win was 1-0 (10.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.99%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10% likelihood.
