Real Sociedad and Real Madrid to meet in the first week of December

Real Sociedad will meet Real Madrid in La Liga in the first week of December, before the end of the first half of the season. The teams’ second meeting of the campaign had originally been scheduled for February but has been brought forward by several months.

The fixture is set to follow matchday 14, when Real Sociedad face Sevilla. The schedule was arranged so this game, along with Barcelona-Atlético, could be moved without disrupting other clubs beyond the teams involved in the Spanish Super Cup. Real Madrid could not play on Thursday because it has to play its league match on Saturday, ahead of a week of Champions League action.

The fixture will bring together two sides near the top of the table. After 10 La Liga matches, Real Madrid are third on 24 points, while Real Sociedad sit fifth with 19. Madrid’s record is eight wins and two defeats, with no draws; Real Sociedad have six wins, one draw and three defeats. Both teams have won four of their last five league matches and lost one.

Real Madrid have scored 25 goals and conceded 10 in 10 games, compared with Real Sociedad’s 19 scored and 18 conceded. At home, Madrid have won all five matches, scoring 17 and conceding three. Real Sociedad’s home record is three wins, one draw and one defeat, with seven goals scored and seven conceded.

Away from home, both teams have three wins and two defeats from five matches, with no draws. Real Sociedad have scored 12 and conceded 11 in those games, while Real Madrid have scored eight and conceded seven. Across the league, Madrid average 2.50 goals scored and 1.00 conceded per match; Real Sociedad average 1.90 scored and 1.80 conceded.