Real Sociedad vs Eibar Prediction, 12/13/2020 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 12/9/2020

Game: Real Sociedad vs Eibar

Date: Sunday, December 13, 2020

Location: Anoeta Stadium in San Sebastián, Spain

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Real Sociedad (-278) Eibar (+600)

Anoeta Stadium is the site where Portu and Real Sociedad (7-4-1, 2nd in La Liga) will take on Eibar (3-4-4, 13th in La Liga) on Sunday. The goalies who are expected to start are Alejandro Remiro for Real Sociedad and Marko Dmitrovic for Eibar. Eibar are priced at +600 while the Whites and Blues are at -278. The over/under is set at 2.5.

Real Sociedad faced Alaves in their most recent game and earned a one point draw by a score of 0-0. In the passing game, they finished this match with a 85.5% passes received percentage by connecting on 483 of the 565 pass targets in their last match. Real Sociedad tried 9 dribbles in this contest and successfully completed 6 of the dribbles for a rate of 66.7%. Concerning shot accuracy, Real Sociedad finished the game at a 30.8% rate by putting 4 SoT out of 13 shots. Real Sociedad averages 1.83 g/90 (22 goals in total) and have tallied 12 assists in all contests this year.

Portu is a player who should impact this matchup for Real Sociedad. Portu has been in the starting lineup in 210 contests so far in his career and has 0.25 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in Spain has racked up 51 goals scored in 18,565 professional minutes. He has 26 assists while tallying 34 yellow card cautions during his career. Another guy who could decide the outcome is Alexander Isak, the forward hailing from Sweden. He has helped a teammate on a goal 9 times so far in his career while scoring 34 total goals. Isak has totaled 5,129 mins in 56 career starting assignments and has earned himself a total of 8 yellow cards. He is averaging 0.60 goals per 90 mins for his career.

The man who will defend the goal for Real Sociedad will be Alejandro Remiro. Remiro has played for a total of 10,283 minutes and has earned 323 stops during his career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.06 (121 goals given up) and he holds a save % of .752. The keeper hailing from Spain has faced 435 shots attempted against him in 115 career starting assignments. Remiro (49-25-40 mark during his soccer career) has recorded 35 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 30.4% clean sheet rate.

When they last took the field, Eibar went home victorious with a score of 2-0 against Betis. Eibar finished with a 93.3% successful dribble percentage by completing 14 of the 15 dribbles they pursued. They wrapped up this outing by converting 192 of the 293 passing attempts earning a rate of 65.5%. Eibar connected on 4 SoT out of the team's 9 shots attempted earning them a 44.4% rate in their last outing. Having a total of 8 goals and 6 assists in all competitions, Eibar averages 0.73 goals and 0.55 assists per 90 minutes.

Esteban Burgos will need to be on top of his game for Eibar. The defender born in Argentina has been on the field for 9,707 professional minutes and he has scored 12 goals. He has accounted for 40 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 2 times. He is averaging 0.11 goals per 90 and has been given a starting assignment in 107 matches thus far in his career. Make sure to watch out for Kevin Rodrigues, the defender hailing from France. He has collected 3 goals in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 4 times. Rodrigues has been handed a total of 11 yellow card warnings in 4,758 professional minutes played (53 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average in his pro soccer career is 0.06.

Marko Dmitrovic will look after the net for Eibar. Dmitrovic has racked up 62 shutouts and defended 694 shots tried against him in 18,100 career minutes. He is the owner of a save % of .671 and his clean sheet rate is 30.8%. He has conceded 1.21 goals per 90 while earning a record of 67-49-84. So far in his pro soccer career, Dmitrovic has allowed 243 goals and has earned 467 stops in 201 starts.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Eibar (+600)

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