Real Sociedad vs Valencia Prediction, 5/17/2026 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/16/2026

Game: Real Sociedad vs Valencia

Date: Sunday, May 17, 2026

Location: Reale Arena in San Sebastián, Spain

TV: ESPN Deportes

The Ches (11-9-15) are on their way to Reale Arena in San Sebastián, Spain on Sunday where they will meet Real Sociedad (11-11-13). Real Sociedad are priced at -152 while the Ches are at +126. The betting total is set at 3. The goalies who are expected to start are Alex Remiro for Real Sociedad and Stole Dimitrievski for Valencia.

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La Real has allowed 55 goals while giving up 1.57 goals per 90 minutes, and the other team have a total of 143 shots on target on them. They are sitting with 3 clean sheets, which has them sitting at a % of 8.6% for the season. Real Sociedad has recorded 74 yellow cards for the year as well as 4 red cards. The Whites and Blues have a rank of 9th in the category of expected goals having 21.7, and the expected goals against are sitting at 22.2. For the year, this team has put together an average of 1.26 pts/match (44 points) and they also are 7th among European teams with 34 assists. The team's goal differential is currently at -1 by 54 goals compiled and also 55 goals conceded. Real Sociedad has a total of 93 SVs and also are the owners of a save percentage of 61.5% on the campaign.

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The Ches are averaging 1.2 points per match while accumulating 27 assists and 2 red cards. Valencia CF has a clean sheet % of 25.7% for the season and 67 yellow card warnings. Valencia has a rank of 10th in goals allowed with 50, and the squad's goal difference is coming in at -12. On the year, Valencia CF has a save % of 64.8% (142 SoTA), and they also have a ranking of 14th among European teams with 42 points. Their goals against per 90 minutes is 1.43 with 98 saves, and they have tallied 9 clean sheets. Valencia has totaled 38 goals and the squad's xG on the season is at 22.5.

The man protecting the net for Real Sociedad is Alex Remiro. Remiro has defended the goal for a total of 21,905 mins and has 578 stops in his career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.11 (271 goals given up) and he has earned a save % of 68.3%. The goalie born in Spain has seen 846 shots tried at him in 244 career starting assignments. Remiro (104-64-76 record in his career) has earned 85 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 34.9%% clean sheet rate.

Stole Dimitrievski will be looking after the net for Valencia. So far in his career, Dimitrievski has allowed 195 goals while tallying 397 saves in 147 starts. Dimitrievski has tallied 39 clean sheets while seeing 586 shots tried against him in 13,296 mins throughout his career. He is the owner of a save % of 67.7% and his shutout rate is currently 26.4%%. He has given up 1.32 goals per 90 while he holds a mark of 46-40-61.

Mikel Oyarzabal is a man who can be a force on the pitch for Real Sociedad. Oyarzabal has had a starting assignment in 361 contests so far in his career and scores 0.37 goals per 90 mins. The forward from Spain has totaled 130 goals in 31,400 mins. He has accounted for 57 assists while tallying 317 points so far in his career.

Valencia is being led by Hugo Duro, who is known to give defenses fits. The forward hailing from Spain has played 12,213 professional minutes and he has scored 46 goals. He has an average of 0.34 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 133 games during his soccer career. He has totaled 100 points during his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 8 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Real Sociedad (+126)

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Pick:	Germany -3.5 (-120)
Start:	June 14, 2026 @ 1:00 PM
Expert:	Doc's Sports

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Free World Cup Soccer Play from Doc’s Sports. Take Germany -3.5 (-120) over Curacao (1 p.m. EST, Sunday June 14) The expanded World Cup has 16 more sides at 48 compared to the 32 that competed in the past. Therefore, there will be a major talent disparity in some matchups. This is one of those matchups. A major change is that goal differential is not the main tiebreaker for the knockout stage. If two teams are tied on points, the first tiebreaker will be head-to- head matchups. This eliminates the need for clubs to run up the score, so we think there will be a lack of blowouts in this tournament. However, we do think this one will be ugly, as even the German subs will be taking target practice late against Curacao. The tiny island nation is playing in its first World Cup and is just happy to be here. This is the smallest nation ever to qualify for the big tournament. They will likely be embarrassed here, however. They will have a better chance for a little national pride in matches against Ivory Coast and Ecuador in Group E matches, but that probably means just scoring a goal, which is unlikely here against the German giants. Curacao looked horrible in their World Cup warmups, as they lost to China, Australia and Scotland with a goal differential of -9 (as of this writing, with one more warm up match). Germany is head and shoulders above those sides, and they should win this one by four or five goals without much effort. Read More Read Less

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