Sevilla v Real Sociedad Prediction, Tips and Bet Builder

Sevilla are in relegation danger in La Liga and, after watching fellow strugglers Alaves, Girona and Levante all lose over the weekend, they now need a result at home to mid-table Real Sociedad on Monday.

Sevilla sit in the final relegation place in Spain, two points adrift of Alaves above, and victory could be huge in their bid to survive.

However, Sociedad, in ninth, still have top-six La Liga aspirations and are likely to prove difficult opponents after recently lifting the Copa del Rey.

Sevilla v Real Sociedad Tips Summary

Best Bet - Draw @ 5/2
Alternative Bet - Over 2.5 goals @ 10/11
Bet Builder - Both teams to score, Jose Carmona to be booked & Mikel Oyarzabal 1+ shots on target @ 4/1

Sevilla v Real Sociedad Prediction

Best Bet: Draw @ 5/2

Sevilla's plight has been well-documented and Garcia's side remain in severe danger of going down with just four games to play after Monday's home game with Sociedad.

They approach this clash in a pretty dismal state. Four defeats in their last five matches - a run that includes losses to Oviedo and Levante who are beneath them in the table - underline just how poor they have been in recent weeks.

Last weekend's 2-1 defeat at mid-table Osasuna only deepened their worries, and now they are taking on a team with a similar profile in La Liga.

Sociedad are a point and a place better off than Osasuna, so the signs are there for yet another demoralising Sevilla defeat.

However, with what's now at stake, the home side must surely rouse themselves and can grab a vital point in their ongoing bid to survive.

Alternative Bet: Over 2.5 goals @ 10/11

While this game could be a nervy affair, the promise of goals may be helped by mistakes at the back at both ends.

Over 2.5 goals would have paid out in two of Sevilla's last three games, while Sociedad have been involved in several high-scoring games of late to suggest there is a strong chance of at least three being scored on Monday night.

The visitors have recently drawn 3-3 with both Alaves and Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, while their Copa del Rey final with Atletico Madrid ended 2-2 before they triumphed on penalties.

Furthermore, the reverse fixture between the teams in October went the way of Sociedad by a 2-1 scoreline.

Sevilla v Real Sociedad Bet Builder

• Both teams to score

• Jose Carmona to be booked

• Mikel Oyarzabal 1+ shots on target

• Pays @ 4/1

The first leg of the Bet Builder is for both teams to score - an expected outcome considering the previous game between them finished 2-1 to Sociedad.

Both teams have netted in two of Sevilla's last three games, while the same has occurred in three of Sociedad's last four matches.

Jose Carmona is a card magnet for the hosts. The defender has picked up 10 yellow cards this season - only Lucien Agoume in the Sevilla squad has been booked more than him.

He could be busy trying to deal with a Sociedad attack that has scored an impressive 52 goals in their 33 league games so far this term.

Mikel Oyarzabal has had a good season for Sociedad, scoring 14 goals in La Liga, and the forward has had at least one shot on target in seven of his last eight appearances, so he will expect to continue in that vein on Monday evening.

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Key Match Stats

• Sevilla have lost five of their last six league games

• Three of Sociedad's last four games have been draws

• Mikel Oyarzabal is Sociedad's top-scorer with 17 goals in all competitions this season

• Oyarzabal has managed 52 shots on target this season for club and country

• Both teams have scored in two of Sevilla's last three games

• There have been goals at both ends in three of Sociedad's last four matches

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