Real Madrid's Unbeaten Run Faces Sociedad Test at Anoeta

Wednesday evening. Anoeta. Real Sociedad versus Real Madrid. The thing is, this fixture looks straightforward on paper, and I think it probably is straightforward. Madrid are flying. Sociedad are decent at home but they concede goals. You do not need me to draw you a diagram.

Madrid's Form Is Not Up for Debate

Five La Liga matches. Five wins. Thirteen goals scored. Two conceded. That is not a purple patch. That is a team that knows exactly what it is doing and is doing it with conviction. Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-0, Racing Santander 3-0, Barcelona 2-1, Sevilla 4-1, and Villarreal 1-0 in the five completed La Liga matches before this fixture. Clean sheets in three of those five. Listen, that is a defence that is competing. Properly competing.

They have injury concerns, it is true. Madrid are without several players, including a long-term absentee not expected back until January 2027 and a major injury not returning until the new year. But a squad that beats Barcelona and Sevilla with that kind of authority does not suddenly fall apart because of rotation. Standards are standards.

Sociedad Are Not Here to Make Up the Numbers

Four wins from five in La Liga. Twelve goals scored. Real Sociedad beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0, Levante 2-1, Málaga 5-2, and Deportivo La Coruña 3-2 in that run. The only blemish is a 2-1 defeat to Athletic Club at home on 1 November. That matters. It shows they can be got at.

Their clean sheet rate is 20 percent across those five matches. They conceded in four of the five. The thing is, against an attack of Madrid's quality, that is a real problem. Sociedad can score. They showed that against Málaga. But can they keep Madrid out? The numbers say probably not.

They also have injury issues of their own heading into this. Players out across a range of severities. A long-term absentee not expected back until after this match was played. Squad depth will be tested.

What the Head-to-Head Tells You

Two meetings between these sides in this dataset. Real Madrid won both. Madrid scored six goals in those two matches. Sociedad scored two. Both-teams-scored in both games. Both went over 2.5 goals. The average across the two meetings is four goals per game.

Listen, two meetings is a small sample. But the direction of travel is clear enough. Madrid have this fixture figured out. Sociedad have not found an answer yet.

The Verdict

Real Madrid are the better side right now. That is not an opinion. That is what five wins from five in La Liga tells you. Sociedad are a team with desire and they will make it uncomfortable for periods. But their defensive basics have not been good enough in this run, and they are facing the best attack in the sample.

The head-to-head screams goals. Both teams have scored in every recent meeting between them. Sociedad score. Madrid score more. That has been the pattern and I see no reason for it to change on Wednesday evening.

Madrid to win. Goals at both ends. End of.