La Liga
Valencia suffered a big drop and spent time at the bottom of La Liga during the first part of last season. However, improvement began from the New Year onwards and ultimately finished 12th. They achieved good results mainly at home, including a victory over Real Sociedad back then. Now they hope to play a more important role, despite parting ways with their starting goalkeeper Mamardashvili and central defender Christian Muscara.
After many disappointing months, in which they only won one of their last eight matches in La Liga (2 draws, 5 losses), Real Sociedad finished the 2024/25 season just one place above their upcoming opponent - 11th position, which was their worst campaign and first placement in the bottom half of the table in seven years. This led to the departure of their former coach Alguacil. His successor, Sergio Francisco, will have the difficult task in the new season of returning Sociedad to Europe.
Prediction: 1X double chanceValencia's bad period is now in the past. The team has shown progress in recent months and is moving up. We will see if this continues in the new season. Real Sociedad is currently in a more transitional situation and may still be finding themselves under the new coach at the moment, so I expect Valencia to at least not lose this match.
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