Almería and Real Sociedad are going to face off on Sunday the 8th of January at 2:00 pm in the 16th week of the La Liga. The match will be staged in Almería at the Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo. The encounter will be officiated by Javier Alberola Rojas.
Almería is in the 13th position in the league with 17 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Cádiz in its last match in the La Liga. Up to now, it has won 5 times, drawn twice, and lost 8 times.
Real Sociedad sits in the 3rd position in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Osasuna in its last match in the La Liga. As of now, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Almería
Almería has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (5 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (2 times).
Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia is expected to play against Real Sociedad with the following players: F. Martínez Rubio, S. Akieme Rodríguez, S. Babić, R. Ely, A. Pozo Pozo, C. de la Hoz López, G. Melero Manzanares, L. Robertone, L. Ramazani, L. Carrilho Baptistão and E. Toure.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Almería would be 27.36.
Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia will probably not be able to employ I. Martos Campillo and M. Milovanović because of injury.
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-1-3-2 and 4-3-1-2 (6 times or 40.00% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-3-2 (6 times), 4-3-1-2 (6 times), 4-4-2 (2 times) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea is expected to play against Almería with the following players: A. Remiro Gargallo, D. Rico Salguero, R. Le Normand, A. Elustondo Irribaria, I. Zubeldía Elorza, M. Merino Zazón, M. Zubimendi Ibáñez, D. Jiménez Silva, T. Kubo and A. Sørloth.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Real Sociedad would be 27.80.
There are doubts about the presence of M. Cho.
Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea will probably not be able to employ C. Fernández Luna because of injury.
M. Merquelanz Castellanos and U. Sadiq Mesbah will definitely miss the match.
Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea will not be able to have the presence of B. Méndez Portela who is suspended.
