Real Sociedad take on the visitors Sheriff Tiraspol in the round 4 match of UEFA Europa League group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, October 13th at Reale Arena (San Sebastian).
Real Sociedad take the Europa League seriously. Txuri-urdinak are considered a good, strong team. Still, they were not good enough to reach the Champions League earlier, and it is unlikely that it will work out even now to cling to at least 4th place. But under Imanol Alguasil they managed to take the domestic cup, the first trophy in decades. Moreover, in the Europa League, the representative of San Sebastian is really good, managing to beat Manchester United on the road: Brais Mendez's goal from the penalty spot was the only one. After that, they confidently beat both Omonia (2-1) and Sheriff (2-0), and now virtually all questions about guaranteeing the playoffs have been removed.
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Sheriff could not repeat the successes of the Wernydub era. The "Black-yellow", of course, remain the main force of football in Moldova. And a year ago there was a real breakthrough in the form of reaching the group stage of the Champions League. Moreover, there the Moldovans defeated Shakhtar and even Real Madrid, and took 3rd place. The current season results, already under the leadership of Thomas, are slightly modest. Sheriff was able to eliminate Zrinjski and Maribor in qualifying, but lost to Viktoria Plzen and qualified for the Europa League only by wining penalties after 0-0 in both meetings against Pyunik. In the group, in autumn, "wasps" show themselves as expected. They started with a crushing 3-0 win, but that was over the quartet's underdog, Omonia. And then there were two 0-2 defeats from the favorites, Manchester United and Real Sociedad. This despite the fact that both giants were hosted at home. It looks like it remains to focus on the 3rd place in the group, which will allow to move to the Conference League.
Moldovans have already played in Spain, even a year ago in Madrid in the Champions League. But Sheriff did not intersect with Real Sociedad. Sheriff does not look like a serious opponent for the Spaniards, especially in San Sebastian. We recommend betting on the victory of Real Sociedad with a handicap of "-1.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Real Sociedad to win with -1.5 handicap.
