INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Real Sociedad have won points in four of their last eight games against Real Madrid in LaLiga (W1 D3 L4), having lost in nine of their previous 11 against them in the competition (W2).
2
After three consecutive away defeats to Real Sociedad in LaLiga between 2002 and 2004, Real Madrid have lost only three of their last 17 away games against them in the top-flight (W11 D3).
3
Real Madrid have won each of their last three visits to Basque sides in LaLiga without conceding a goal; only once have they had four away victories against these sides without conceding in the 21st century, between April 2011 and 2013 (W4).
4
Real Sociedad have lost their last three home games in LaLiga, conceding just two goals in each of them, and have not lost four in a row at home in the competition since 2007 with Miguel Ángel Lotina as coach (L4).
5
Real Madrid have taken eight points from their first four games in LaLiga in 2024/25 (W2 D2), their lowest tally at this stage of the campaign since 2019/20 (also eight, W2 D2).