Valencia, La Liga's bottom team, will host Real Sociedad at Mestalla on Sunday night in an attempt to earn just their third league victory of the 2024–25 season.
Real Sociedad is up in seventh place in La Liga, two points behind sixth-place Mallorca in the race for Europe, while Valencia has only managed to accumulate 13 points from their 19 league games throughout a challenging season.
Valencia has won La Liga six times, including as recently as 2004, making Real Madrid (36), Barcelona (27), Atletico Madrid (11) and Athletic Bilbao (eight) the only teams with more La Liga victories than Valencia.
Sociedad has 28 points and is two spots outside the top five, while Valencia has 13 points and is four spots outside the safety spots. With a 2-0 victory over Ourense on the road in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday, Valencia has now won two of their last six games and drawn three.
With 0 victories in seven games, three draws, and four losses, the hosts are having a difficult league season. With only one victory in their last six home league games, even their home form is mediocre.
In the Copa del Rey competition, Sociedad defeated Vallecano 3-1 at home on Thursday, their third consecutive victory. With five victories and one draw from their last eight league games, the visitors are starting to show signs of improvement.
In the last five league outings, Sociedad has also had an exceptional away record (W3, L2). In any case, the visitors have kept six clean sheets in their last nine away league games, so it might be a low-scoring contest.
This season, the team is in a tough spot, facing the possibility of relegation from La Liga for the first time since 1986. With a rough start to the campaign, they’re currently sitting at the bottom of the table with only 13 points from 19 matches.
Valencia has only managed two wins in the league so far, with seven draws and ten losses in their other games. But it’s not time to panic just yet. There’s still hope, as they’re only four points away from 17th-placed Alaves, and there’s plenty of football left to play.
With Carlos Corberan now at the helm, the team is showing some promising signs. Under his leadership, they’ve won two, drawn one, and lost one in his first four matches, with both wins coming in the Copa del Rey. Their latest achievement was securing a 2-0 victory over Ourense CF to reach the quarter-finals of the Spanish Cup. Additionally, they earned a hard-fought point in their 1-1 draw with Sevilla last weekend in the league. However, it’s been a while since Valencia last tasted victory in La Liga, with their last win coming on November 23.
Valencia's most recent match ended in a 1-1 draw. This occurred during the match against Sevilla at Estadio R. Sanchez Pizjuan. Luis Rioja scored the goal for Los Che, who had 46% of the ball and one shot on goal.
Their last game was won at home against Real Sociedad. At Reale Arena, they defeated Villarreal 1-0. Takefusa Kubo scored early in the second half as Imanol Alguacil's squad had three shots on goal and 56% of the ball.
Valencia has lost against Sociedad three times in a row. Sociedad, the hosts, won 3-0 at Reale Arena in their most recent meeting. In the last ten head-to-head games, Sociedad has won four, Valencia has won two, and there have been four ties.
