Five of the last nine La Liga meetings between these two sides have finished level, and it would certainly not be a shock to see the points shared on Saturday. Real Sociedad will again be missing some important players, but we are expecting the Basque outfit to navigate their way to an important three points.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Real Sociedad win with a probability of 53.61%. A draw had a probability of 25% and a win for Rayo Vallecano had a probability of 21.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Sociedad win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.39%) and 2-1 (9.48%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.81%), while for a Rayo Vallecano win it was 0-1 (7.37%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood.
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