Real Sociedad vs Osasuna Prediction, 1/3/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 12/30/2020

Game: Real Sociedad vs Osasuna

Date: Sunday, January 3, 2021

Location: Anoeta Stadium in San Sebastián, Spain

TV: beIN Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Real Sociedad (+170) Osasuna (+112)

Anoeta Stadium is the venue where Alexander Isak and Real Sociedad (7-5-4, 3rd in La Liga) will take on Osasuna (3-3-8, 19th in La Liga) on Sunday. The starting goalkeepers will be Alejandro Remiro for Real Sociedad and Sergio Herrera for Osasuna. Real Sociedad are priced +170 while the Reds are at +112. The total has been set at 2.25.

Real Sociedad stepped onto the pitch against Atlético Madrid in their most recent game and took a loss by a final of 2-0. Real Sociedad attempted 15 dribbles in this match and successfully completed 11 of the tries for a rate of 73.3%. In the passing game, they finished this match with a 84.0% received passes percentage by completing 435 out of their 518 pass attempts last game. Concerning shot accuracy, Real Sociedad wrapped this game up at a 16.7% rate by hitting 1 shot on target out of 6 total shots. Real Sociedad averages 1.56 goals per 90 min (25 goals in total) and are sitting with 13 assists in all competitions this season.

Alexander Isak is a player who should be able to impact this match for Real Sociedad. He has accounted for 9 assists while tallying 10 yellow cards so far in his career. Isak has been in the starting lineup in 58 outings in his pro soccer career while scoring 0.59 goals per 90. The forward born in Sweden has recorded 35 goals in 5,333 mins. One more player who should impact this match is Portu, the forward hailing from Spain. Portu has 18,807 mins during 213 starting assignments and has been handed 34 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 27 times during his pro soccer career and he has scored 51 total goals. He scores 0.24 goals per 90 mins thus far in his career.

The man who will defend the goal for Real Sociedad is Alejandro Remiro. Remiro has seen the pitch for a total of 10,643 minutes and has earned 332 stops thus far in his career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.08 (128 total goals given up) and his save percentage is .745. The goalkeeper hailing from Spain has faced 451 shots tried against him in 119 career starting assignments. Remiro (49-26-43 record during his career) has earned 35 shutouts, which has earned him a 29.4% clean sheet rate.

In their last game, Osasuna finished locked up with a final of 2-2 against Elche. They finished the contest by connecting on 265 of the 333 passes they attempted for a rate of 79.6%. Osasuna finished the match with a 43.8% successful dribble rate by connecting on 7 of the 16 dribbles they tried. Osasuna converted 6 shots attempted out of 15 shots attempted which had them at a 40.0% clip in their last match. Having earned a total of 13 goals and 10 assists for all their matches, Osasuna sports an average of 0.93 goals and 0.71 assists per 90.

Ruben Garcia should be someone to watch for Osasuna. He scores 0.18 G/90 and has been in the starting lineup in 189 matches in his pro soccer career. The forward hailing from Spain has totaled 16,838 minutes and he has scored 34 goals. He has totaled 32 yellow card cautions in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 28 times. Be sure to watch out for Ante Budimir, the forward representing Bosnia. Budimir has earned himself 59 yellow cards in 19,196 minutes played (213 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average so far in his career is 0.39. He has earned 83 goals in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 19 times.

Sergio Herrera will be residing in front of the goal for Osasuna. Herrera has racked up 45 clean sheets while he has seen 389 shots against him in 10,344 career mins. He sports a save percentage of .725 and his shutout rate is currently 39.1%. He has allowed 1.04 goals per 90 while earning a mark of 44-35-36. So far in his career, Herrera has allowed 120 goals and has 276 stops in 115 starts.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Osasuna (+112)

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