Barcelona will host Real Sociedad in a second match of the quarterfinals of Spanish Copa del Rey. The first match between the competitors ended in a minimal victory of Blaugranas with the score of 1:0. Luis Enrique’s team has advantage, which will definitely be used in its favor.
Barcelona have got the pace again and winning. Barca only won within the last four matches and the defeated teams were Atletic, Las Palmas, Real Sociedad and Eibar. Even a draw will suffice for Luis Enrique’s team in the upcoming game, but one can be sure, that the Catalonians will play for the win. As for Primera, Barcelona have 41 points after 19 played rounds, which allow the team to be on the third spot in the tournament table.
Real Sociedad need only a victory in the upcoming game, as the first match between the teams finished with the defeat of the Basques with score of 0:1. This situation will make Real Sociedad to play in attack, i.e. risk, and one can be sure, that we will see interesting and attacking football. Within 2016-17 Primera season, Real Sociedad have had nine away matches, in which they got five victories with four defeats, 15 goals scored and 13 conceded.
Despite the victory in the Basque country, Barcelona will be active in the forthcoming game, and Real, in its turn, will need to attack, so accordingly we can epect a great number of created goal chances, which means total over.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals in the match
