Real Sociedad should be favorite here.

Villarrreal is performing really bad with this coach. Time is getting on, and the team has not improved anything with Quique Setien. They make useless possessions, struggle a lot to create chances, and are conceding in defense. They lost in the Conference League (where they were one of the main title contenders) against weak side Anderlecht, while in La Liga they won against only weak/relegation teams (Almeria, Getafe, Girona) or unmotivated sides like Osasuna. But they struggled a lot to achieve those victories and as said, their performances were so poor.

Furthermore for this match they will miss again due to an injury their best player and 60% of the team - Gerard Moreno. He has scored 6 goals and given 2 assists, but he is also one of those players able to create goals or dangerous actions from nowhere, make faster actions or raise the pace of the attack, as well as create spaces or generate chances. Is like the Messi of Villarreal. Without him, the team is very predictable.

On the other hand, Real Sociedad was in bad form before the international break. This was the classical period of the team where they struggle to make their football, mainly due to a physical aspect, and they got bad results. So surely this week of rest helped them a lot to recover energies and show again the high level they have been showing during the season.

They have potential to make amazing games, be a very competitive and solid team, and really difficult to beat. They use to read very well how rivals use to play, and it’s a very difficult team to beat and also to avoid being outplayed. And surely Villarreal, who has only one plan and it’s very easy to play against, won’t be able to do it.

The previous game ended 1:0 for Real Sociedad, and I believe they should be favorites here. Guests have much more potential and ability to adapt their football/tactics to the rivals, while hosts are struggling a lot to win games lately. Draw is very possible here as well.

皇家社会在这里应该是更热门的一方。

比利亚雷亚尔在这位教练的带领下表现非常糟糕。时间在流逝，球队在基克·塞蒂恩身上没有任何进步。他们努力创造机会，并在防守中失球。他们在联赛中输给了弱队安德莱赫特（在那里他们是主要的冠军争夺者之一），而在西甲联赛中他们只赢了弱队/保级球队（阿尔梅里亚、赫塔菲、赫罗纳）或像奥萨苏纳这样没有动力的球队。但是他们为取得这些胜利付出了很多努力，正如所说，他们的表现非常糟糕。

此外，由于伤病，他们将再次错过这场比赛，他们最好的球员和全队 60% 的球员——杰拉德·莫雷诺 (Gerard Moreno)。他已经打进 6 球并送出 2 次助攻，但他也是能够从无处创造进球或危险动作、做出更快的动作或加快进攻速度，以及创造空间或创造机会的球员之一。就像比利亚雷亚尔的梅西。没有他，球队很有预见性。

另一方面，皇家社会在国际比赛日之前状态不佳。这是球队的经典时期，他们努力踢球，主要是由于身体方面的原因，他们取得了糟糕的成绩。所以这周的休息肯定帮助他们恢复了能量并再次展示了他们在本赛季所展示的高水平。

他们成为一支非常有竞争力和稳固的团队，而且真的很难被击败。他们过去常常很好地了解对手的比赛方式，这是一支很难击败的球队，也很难避免被打败。而且只有一个计划并且很容易对抗的比利亚雷亚尔肯定无法做到。

上一场比赛皇家社会1:0收官，相信本场他们应该是拿分的大热门。客队有更多的潜力和能力来调整他们的足球/战术以适应对手，而主动最近为赢得比赛而苦苦挣扎。平局很也可能发生。