The Spanish La Liga returns with a fresh set of fixtures as Real Sociedad and Getafe go head-to-head at the Sociedad's Reale Arena on Sunday evening. The home side sit down in 11th position in the league table, boasting six points from their opening five matches. Real Sociedad head into the weekend fresh off the back of picking up an impressive draw against Inter Milan in their Champions League opener and will look to build on that result. Real Sociedad kicked off their Champions League campaign on a positive note as they held last season’s runners-up Inter Milan to a 1-1 draw in their Group D opener on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Getafe are ninth, having picked up seven points from their first five games of 2023-24, one point and two places above their current opponents. Getafe continued their impressive run of results on home turf as they picked up a 3-2 victory over Osasuna at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez last Sunday. For this game, I am expecting a win for the home team for the following reasons:

Firstly. Real Sociedad have won just one of their opening five matches while losing once and claiming three draws so far. Imanol Alguacil’s men have now gone unbeaten in 14 straight home matches across all competitions, claiming seven wins and seven draws since February’s 1-0 loss against Rayo Vallecano. Their first and only defeat of the season came at Real Madrid last weekend. So, they can be excused for that. Last year, Real Sociedad had a great run in the final part of the season, losing just once in nine matches and finally finishing in the top four teams in La Liga. By finishing 4th, seven points away from the 5th-placed Villarreal, The White and Blues secured the Champions League for the first time in ten years.

Secondly. Getafe have now won their last two home matches, with a slender 2-1 defeat against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on September 2 being the exception. The capital side opened their season with a goalless draw at home to the champions Barcelona before losing 3-0 at Girona, but they were back to winning ways on August 28, overcoming Alaves on home soil. Getafe, who have finished 15th in each of the last three La Liga seasons, have only been victorious in one of their last six league games against Real Sociedad, with Real Sociedad running out 2-0 winners in the corresponding fixture last season.

Real Sociedad have been tough to beat this season, but there have been too many draws early on. Considering that their next fixtures do not exactly get easier, with Valencia, Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid to come in their three league games after this one, they would consider this game a must win. So, I am expecting a win from the home side in this encounter.

西甲联赛将在周日晚上回归，皇家社会和赫塔菲将在皇家社会的雷亚尔竞技场进行正面交锋。主队目前在积分榜上排名第11位，前5场比赛积6分。皇家社会在欧冠揭幕战中战平国际米兰后，将在周末迎来新的征程，他们将在这个基础上再接再厉。周三，皇家社会在D组首场比赛中以1-1战平了上赛季亚军国际米兰，拉开了他们欧冠征程的序幕。与此同时，赫塔菲排名第九，他们在2023-24赛季的前五场比赛中拿到了7分，比目前的对手高出1分和2个名次。上周日，赫塔菲在阿方索-帕萨雷斯体育场以3-2大胜奥萨苏纳，延续了他们在主场的骄人战绩。对于这场比赛，我希望主队能赢，原因如下:

首先。皇家社会在开始的五场比赛中只赢了一场，输了一场，目前已经取得了三场平局。伊曼纽尔·阿尔瓜西尔的球队已经在所有赛事的主场比赛中保持了14连胜，自2月份0比1输给巴列卡诺以来，他们取得了7胜7平的战绩。他们本赛季的第一场也是唯一一场失利是在上周末对皇马的比赛中。所以，他们可以原谅。去年，皇家社会在赛季的最后阶段表现出色，九场比赛只输了一场，最终进入西甲前四。与排名第五的比利亚雷亚尔相差7分，排名第四，白蓝军十年来首次获得欧冠冠军。

其次。赫塔菲在最近的两场主场比赛中都取得了胜利，9月2日在伯纳乌球场以1 - 2的比分输给了皇家马德里。首都球队在主场0比0战平冠军巴塞罗那后，在主场0比3输给赫罗纳，但他们在8月28日主场战胜阿拉维斯，重回胜利之路。赫塔菲在过去的三个西甲赛季中都取得了第15名的成绩，在过去的六场联赛中，他们只在对阵皇家社会的比赛中取得了一场胜利，上赛季皇家社会在同样的比赛中以2比0取胜。

本赛季皇家社会很难被击败，但是他们在比赛初期就打了太多的平局。考虑到他们接下来的比赛并不容易，在这场比赛之后的三场联赛中有瓦伦西亚，毕尔巴鄂竞技和马德里竞技，他们会认为这场比赛是一场必胜的比赛。所以，我希望在这场比赛中主队能赢。