In my opinion Sociedad is clear favorite of today's match up. They should be able to make 3 points.

It's a big game for both teams and I expect very open match - both teams looking for 3 points. Sociedad fighting for the place in European Cups, Elche wants to avoid relegation.

Sociedad today will play without key central midfielder Merino, but squad still looks very strong with teams stars like Oyarzabal (10 goals and 7 assists in 29 matches) or Isak (14 goals and 2 assists in 30 matches). Elche line up should look exactly the same like in previous round.

Sociedad have good mental advantage as they won first match of the season between both teams 3:0. That was comfortable and fully deserved win for today's hosts: expected goals scored for Sociedad 3.33, for Elche 1.04.

Sociedad won 2 of last 3 matches. In previous round they lost on away against Huesca, but that was close game. At home Sociedad is very solid, in last home game they won 2:1 against dangerous Celta. That was good performance: expected goals scored for Sociedad 2.33, for Celta 0.61.

Elche is the worst away team in whole league, they lost 11 of 17 away matches in current season, scored only 13 goals. They failed to score in 6 away matches. On the other hand Sociedad scored at least one goal in 15 of 17 home games, they failed to score only against top teams (Real and Atletico).

Sociedad have fantastic record at home against Elche in La Liga. They won 14 of 16 home matches against them and I believe they are able to continue that great streak today.

在我看来，皇家社会应该能够取得3分。

对于两支球队来说，这都是一场重要比赛，两支球队都希望得到3分。 皇家社会争取欧战资格，埃尔切希望避免降级。

皇家社会今天将没有主要的中场梅里诺出战，但在像奥亚尔萨瓦尔（在29场比赛中有10个进球和7个助攻）或伊萨克（在30场比赛中有14个进球和2助攻）的球星在球队中，球队仍然显得很强大。埃尔切阵容看起来应该和上一轮比赛完全一样。

皇家社会拥有良好的心理优势，因为他们在两队3：0之间赢得了本赛季的首场比赛。对于皇家社会来说，这是舒适而当之无愧的胜利：皇家社会的预期进球数为3.33，埃尔切的预期进球数为1.04。

皇家社会赢得了最近3场比赛中的2场。在上一轮中，他们输给了韦斯卡，但那是一场接近的比赛。在主场，皇家社会非常稳定，在上一场主场比赛中，他们以2：1击败危险的塞尔塔。那是一个很好的表现：皇家社会的预期进球得分为2.33，塞尔塔的进球得分为0.61。

埃尔切是全联盟最差的客队，他们在本赛季17场比赛中输了11场，仅进13球。他们没有在6场比赛中得分。另一方面，在17场主场比赛的15场比赛中，皇家社会至少进了一个进球，但他们只与顶级球队（皇马和马竞）交手时没有进球。

皇家社会在西甲对阵的埃尔切的比赛中表现出色，与他们的16场主场比赛中赢得了14场，我相信他们今天能够继续保持如此出色的成绩。