Real Sociedad vs Man Utd Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Imanol Aguacil is perhaps still under a bit of pressure in charge of Real Sociedad as his regressing La Real side now welcome Manchester United to the Basque Country this week.
Kick-off date/time: Thursday 6th March, 2025: UK – 5:45pm / US ET – 12:45pm / US PT – 9:45am
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Key Stats
- Across their six previous UEFA competition encounters, Man. United have emerged victorious three times, while Real Sociedad have claimed one win. The remaining three matches were draws.
- The only previous UEFA knockout tie between Man. United and Real Sociedad was in the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League round of 32 when Man. United won 4-0 on agg.
- Real Sociedad have won only one of their previous eight UEFA competition matches against English teams (D2 L5).
- Real Sociedad lost their previous UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie in 2022/23 against Roma (0-2 agg; 0-2 a, 0-0 h).
- Real Sociedad have won six of their last eight UEFA Europa League matches, including the last three (L2).
- Real Sociedad have won their last four UEFA Europa League home matches.
- Real Sociedad opened the scoring in their previous five UEFA Europa League home matches this season.
- Man. United have kept five clean sheets in their previous six UEFA competition matches against Real Sociedad.
- Man. United are unbeaten in their eight UEFA Europa League matches this season (W5 D3), winning the last five.
- Man. United are unbeaten in their last five UEFA competition away matches (W2 D3).
- Man. United have won five of their previous seven UEFA Europa League two-legged ties against Spanish teams. Though they did lose the most recent against Sevilla in the 2022/23 quarter-finals (2-5 agg; 2-2 h, 0-3 a).
- Man. United have not lost the first leg in any of their last ten UEFA competition two-legged ties (W5 D5).
- Man. United have won their last four UEFA Europa League round of 16 ties.
- Man. United are unbeaten in their last nine matches in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 (W6 D3).
- Man. United have opened the scoring in seven of their eight UEFA Europa League matches this season.
Real Sociedad vs Man Utd Prediction
Real Sociedad have the incentive to reach a UEFA Europa League final that is being played at their arch-rivals Athletic Club’s San Mames as they begin the knockouts with a clash against Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United at the Reale Arena this week.
Real Sociedad are in the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League and the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey but performances have been underwhelming throughout the campaign as they sit firmly in the middle-of-the-table in La Liga after a 4-0 loss to Barcelona at the weekend, as well as being 1-0 down in the semi-finals of the aforementioned Copa against Real Madrid.
Manchester United continued their fairly humiliating season at the weekend as the Red Devils were knocked out of the FA Cup at the fifth round stage by Fulham on penalties at Old Trafford. Their best performances and results under Amorim have come in the UEFA Europa League and yet those performances have remained underwhelming and unconvincing.
Real Sociedad lack goals as their intense press often denies space for either side and Manchester United lack any sort of cohesion so a close first-leg appears most likely here.
Real Sociedad vs Man Utd Tip: Under 2.5 goals
