Real Sociedad vs Midtjylland Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Real Sociedad come into this game as firm favourites due to quality of their squad, as well as the fact that they have been strong at home in the Europa League, having won all of their last three matches at Reale Arena having beaten the likes of Ajax, Dynamo Kyiv and PAOK.

The Spaniards managed to win the away leg despite resting the likes of Mikel Oyarzabal, Martin Zubimendi, Sergio Gomez, Nayef Aguerd, Luka Sucic and more.

Midtjylland have won just one of their last six games in Europe, with their sole victory coming away at Ludogorets on matchday seven.

Prediction: Real Sociedad 2-0 Midtjylland

Real Sociedad enter the second leg of their Europa League Round of 32 tie as firm favourites against Danish Superliga outfit FC Midtjylland.

Date: 20/02/2025

Location: Reale Arena

Time: 8pm

La Real emerged victorious via a 2-1 scoreline in the first leg of this tie as Brais Mendez and Takefusa Kubo put them 2-0 up after just 31 minutes before Adam Buksa halved the deficit just before half time.

Imanol Aguacil’s side are somewhat underachieving in La Liga, as they sit 11th in the table with 31 points from 24 matches, 14 points adrift of fourth-place Athletic Club, meaning that qualification for next season’s Champions League solely relies on a Europa League triumph, however, in terms of European qualification as a whole, they are just four points behind sixth-place Rayo Vallecano.

Sociedad have been good in cup competitions this season, as they have managed to earn themselves a place in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey where they’ll face Real Madrid. The hosts managed to progress past the likes of Jove Espanol (5-0), Conquense (1-0), Ponferradina (2-0), Rayo Vallecano (3-1) and Osasuna (2-0).

In the Europa League, Sociedad finished 13th in the Group Stage with 13 points from eight matches, having beaten Maccabi Tel Aviv (2-1), Ajax (2-0), Dynamo Kyiv (3-0) and PAOK (2-0) while drawing with Nice (1-1) and losing to Anderlecht (2-1) and Lazio (3-1).

On the other hand, Midtjylland are in the midst of a title-fight as they are just two points behind league leaders FC Kobenhavn. The visitors have accumulated 36 points from 18 matches, having won 11, drawn three and lost just four times.

Midtjylland were beaten in the Round of 16 in the Danish Cup by Brondby (1-0), however, their Europa League run has been a success story, as they finished 20th in the Group Stage with 11 points from eight games, having beaten Maccabu Tel Aviv (2-0), Union Saint-Gilloise (1-0), Ludogorets (2-0), while drawing with Hoffenheim (1-1) and Fenerbahce (2-2) and losing to FCSB (2-0), Eintracht Frankfurt (2-1) and FC Porto (2-0).

Real Sociedad versus Midtjylland will be available to watch on TNT Sports 6.

Real Sociedad

The hosts only have two injury absences, with both Jon Pacheco and Hamari Traore set to miss the second leg of this Round of 32 tie.

Midtjylland

Thomas Thomasberg will be without midfield duo Kristoffer Askildsen and Oliver Sorensen for his side’s trip to Sociedad.

Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat at Real Betis last time out as Zubeldia and Sheraldo Becker were both sent off, while Antony and Marc Roca (2) both got on the scoresheet.

Prior to that game, Aguacil’s men had earned victories over Midtjylland (2-1), Espanyol (2-1) and Osasuna (2-0) after a narrow 2-1 league loss at Osasuna.

Midtjylland

Midtjylland scraped a 1-0 league win over Lyngby in their last match as Buksa scored the only goal of the game.

In the run-up to the aforementioned game, the Danish side had suffered defeats to Real Sociedad (2-1) and FC Porto (2-0) on either side of a 2-2 draw with Fenerbahce and a 2-0 win at Ludogorets.

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