La Liga Sunday Match Previews: Dec 12, 2010

Joe LazarDec 11, 2010

Zaragoza vs Real Madrid

Real Zaragoza have been off to a very poor start to the season, that isn’t to say that their opponents will underestimate them, however this will be a difficult match for the home side especially when their recent form has something to be desired.

In fact, things are so bad that they are bottom of the table with quite a nasty gap between them and the safety zone. Their problems seem to lie going forward, and to make matters worse it is unlikely that Zaragoza are going to be given too many opportunities to get an easy goal. It doesn’t look too likely that this match will be the light at the end of the tunnel for the home team.

Real Madrid are going to win this match, that may sound like a very definitive statement however it is one that can be quite confidently said. Real Madrid can not afford to make any more slip-ups after losing to Barcelona so this match will be treated as vital.

Barcelona vs Real Sociedad

Barcelona are the obvious favourites for this matchup and for just cause—after all, they are Barcelona, they are at the top of the league and they absolutely slaughtered Real Madrid only a few weeks ago.

Then, there is the fact that they are at home, something which would add to the upset if they didn’t manage to take all three points from this match. Barcelona have not conceded a single goal in their last five matches in all competitions, which says everything, not only are they unbelievably dangerous going forward but there are very few leaks at the back. This is going to be a very one sided match up.

Sociedad aren’t playing badly, they are in a rather preferable position in the table, although all of that good form recently counts for nothing against Barcelona. Away from home, Real have only managed two wins all season and they were against teams an awful lot worse than the Barcelona. We all know how this match is going to end.