In a great season, the squad led by coach Imanol Alguacil earned the fourth spot that grants access to the Champions League. With an interesting squad, a few Real Sociedad players stood out from the rest in La Liga. To understand their impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4, the type of defense used for almost the whole season. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
Real Sociedad’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (La Liga).
Key Players:
- M. Merino (M) – 7.15
- Á. Remiro (GK) – 7.09
- T. Kubo (CF&W) – 7.22 & 6.98
With high average ratings in this squad, Real Sociedad’s M. Merino, Á. Remiro and T. Kubo were the main reasons for the positive results archived in this season.
Additional information regarding the team (La Liga).
With more positive results at home than away (11 Home Wins & 10 Away Wins), it is possible to say that Real Sociedad was a stronger team at home. The positive goal difference highlights the good defense setup showned by this team (0,92 goals per game) with a solid offensive setup (1,34 goals per game).
Real Sociedad’s eleven and subs with the most minutes played in the Europa League (Minimum 300 minutes played in this competition).
With another presence in the knockout stage of the Europa League, Real Sociedad managed to play good football in Europe. Real Sociedad’s Winger (W) and Midfielder (M) – B. Méndez – had incredible performances during this competition allowing him to be the player with the highest average rating in this squad. In addition to that, players like D. Silva, J. Pacheco, A. Sørloth and M. Merino were really important pieces for the positive results achieved in this European Competition.
Positions most in need of strengthening:
- FBs
Looking at the most used players, we can see that Real Sociedad should reinforce the squad with quality Full-Backs (FBs) since, this season, this was the biggest deficiency of this squad.
Meaning of the used abbreviations:
- G – Games
- W – Wins
- D – Draws
- L – Loses
- P – Points
- GS – Goals Scored
- GA – Goals Against
- GD – Goal Diference
- HW – Home Wins
- AW – Away Wins
Data from FBref.