FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · La Liga · Sat 29 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC

Real Sociedad 21 Espanyol

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What the chances were worth

Real Sociedad
1.82
expected goals (xG)
Espanyol
0.77
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–1; by chance quality the match ran 1.82–0.77.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Real Sociedad
47%
Draw
27%
Espanyol
26%

The model made Real Sociedad to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 47% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Real Sociedad created the better chances — the xG read 1.8–0.8 and the shot count agreed (17–11, 10–3 on target). Real Sociedad got into the box far more often (13 shots inside it to 6). On the balance of chances, the 2–1 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Real Sociedad
Espanyol
51%
Ball Possession
49%
17
Total Shots
11
10
Shots on Goal
3
3
Shots off Goal
6
4
Blocked Shots
2
13
Shots inside box
6
4
Shots outside box
5
7
Corner Kicks
3
424
Total passes
404
347
Passes accurate
316
19
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Goalkeeper Saves
7
14
Free Kicks
18

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Real Sociedad
52%
market implied · price 1.83 · opened 50%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.71 · opened 26%
Espanyol
22%
market implied · price 4.39 · opened 23%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Real Sociedad or draw1.2177.9%+1.3 pts
Double chance Espanyol or draw1.9847.7%-1.4 pts
Double chance either team1.2774.4%+0.1 pts
Draw no bet — Real Sociedad1.3270.1%+2.3 pts
Draw no bet — Espanyol3.1129.9%-2.3 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2575.0%+0.2 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.8451.9%-0.2 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.0231.2%-0.5 pts
Both teams to score1.7154.5%-0.3 pts
Real Sociedad over 1.5 team goals1.8151.7%+1.3 pts
Espanyol over 1.5 team goals3.2329.0%-1.5 pts
Real Sociedad clean sheet2.6235.5%+1.2 pts
Espanyol clean sheet5.0019.0%-0.8 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.72 · 1-0 7.34 · 2-1 7.89 · 2-0 8.69 · 0-0 11.67

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-29 19:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
23 May 26Espanyol1-1Real Sociedad
24 Aug 25Real Sociedad2-2Espanyol