Ponferradina vs Real Sociedad betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Spanish Cup match on January 05th, 2025

Ponferradina and Real Sociedad are scheduled to play against each other on January 05th, 2025, Sunday, in a Spanish Cup match to be held in Spain, check the Ponferradina vs Real Sociedad betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.

We've reached the competition stage where you start to see which teams are coming to compete for the trophy and the surprise teams that weren't expected to get so far in the Cup. Anyway, the dream of reaching the final of this competition is beginning to take shape.

Unlike other competitions, the Spanish Cup has a one-leg format per round, with the exception of the semi-final which is played two-legged. Thus, each game will be seen as a final and there is no room to let the guard down.

The game takes place in the small Estadio El Toralín stadium, in the city of Ponferrada, with a capacity for 8800 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Ponferradina vs Real Sociedad betting tip 2024/2025

A team from the La Liga takes the field in this match, which gives an advantage from their preview for the encounter. However, it doesn't always mean success, as the home factor will also impact, and both teams will be looking for a win in this clash.

In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. And, if wins are always needed to get to this stage (including overtime and/or penalties), we have to look at other criteria that makes them get here. Ponferradina performance to this stage is 1 goal scored and still 1 against.

On the other hand, Real Sociedad come this far with 6 goals scored and 0 conceded.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it should be noted that Ponferradina have not yet won the Spanish Cup while Real Sociedad has won the competition 2 times.

Ponferradina

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Spanish football, the team of Ponferradina faced and beat the team of Castellón, after penalties, with a 1-1 draw after the 90 minutes played, in a game counting for the 2nd Round putting them in the game against Real Sociedad.

Real Sociedad

At the moment, in the La Liga, the Real Sociedad team has 7 wins, 7 defeats and 4 draws, making a total of 25 points after 18 rounds, ranking them in 7th place. In addition to these data, it can be seen that the Real Sociedad team goes with a total of 16 goals scored and 13 goals conceded.

The visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga, Real Sociedad, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the Celta de Vigo team with a final score of 2-0.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Spanish football, the team of Real Sociedad faced and beat the team of Conquense, drawing 0-0 after 90 minutes played and with a 0-1 win in extra time, in a game counting for the 2nd Round putting them in the game against Ponferradina.

The aspect that matters the most is scoring goals, and it's time to scrutinize it now. Real Sociedad, in their two principal domestic tournaments (La Liga and Spanish Cup), has managed to score a total of 22 goals so far in this 2024/2025 season.

Top scorers from Real Sociedad in the Spanish Cup

In what concerns individual highlights, Barrenetxea has dominated the offensive side. This player of the Real Sociedad team already has a total of 2 goals in the competition, becoming an essential piece for the positive results that Real Sociedad has been achieving in this edition. Following closely behind him as the team's second-highest scorer in the Cup is his teammate Brais Méndez, who comes with 1 goal scored.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Score market betting suggestions

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

In order to generate a good prediction on the goal market for this match, we must first analyze the average number of goals in each team's games this season. Thus, we were able to obtain that in their matches, the Ponferradina team scores a total of 0.5 goals on average and accumulates a total of 0.5 goals conceded.

On the other hand, in the matches of Real Sociedad, they score an average of 3 goals per match and conceed a total of 0 goals. After analyzing this data, we are convinced that good bets can result from this market. Therefore, the betting odds selected by us for the goal market are Both Teams to Score - Yes. Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Both Teams To Score - Yes market are quoted at 2.2.

Corners market betting suggestions

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 4 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Individual Analysis of Corner Kicks

In order to generate a good prediction in the corner kicks market for this match, we must first analyze this average individually in each team's games in this season. Thus, we have that Ponferradina can obtain, on average, a total of 7 corners in its favor in each match.

On the other hand, in games where Real Sociedad is present, this team obtains an average of 1 corners. We are convinced that this selection could be a smart bet, as the average number of corner kicks per game for both teams is below 9.5 corners this season.