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Sevilla vs Real Sociedad

Competition – La Liga

Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium

Date: 4th May 2026

Kick-off time – 20:00  GMT

Sevilla host Real Sociedad at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Monday evening in a La Liga fixture with dramatically different implications for each club. The hosts are fighting for their top-flight lives, one point below safety and desperate for a result, while Real Sociedad arrive in mid-table comfort but with enough quality to make the home side’s evening very difficult.

Sevilla come into this match in alarming form. Their most recent outing ended in a 2-1 defeat away at Osasuna. Prior to that, a 2-0 defeat at Levante compounded the misery. Before that, a 2-1 home win over Atlético Madrid offered a brief moment of optimism, but earlier in this run a 1-0 defeat away at Real Oviedo and a 2-0 home loss to Valencia complete a sequence of four defeats from five. The single win looks an outlier in an otherwise harrowing run that has left the Nervionenses staring at the bottom three. With the clock ticking and every point critical, this is a match they simply cannot afford to lose.

Real Sociedad make the trip south in a more settled frame of mind. Their most recent outing produced a 3-3 draw away at Rayo Vallecano, a result that prevented a clean run of form but still added a point. Prior to that, a 1-0 home defeat to Getafe was a setback. Before that, they claimed a Copa del Rey victory over Atlético Madrid after a 2-2 draw in the tie, while earlier in this run a 3-3 home draw with Alavés and a 2-0 home win over Levante complete a mixed but manageable sequence. The Txuri-urdin are not in their best form, but they are a significantly more comfortable unit than their hosts right now.

The head-to-head record favours Real Sociedad, who have won three of the last five meetings, with no draws and two wins for Sevilla. Most recently, Real Sociedad won 2-1 at home in October 2025. In the previous encounter, Sevilla claimed a 1-0 away win at the Reale Arena in March 2025.

In the La Liga table, Sevilla sit eighteenth on 34 points, just one point above nineteenth-placed Levante, who are on 33. A Sevilla win here would take them to 37 points and move them clear of the bottom two, providing meaningful breathing room with the end of the season approaching. Real Sociedad are eighth on 43 points — nine clear of the relegation zone — with no serious concerns in either direction. A win would lift them to 46 and push them closer to the top six, though the gap to fifth-placed Real Betis on 50 remains significant.

In Spain, the match is live on DAZN Spain and DAZN LaLiga, with the game also available on Movistar+. In the United Kingdom, viewers can watch on Premier Sports 1 and Premier Sports Player. In the United States, the match is available on ESPN Deportes, ESPN Select and fuboTV.

Lineups & Injuries

Sevilla (4-4-2) Vlachodimos, Carmona, Castrín, Gudelj, Sánchez, Salas, Agoumé, Romero, Maupay, Suazo, Vargas

Sevilla: Marcão (Out), Sow (Out)

Real Sociedad (4-4-2) Remiro, Barrenetxea, Soler, Caleta-Car, Gómez, Óskarsson, Turrientes, Oyarzabal, Martín, Kubo, Aramburu

Real Sociedad: Rupérez (Out), Odriozola (Out), Zubeldia (Doubtful), Guedes (Doubtful), Karrikaburu (Doubtful)

Sevilla’s absences are relatively limited — Marcão and Sow both out — though losing a defender and a midfielder does affect their balance. Real Sociedad carry more numerical uncertainty with two confirmed absentees and three doubts, though their available XI remains strong and better-equipped to cope with personnel changes than their hosts.


Sevilla — Last Five Results

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Osasuna 2 – 1 Sevilla Spanish LaLiga Apr 26, 2026
Levante 2 – 0 Sevilla Spanish LaLiga Apr 23, 2026
Sevilla 2 – 1 Atlético Madrid Spanish LaLiga Apr 11, 2026
Real Oviedo 1 – 0 Sevilla Spanish LaLiga Apr 5, 2026
Sevilla 0 – 2 Valencia Spanish LaLiga Mar 21, 2026

Real Sociedad — Last Five Results

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
🤝 Rayo Vallecano 3 – 3 Real Sociedad Spanish LaLiga Apr 26, 2026
Real Sociedad 0 – 1 Getafe Spanish LaLiga Apr 22, 2026
Atlético Madrid 2 – 2 Real Sociedad Copa del Rey Apr 18, 2026
🤝 Real Sociedad 3 – 3 Alavés Spanish LaLiga Apr 11, 2026
Real Sociedad 2 – 0 Levante Spanish LaLiga Apr 4, 2026

Head to Head — Last Five Meetings

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Real Sociedad 2 – 1 Sevilla Spanish LaLiga Oct 24, 2025
Real Sociedad 0 – 1 Sevilla Spanish LaLiga Mar 9, 2025
Sevilla 0 – 2 Real Sociedad Spanish LaLiga Nov 3, 2024
Sevilla 3 – 2 Real Sociedad Spanish LaLiga Mar 2, 2024
Real Sociedad 2 – 1 Sevilla Spanish LaLiga Nov 26, 2023

TV Listings / Streaming

Country Channel
Spain DAZN Spain, DAZN LaLiga, Movistar+, LaLiga TV Bar HD
United Kingdom Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports Player
Ireland Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports Player
United States ESPN Deportes, ESPN Select, fuboTV
Germany DAZN Germany
Italy DAZN Italia
France beIN Sports 1, beIN Sports Connect
Netherlands Ziggo Sport 2
Australia beIN Sports 3, beIN Sports Connect
Canada TSN+

La Liga Table — 2025/26

Pos Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Barcelona 33 28 1 4 87 30 +57 85
2 Real Madrid 33 23 5 5 68 31 +37 74
3 Villarreal 33 20 5 8 59 38 +21 65
4 Atlético Madrid 33 18 6 9 56 37 +19 60
5 Real Betis 33 12 14 7 49 41 +8 50
6 Getafe 33 13 5 15 28 34 -6 44
7 Celta 33 11 11 11 45 43 +2 44
8 Real Sociedad 33 11 10 12 52 52 0 43
9 Osasuna 33 11 9 13 39 40 -1 42
10 Athletic Club 33 12 5 16 36 48 -12 41
11 Rayo Vallecano 33 9 12 12 33 41 -8 39
12 Valencia 33 10 9 14 37 48 -11 39
13 Espanyol 33 10 9 14 37 49 -12 39
14 Elche 33 9 11 13 44 50 -6 38
15 Girona 33 9 11 13 36 50 -14 38
16 Alavés 33 9 9 15 38 49 -11 36
17 Mallorca 33 9 8 16 41 51 -10 35
18 Sevilla 33 9 7 17 40 55 -15 34
19 Levante 33 8 9 16 37 50 -13 33
20 Real Oviedo 33 6 10 17 26 51 -25 28

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