Last year, Real Sociedad performed very well and ended up in fifth position. In addition, the “royal” pleased with the victory in the final of the postponed Spanish Cup. Traditionally, no one saw new performers in the lineup, except for a few young talents from their own football school and players who will play on loan. The start of the new tournament of Primera brought a defeat to Barcelona (2:4), after which the Basques won three matches in a row against Rayo Vallecano (1:0), Levante (1:0) and Cadiz (2:0). Such results brought nine points and the fourth position. In the first match of the Europa League, the away team drew with PSV (2:2). There are eight base players in the team’s infirmary, including Sola, Fernandez, Rico, Guridi and Montreal.
Greuther Furth, like their current rival, had a bad start to the season. In the first round, the team of Stefan Leitl suffered a crushing 1:5 defeat from Stuttgart, having managed to score a goal of prestige only towards the end of the meeting. The first, and so far the only point, the “shamrocks” scored in the second round. At home they managed to snatch a 1:1 draw from “Arminia”, although the newcomer of the Bundesliga clearly deserved better in terms of play. Greuther Furth could do nothing with Mainz, which gained speed at the start of the season, losing to the Carnivalists 0:3 in the third round. The “shamrocks” were left without points even after the match with “Wolfsburg”. The difference in class between teams was visible to the naked eye, the 0:2 defeat was absolutely deserved. Greuther Furth is currently at the bottom of the table with one point after four rounds.
