Real Sociedad once again made a bet on proven players who brought excellent results at the start of the championship. Imanol Alguasil diluted the experienced team players with youth from his own academy, which brought success, at least in the first stage of the championship. For 15 rounds of the current championship, the “white-blue” chalked up eight victories and five peaceful outcomes, which corresponded to 29 points and the third position after Atletico. After defeating Osasuna (2:0), the Royal played a draw with Valencia (0:0) and in the last round unexpectedly suffered a fiasco in a duel with Espanyol (0:1). The Basques successfully started in the Spanish Cup, where at the first stage they left no chances for Panaderia (0:4). Last week, the current hosts on the road lost to Monaco (1:2) and so far they are in the third position in the group. The fate of the second place in this quartet will be decided by the fight on December 9th against PSV. Silva, Fernandez, Montreal and Merino, who has a calf injury, will not be able to play today.
Bayern Munich fully justifies its status as the main contender for the championship title. Julian Nagelsmann’s team leads the table after 13 rounds. However, the Bavarians have no serious superiority over their closest rival. Borussia is just one point behind, Bayer has seven points less and so far does not pose a serious threat to the Munich team. After a sensational defeat to Augsburg (1:2) in the 12th round, Bayern won two victories, but they can hardly be called convincing. In Kyiv the Bavarians beat Dynamo with a score 2:1 in the Champions League, allowing them to create a lot of chances at their goal. In the Bundesliga Bayern beat Arminia with a score of 1:0. The only goal in the match was scored at the end of the second half and the Blues had all the chances of a draw.
