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Real Sociedad de Fútbol vs Deportivo Alavés — match prediction
· Kicks off in 3076h 8m
Home advantage: Real Sociedad de Fútbol
Toss-up
The prediction
Win probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Real Sociedad de Fútbol 42%, draw 28%, Deportivo Alavés 30%.
Model comparison
1.46Expected goals1.21
53%Projected control47%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 50% · Under 2.5: 50%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- balanced
- Confidence
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Real Sociedad de Fútbol 1467 vs Deportivo Alavés 1486 (gap ~19).
- Real Sociedad de Fútbol gets a home-venue bump.
- high data quality — Real Sociedad de Fútbol 121 matches of history, Deportivo Alavés 121. Both clubs have a full record in this competition, so the ratings are well-established. The result is still inherently uncertain.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedReal Sociedad hold a modest home edge — slight control, marginally better attacking threat — but Alavés arrive as live opponents. The model flags genuine upset risk: fine margins separate these sides, and one lapse in either box could flip the night.
Key matchup
Real Sociedad's attacking intent against Alavés' compact, disciplined shape.
Biggest factor
Home advantage and shot quality; Alavés' proven ability to frustrate and strike on the break.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
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Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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