Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale. (Photo : Getty Images)
Middling team Real Sociedad (11-15-9, 42 points) is set to meet third-running squad Real Madrid CF (25-4-6, 81 points) at the Anoeta Stadium on Saturday, April 30th for a 2015-2016 La Liga season match.
Real Sociedad is at the 12th spot of the current league table, 10 points behind seventh-placed Sevilla and the final Europa League qualifying berth but also a comfortable 10 points above the bottom three relegation zone currently held by Sporting Gijon, Getafe, and Levante.
The team only has three games left in their season and so a Europa League spot is no longer possible. However, they still need to continue finding wins in order to avoid relegation to the Segunda Division next season.
La Real is coming off a lackluster 0-0 draw with contending team Villarreal CF on the road at the Estadio El Madrigal last Sunday, as reported by SB Nation.
The tie snapped Sociedad's two-game losing skid even as they had been winless in their last three matches.
Meanwhile, a Cristiano Ronaldo-less Real Madrid barely escaped the challenge of lowly squad Rayo Vallecano, 3-2, at the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas last Saturday, as per SkySports.
Welsh winger Gareth Bale scored a double at the 35th and 81st minutes to lead head coach Zinedine Zidane's squad to their 10th consecutive win. Midfielder Lucas Vazquez added another one at the 52nd to complete Los Blancos' three-goal haul.
Rayo actually scored the first two goals of the contest, courtesy of midfielder Adri Embarba and forward Miku at the seventh and 14th minutes to give the visitors a scare early in the match.
However, Real slowly climbed out of the two-goal deficit with a striker from Bale off a beautiful corner kick from teammate Toni Kroos.
Going into the second half down 1-2, Vazquez then struck a header seven minutes after the restart to equalize the count. It was the second goal of Bale nine minutes before full time that saved the day for Los Vikingos and kept their La Liga title hopes alive with three games to go in their current campaign.
The predicted result is a 3-0 romp by Real Madrid.
Real Sociedad starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Rulli; Zaldua, Elustondo, Martinez, Berchiche; Illarramendi, Reyes, Bergara; Oyarzabal, Vela, Zurutuza
Real Madrid starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Navas; Danilo, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo; Kovacic, Kroos, Isco; Bale, Benzema, Jese
