Luciano Vietto of Club Atletico de Madrid celebrates with Tiago Mendes after scoring Atletico's opening goal during their derby with Real Madrid. (Photo : Getty Images)
Lowly club Real Sociedad (1-3-3, 6 points) will try to change its fortunes with a match against top squad Atletico Madrid (4-2-1, 13 points) at the Anoeta Stadium on October 18, Sunday as the 2015-2016 La Liga season moves forward.
Txuriurdin is coming off a 1-3 hammering from equally struggling team Malaga at the Estadio La Rosaleda on October 3, as reported by SkySports.
Los Boquerones Brazilian striker Charles opened the game with two quick goals, at the 4th and 7th, en route to a hat trick, before Sociedad forward Imanol Agirretxe was able to answer with a header at the 14th to put his team on the board.
Charles again found the back of the net at the 89th as the Royals could not take advantage of Malaga's one-man shortage after Argentine midfielder Fernando Tissone was sent off at the 71st.
Meanwhile, Los Colchoneros settled for a 1-1 draw in their capital city derby with Real Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium on October 4, as per BBC Sport.
Los Blancos' French striker Karim Benzema drew first blood at the 9th minute of the match, but Atleti's substitute striker Luciano Vietto managed to equalize the count at the 83rd via a simple tap right at the goal line off an Antoine Griezmann miss.
Atletico looks sharp these days and they are expected to run away with a victory on the Road against La Real.
Prediction: Atletico Madrid over Real Sociedad, 2-0.
Real Sociedad starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Rulli; Elustondo, Reyes, Martinez, de la Bella; Pardo, Illarramendi; Vela, Canales, Zurutuza; Agirretxe
Atletico Madrid starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Sotiriou; Juanfran, Gimenez, Godin, Luis; Griezmann, Fernandez, Mendes, O. Torres; Corres, F. Torres
