Real Sociedad is a strong favorite here for me.

They have an amazing squad and are a very solid team, really difficult to beat. But they need a victory today (remember that after this round will be an international break) because in La Liga they are only with 7 points in 5 games. They lost points in 3 of the last 4 league games played (against Barcelona, Atletico de Madrid and unluckily away vs Getafe).

But seeing their performances, the team is similar to last year. With many automatisms, quality, great defense, and dominating the games. They played a midweek game, but it was at home and with many reserves, so the team should be fine for today.

On the other hand Espanyol has been one of the worst teams of the league so far in my opinion. Only achieved points in two games: 2:2 vs Celta (with a goal from penalty at 98’) and 0:1 vs Athletic. And both were undeserved and very lucky, because they were outplayed and deserved to lose.

Espanyol lacks quality a lot, they have a very poor squad and only the coach has the quality to make this team competitive. Anyway, they have been outplayed by all teams so far, doesn't matter how strong they were: Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Sevilla… playing at home and away.

The plan of this match will be similar as away against Athletic Bilbao, because Real Sociedad has a similar style: they will be defensive, leave the ball to the hosts, and try to create danger at counters. I’m expecting almost the same game. And in that match (Athletic Bilbao - Espanyol), in 90 of 100 times, Athletic should win.

Real Sociedad is a team who grows in the match if they have the ball and the control of the game, something that they will have today.

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

他们有一支令人惊叹的队伍，是一支非常坚实的球队，真的很难被击败。但他们今天需要一场胜利(记住，这一轮之后将是国际比赛日)，因为在西甲，他们在5场比赛中只有7分。他们在最近的4场联赛中丢了3分(对阵巴萨，马德里竞技，不幸的是客场对阵赫塔菲)。

但从他们的表现来看，这支球队与去年相似。有很多的自动化，质量，伟大的防守，并统治比赛。他们在周中打了一场比赛，但那是在主场，而且有很多替补队员，所以球队今天应该没问题。

另一方面，西班牙人在我看来是迄今为止联盟中最差的球队之一。只在两场比赛中取得了积分:2:2 vs塞尔塔(98分时点球破门)和0:1 vs竞技。他们都是不应该的，而且非常幸运，因为他们被对手击败了，应该输。

西班牙人非常缺乏实力，他们的阵容非常糟糕，只有教练有能力让这支球队有竞争力。不管怎样，到目前为止，他们已经被所有的球队打败了，不管他们有多强大:马德里、巴列卡诺、塞维利亚……在主客场都有比赛。

本场比赛的计划将与客场对阵毕尔巴鄂竞技相似，因为皇家社会有着相似的风格:他们将采取防守，把球留给东道主，并试图在反击中制造危险。我期待着几乎一样的比赛。在那场比赛中(毕尔巴鄂竞技-西班牙人)，100次中的90次，竞技应该会赢。

皇家社会是一支在比赛中成长的球队，如果他们拥有球权和对比赛的控制，他们今天就会拥有这些。