Real Madrid has the opportunity to cut the gap with city rivals, Atletico Madrid, who currently control the top of the La Liga. The condition is, Zinedine Zidane's men must be able to reap full points when they host Real Sociedad at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium.

Currently, Real are in the third position with a collection of 52 points from 24 matches. Los Blancos are only one point away from eternal rivals Barcelona who are second and 6 points adrift of Atletico Madrid. Having slumped in its last few matches, Real Madrid began to show improvement when they met Atalanta in the 1st leg of the Champions League last 16 last week. In that duel, Real Madrid won by a thin score of 1-0. Zidane was even more relieved, as the storm of injuries hitting his troops slowly started to subside. Federico Valverde, Rodrygo Goes, Marcelo, and Alvaro Odriozola are back in action after being injured. Strikers Karim Benzema and Eden Hazard have also shown improvements even though they have not been able to appear against Sociedad. Meanwhile, Sergio Ramos, Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal, who are also struggling with injuries, have yet to show signs of improvement. Looking at the squad wideness and players available, Zidane is unlikely to change the composition of the winning team that meets Atalanta. The players who started the match will again take up the same role when they meet Sociedad, including Vinicius Jr, who is believed to be in the front position.

On the other side, Real Sociedad are still in 5th place in the standings, six points adrift of Sevilla who are fourth. Imanol Alguacil's men were unbeaten in the last two matches before drawing to a goalless draw against Manchester United in the Europa League and they had a day less for a rest before this travel. I think they will fall despite being one of my favorite teams, they cannot cope with the injuries in this season to keep the highest level. But hosts can do that, they are used to it. I trust Zidane's capability to win this important game. 2-1 my predicted result.

皇马有机会与领跑西甲联赛的马德里竞技马德里竞技（Aletico Madrid）缩小差距。条件是，齐达丁·齐达内的球队在阿尔弗雷多·迪·斯特凡诺球场本场皇家社会时必须能够拿下三分。

目前，皇马在24场比赛中获得52分，位居第三。距离死敌对手排名第二的巴塞罗那（Barcelona）仅有1分之遥，距离马德里竞技（Aletico Madrid）相差6分。皇家马德里在最近几场比赛中表现不佳，在上周欧冠淘汰赛第一回合面对亚特兰大时，球队开始表现出进步。在那场对决中，皇家马德里以1-0的微弱优势获胜。齐达内更加放心了，受伤的风暴袭来，但他的球队正在慢慢平息。受伤后，费德里科·瓦尔韦德（Federico Valverde），罗德里戈·戈斯（Rodrygo Goes），马塞洛（Marcelo）和阿尔瓦罗·奥德里佐拉（Alvaro Odriozola）伤愈回归。锋线的Karim Benzema和Eden Hazard也接近回归，尽管他们没法出战对抗皇家社会的比赛。同时，同样在受伤中挣扎的塞尔吉奥·拉莫斯（Sergio Ramos），埃德·米利奥奥（Eder Militao）和丹妮·卡瓦哈尔（Dani Carvajal）尚未表现出改善的迹象。考虑到球队的蛇毒和球员数量，齐达内不太可能改变与亚特兰大队相遇的获胜球队的阵容。参加比赛的球员在与皇家社会交手时，将再次扮演相同的角色，其中包括Vinicius Jr，后者将会出任前锋。

另一方面，皇家社会在积分榜上仍排在第五位，落后塞维利亚六分，排名第四。伊玛诺·阿尔瓜西尔（Imanol Alguacil）的球员在过去两场比赛中保持不败，随后在欧罗巴联赛对曼联的比赛中打平，而在此旅行之前，他们的休息时间比皇马少了一天。我认为尽管他们是我最喜欢的球队之一，他们还是会掉队，他们无法应付本赛季的伤病，长期保持最高水平。但是主队可以做到这一点，他们已经习惯了。我相信齐达内的球队能够赢下这场关键的比赛。 2-1我的预测结果。