(Football news) At the moment, Real Sociedad is two points ahead of seventh-place Real Betis, while the home team leads the standings by one point over Real Madrid, which is in second place. 

Girona is now top of the competition, one point ahead of Real Madrid in second place, with a record of 17 wins, 4 draws, and 1 loss from 22 La Liga games this season.

The Catalan team has had an incredible season, and they are now 13 points ahead of Athletic Bilbao in fifth place in the race for a top-four finish. Even if they were to lose ground on the lead in the final stretch of the season, it would still be an incredible season.

Girona’s elimination in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey could actually help them in terms of the title race, as they now have just the league to focus on, whereas Real Madrid will be thinking about both La Liga and the Champions League in the coming weeks.

Michel’s side were held to a surprise goalless draw by basement side Almeria in the league on January 14, but they have won their last two in Spain’s top flight, beating Sevilla 5-1 and Celta Vigo 1-0.

Girona’s next two league games after this one are away to Real Madrid and Athletic, demonstrating the importance of picking up a positive result on Saturday evening, but Real Sociedad are also in need of the points.

The visitors came into this game having drawn goallessly against Rayo Vallecano, which dropped them to sixth place in the standings after they gained 36 points from their first 22 games of the season.

It will be challenging for the Basque team to qualify for the Champions League given that they are six points behind fifth-place opponents Athletic and 11 points behind fourth-place Barcelona.

This season, Imanol Alguacil’s team has only won nine times in the league. They are only two points ahead of the seventh-placed team since they have played nine draws, which has prevented them from sitting higher up the table at this time Real Betis.

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