Royale Union SG vs Real Sociedad prediction 15.10.2026 | Europa League

In previous years, Royale Union SG became one of the best Belgian teams. After failing to secure another trophy last season, Royale Union SG will have a solid chance in the 2026/27 campaign. David Hubert's team is excellent this season and is one of only two unbeaten teams in the Jupiler Pro League. However, that is only enough for fourth place in the standings, two points behind Gent. In the Europa League, they opened with an impressive 3-0 victory in Plzen. Royale Union SG were recently on a six-win run until last weekend, when they played only 1-1 at home against Leuven. The hosts struggled to create clear-cut chances, and a draw was ultimately a fair reflection of the match.

Royale Union SG head coach David Hubert was disappointed with his team's first-half performance last weekend. He commented, "The hosts struggled to create clear-cut chances, and a draw was ultimately a fair reflection of the match. After the break, we raised our level, but we shouldn't think that we can afford something like that and then just straighten it out in the second half. We paid the price for that."

Royale Union SG have big problems with missing players. They will be without injured Kevin Mac Allister, Ross Sykes, Ondrej Kricfalusi, Rob Schoofs, Kevin Rodriguez, and Ilan Hurtevent, while Adem Zorgane and Raul Florucz are suspended.

Real Sociedad are playing well this season. In La Liga, they are sixth in the standings, and it will not be surprising if we see them fighting to return to the Champions League. In the Europa League, Real Sociedad also have high ambitions, but they lost to Bournemouth in the opening round. Since then, Pellegrino Matarazzo's team has had two La Liga games and won them both. In the previous game, they won 3-2 at home against Deportivo La Coruna.

Although Real Sociedad won in the last match, the head coach, Pellegrino Matarazzo, wasn't fully satisfied. He stated, "There are many things to improve. Many things we need to improve offensively: building against their high press, even against their low block, simply not playing quickly enough, not vertically enough, not breaking lines."

Jon Aramburu, Alvaro Odriozola, and Luken Beitia are injured and will not play on Thursday against Royale Union SG.