📊 Form Guide

Athletic Bilbao

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Athletic Bilbao go into this game following on from a 1-1 La Liga drawn game versus Real Valladolid.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 65% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Gorka Guruzeta (94'). At the other end, Real Valladolid had 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. Raúl Moro (79') was the scorer for Real Valladolid.

Their latest results show that things are going according to plan in the Athletic Bilbao defence. Athletic Bilbao have kept it tight, seeing the number of goals that have gone in at their end during their last six games standing at 4. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen if that trend will be replicated in this upcoming match.

Heading into this fixture, Athletic Bilbao haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Real Sociedad

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Real Sociedad will come into the game after a 0-5 Copa del Rey win versus Jove Español in their most recent outing.

For Real Sociedad, goals were scored by Barrenetxea (12', 15'), Sergio Gómez (38') and Jon Magunazelaia (44').

Imanol Alguacil's Real Sociedad have seen their goal attempts be successful 7 times in the course of their latest six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those matches equals 5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Real Sociedad:

• have left without a victory over Athletic Bilbao when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 31/10/2021 shows that Athletic Bilbao have won 3 of these games & Real Sociedad 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 18 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 10 for Los Leones and 8 for Txuri-urdin. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league match featuring these clubs was La Liga match day 20 on 13/01/2024 when it finished Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Real Sociedad.

That time, Athletic Bilbao managed 49% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Álex Berenguer (30', 42').

At the other end, Real Sociedad got 9 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Mikel Oyarzabal (88') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by José Luis Munuera Montero.

ℹ️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

Álex Berenguer (Muscle injury) and Unai Simón (Wrist injury) won’t be available for Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde.

In all likelihood, Los Leones may well kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, utilising Julen Agirrezabala, Oscar de Marcos, Daniel Vivian, Yeray Alvarez, Yuri Berchiche, I. Ruiz de, Benat Prados, Inaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams and Alvaro Djalo.

📋 Team News: Real Sociedad

Thanks to a largely full-strength group of players, there is just the one fitness issue for the Real Sociedad gaffer Imanol Alguacil to contend with. Hamari Traoré (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

There’s a good chance that Txuri-urdin seem most likely to make use of a 4-1-4-1 formation, starting Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Igor Zubeldia, Nayef Aguerd, Javi Lopez, Martin Zubimendi, Takefusa Kubo, Sergio Gomez, Luka Sucic, Ander Barrenetxea and Mikel Oyarzabal.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Real Sociedad may find it difficult to score against this Athletic Bilbao outfit who we reckon will manage to score & go ahead.

That’s why we have predicted a very even contest with a 1-0 winning score for Athletic Bilbao when the full-time whistle blows.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 19:05 24/11/2024