📊 Form Guide

Real Sociedad

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Real Sociedad will be wanting a better result here following the 1-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Alaves.

In that match, Real Sociedad had 63% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. On the other side, Alaves got 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Nahuel Tenaglia (65') scored for Alaves.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Real Sociedad have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Real Sociedad have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals in the process.

Coming into this clash, Real Sociedad haven't beaten Athletic Bilbao in their last 2 matches in the league.

Athletic Bilbao

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Manchester United in Europa League action, Athletic Bilbao and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 28% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Manchester United got 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Casemiro (30') and Bruno Fernandes (37', 45') scored for Manchester United.

A succession of accomplished performances by the Athletic Bilbao defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 2 from their past 6 outings in total. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 6. That trend won’t necessarily be continued into this game, however.

Their previous form shows that Athletic Bilbao:

• have left without a victory over Real Sociedad when they've played them away from home in the last 7 league matches. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 20/02/2022 tells us that Real Sociedad have won 2 of these & Athletic Bilbao 4, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

17 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 for Txuri-urdin and 10 coming from Los Leones. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league game featuring the two was La Liga match day 14 on 24/11/2024 and the score finished Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Sociedad.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao had 40% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Oihan Sancet (26').

On the other side, Real Sociedad got 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano.

ℹ️ Team News: Real Sociedad

Álvaro Odriozola (Muscle injury), Igor Zubeldia (Hamstring injury) and Arsen Zakharyan (Muscle injury) will be missing for Real Sociedad boss Imanol Alguacil.

In all likelihood, Txuri-urdin may well line up in a 4-1-4-1 system for this one and select Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martin, Jon Pacheco, Javi Lopez, Martin Zubimendi, Takefusa Kubo, Pablo Marin, Brais Mendez, Sergio Gomez and Mikel Oyarzabal.

📰 Team News: Athletic Bilbao

We believe Los Leones seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Daniel Vivian, Yeray Alvarez, Yuri Berchiche, I. Ruiz de, Mikel Vesga, Inaki Williams, Unai Gomez, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Athletic Bilbao will likely be able to break down this Real Sociedad lineup, but that probably won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We are anticipating a narrow 2-1 victory for Real Sociedad at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.

Renata Leite, 18:03 04/05/2025