Real Sociedad should not count on any easy points from their host Athletic Club in this La Liga match. Here's your comprehensive match preview!
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This is the Basque derby, a football match between the teams from neighbouring cities Bilbao and San Sebastián. Both cities are located in the Basque Country region of northern Spain, a region of strong local identity. This identity means there is little hostility between the teams and usually a relaxed atmosphere. But make no mistake: This match means a lot!
Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated game!
Athletic Club form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga, Athletic Club have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games.
Happy days for Club in their previous game, a fixture away at Espanyol (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The victory against Espanyol came after Williams's winning goal. The Athletic Club manager Valverde was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 69th minute. Midfielder Berenguer was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Berenguer hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A 1-1 scoreline against Osasuna (after extra-time) before that one, played at home in the Copa Del Rey. This is expected to be a close game, with Athletic Club perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Athletic Club as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Athletic Club has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
The Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Athletic Club have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Sociedad form and stats
8-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Sociedad in their La Liga matches away.
Sociedad had fun at their own home (San Mamés Barria) last time out, beating Getafe 2-0. Kubo and Oyarzabal scored. The attacker Kubo got a match rating of 7.64 in that game. Kubo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Villarreal wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Real Sociedad playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Real Sociedad wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 10 of this side's latest 11 league rounds have seen two or less goals.
Real Sociedad are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H encounter ended Real Sociedad - Club 3-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Athletic Club wins - draws - Real Sociedad wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sørloth 9 goals |   O. Sancet Tirapu 8 goals |  B. Méndez Portela 7 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Athletic Club | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 38 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 12 | 20 | 37 |
| 29 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 82% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 57% | 43% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 68% |
| 50% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 36% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| 14% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| 39% | 21% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 43% | 43% |
| 36% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | 39% |
| 43% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 6.3 | 7.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.8 | 17.1 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 29% | 25% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 28% | 26% |
| 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Athletic Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 44 | 71 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 35 | 59 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 54 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 45 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Girona | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 32 |
| 14 | Getafe | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Cadiz | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -19 | 28 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -24 | 28 |
| 17 | Almeria | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -15 | 27 |
| 18 | Valencia | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 20 | Elche | 28 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -37 | 13 |
