3rd position in the La Liga table for Real Sociedad right now, a strong campaign. The match-going fans hope for more excitement as 7th-placed Athletic Club visit Reale Arena.
- Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Athletic Club 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!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Real Sociedad form and stats
Real Sociedad have played 8 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Real Sociedad goalkeeper Alejandro Remiro Gargallo is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 226 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.
A strong away win for Sociedad against Almeria the last match, as Silva and Sørloth were on target. The talented striker Kubo outdid all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Kubo dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that one, a strong away victory at UD Logrones. A Copa Del Rey game. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Real Sociedad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Real Sociedad, as the Copa Del Rey home game vs Mallorca is only three days away.
Sociedad has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Real Sociedad have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Athletic Club form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Athletic Club in their La Liga matches away.
Club are looking to quickly end their 192 minutes long goal drought in the La Liga. The Athletic Club goalkeeper Unai Simon Mendibil is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 285 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Athletic Club's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Osasuna (placed 8th). Álvarez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.05. The defender Álvarez hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that, the Copa Del Rey win away at Eldense. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Athletic Club in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Club, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
A new game in only four days for Athletic Club, the Copa Del Rey home match versus Espanyol. Busy days.
Athletic Club are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Athletic Club in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sociedad five wins, two draws and Athletic Club three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Méndez Portela 7 goals |  A. Sørloth 6 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 5 goals |
Real Sociedad missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Real Sociedad | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 81% |
| 69% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 56% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 31% |
| 38% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 50% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 38% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 6.1 |
| 3.9 | 5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 12.5 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 14.3 | 16.1 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 24% | 20% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 10.8 | 12.2 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.4 |
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Athletic Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Real Sociedad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Valencia | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | Girona | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Getafe | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Almeria | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Sevilla | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 15 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 20 | Elche | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -24 | 4 |
