📏 Form Guide

Real Sociedad

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Real Sociedad fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-1 La Liga success against Mallorca.

In that game, Real Sociedad managed 56% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Real Sociedad was Soler (36'). At the other end, Mallorca got 7 shots on goal with 1 on target.

Fixtures featuring Real Sociedad have tended to be absorbing affairs lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games, the sum of 21 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 11 of these coming from Real Sociedad. With no two games being the same, we must now wait to see if such a trend shall be maintained here in this game.

Athletic Bilbao

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In their last fixture, Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1 in the La Liga match with Rayo Vallecano.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao managed 50% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Athletic Bilbao was Iñaki Williams (47'). On the other side, Rayo Vallecano got 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Jorge de Frutos (35') scored for Rayo Vallecano.

The stats tell the story, and Athletic Bilbao have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 7 goals in total. In defence, Athletic Bilbao could really do with shoring things up.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels dating back to 13/01/2024, there has been little to separate the clubs with Real Sociedad winning 2 of those games, Athletic Bilbao 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

In all, 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 of them from Txuri-urdin and 6 netted by Los Leones. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

📋 Team News: Real Sociedad

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just one fitness concern for the Real Sociedad gaffer Pellegrino Matarazzo to contend with due to a largely intact group of players. Álvaro Odriozola (Cruciate ligament tear) is out of contention.

It looks as if Txuri-urdin could go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, utilising Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martin, Duje Caleta-Car, Sergio Gomez, Jon Gorrotxategi, Benat Turrientes, Pablo Marin, Carlos Soler, Goncalo Guedes and Mikel Oyarzabal.

ℹ️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde has to choose a team with limited availability. Nico Williams (Pubalgia) and Beñat Prados (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that Los Leones will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Alex Padilla, Inigo Lekue, Daniel Vivian, Aymeric Laporte, Adama Boiro, Mikel Jauregizar, Alejandro Rego, Inaki Williams, Unai Gomez, Robert Navarro and Gorka Guruzeta.

💡 Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Athletic Bilbao will have a tough ask to register a score against this Real Sociedad side who will likely be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore anticipating a good battle with a 1-0 win for Real Sociedad at full-time.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Renata Leite, 19:00 04/03/2026