Real Sociedad welcome Athletic Bilbao on 2025-11-01 at 17:30 GMT in week 11 of the 2025-2026 La Liga at Reale Arena.
With the data available to us, Sergio Francisco and Ernesto Valverde have not met as managers before.
Real Sociedad currently rank 17th (with 9 pts), versus Athletic Bilbao at 9th on 14 pts.
Real Sociedad misses 4 players: Y. Herrera (Injury), J. Karrikaburu (Muscle Injury), O. Oskarsson (Thigh Injury), I. Ruperez (Knee Injury) whereas Athletic Bilbao misses 7 players: Y. Alvarez (Doping), U. Egiluz (Knee Injury), I. Lekue (Muscle Injury), B. Prados Diaz (Knee Injury), M. Sannadi (Knee Injury), I. Williams (Groin Injury), A. Laporte (Ankle Injury).
Our forecast has Real Sociedad in a 4-man backline (4-1-4-1), with Athletic Bilbao set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
Last time out, J. Aramburu registered the best mark for Real Sociedad - 6.2 - and Gorka Guruzeta did likewise for Athletic Bilbao with an 9.9 score.
Real Sociedad won 3-0 against Negreira, while Athletic Bilbao lost their fixture 0-1 vs Getafe.
Form edge goes to Real Sociedad (3-1-1) against a faltering Athletic Bilbao (2-1-2) from their past 5 matches.
Very even book: across 38 encounters, it stands at 14-14 wins with 10 draws between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (2-1-2 vs 1-1-2) and scoring roughly 1.20-1.17 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
Real Sociedad is going head to head with Ath Bilbao on 1/11/2025 17:30 GMT at Reale Arena for the Spain La Liga. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Real Sociedad v Ath Bilbao H2H statistics!