Athletic Bilbao take on the visiotrs Real Sociedad in the round 8 match of Spanish Primera. The match will be played at San Mames on Sunday, October 16th.
Athletic lost their match before the international break to Malaga, 1-2, ending excellent four-match winning streak. The start of the season is quite successful for the team, who gained 12 points and sit on the sixth place in the league, only three points behind the duo of leaders from Madrid. Athletic played four matches at home, expectedly losing to Barcelona, 0-1, and followed it with three wins over Valencia, 2-1, Sevilla, 3-1, and Rapid Vienna, 1-0.
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Sociedad alternate successful matches with defeats so far this season. The team show nice results at home and poor ones on the road. As the result, San Sebastian side has 10 points gained in seven matches and sit on the ninth place in the league. Two recent away fixtures ended with losses to Villarreal, 1-2, and Eibar, 0-2.
Real Sociedad are quite successful in recent head-to-heads between the teams, avoiding defeats since 2012 with four win and four draws in eight matches played. This results come as quite surprise as Bilbao side regularly finish above Sociedad. However, results of this season suggest that now is the best time for the hosts to end this streak and take a home win.
Prediction for the match: Athletic Bilbao to win.
