Athletic Bilbao take on the visitors Real Sociedad in the round 29 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Saturday, April 15th at Estadio San Mamés (Bilbao).
In the current season, Athletic Bilbao are a fairly average team. Ernesto Valverde's team is in seventh place in the La Liga table, trailing sixth place by five points. And following closely behind the Basques are Osasuna and Rayo Vallecano. Athletic doesn't win often, with only two victories in the last seven matches. And even then, they only managed to beat modest teams such as Real Valladolid and Espanyol on the road. In the team's recent home matches, we've seen defeats not only to Real Madrid and league-leading Barcelona, but also to Girona (2-3) and a scoreless draw with Getafe.
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Real Sociedad are certainly stronger than Getafe. And if a modest team from the lower part of the table managed to take points away from Bilbao, then why can't a team that is in the Champions League zone do the same? Yes, it looks like the players of Sociedad have already lost the third place to Atletico Madrid. But they still have a four-point lead over Villarreal, who are currently in fifth place. In the last five matches, the "white and blue" team suffered only one defeat, precisely from the "yellow submarine". Positive results were obtained in the other matches, including victories over Elche and aforementioned Getafe, as well as draws with Mallorca and Cadiz. I think that the visitors will take at least one point from San Mames Stadium.
We don't quite understand these bookmaker's odds. It's very strange that such a decent coefficient is given for the victory of Real Sociedad and even for the X2 bet. In four of the last head-to-head matches, Bilbao's players were stronger only once. The opponent looks noticeably better this season. As for me, the visitors are obligated to at least grab a draw in this match. Real Sociedad has suffered only four defeats in 14 away matches in La Liga, which is not that much. Athletic Bilbao managed to win only one of their last five home matches in La Liga, and that was against one of the outsiders, Cadiz. It's unlikely that they'll be able to beat the strong team of Imanol Alguacil.
Prediction for the match: Real Sociedad no to lose (X2).
