Athletic Bilbao take on the visitors Real Sociedad at the Estadio San Mames in the 8th tour of the Primera Division. The match will be played in Bilbao on Friday, October 5th.
Athletic Bilbao have been looking really tolerant in the start of the new Primera Division season. In their six previous league fixtures they drew four times. Only Valencia have had more draws than Los Leones so far this season. However, the team of Eduardo Berizzo has conceded at least one goal in each of their league games. On the other hand they have scored at least once in all of them too except for the one against Villarreal. In their last three matches Athletic Bilbao drew against Barcelona with a 1-1 score, lost to Villarreal with a 0-3 score and drew against Real Betis with a 2-2 score. The Rojiblancos have also had a friendly fixture recently where they have beaten Valladolid with a 3-1 score.
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Real Sociedad have not been as tolerant as Los Leones this Primera Division season and have drawn only two times so far. They have conceded at least one goal though in six of their seven league fixtures. On the other hand they have scored at least once in six of the seven league fixtures too. It`s worth noting that some of the key players of the Erreala such as Theo Hernandez and Juanmi will miss the upcoming fixture because of their respective disqualifications. Also, the key defender of the team Diogo Llorente is out with an injury right now. In their last three matches Real Sociedad lost to Valencia with a 0-1 score, drew against Rayo Vallecano with a 2-2 score and beat Huesca with a 1-0 score. The Txun-Urdinak have also had two friendly fixtures recently where they have beaten Sochaux with a 2-1 score and Deportivo Alaves with a 1-0 score.
Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad are in the same league zone at the moment. There is only one point between them in the table. Both of the teams have conceded ten goals so far this season and have scored eight and nine respectively. Thereby it is hard to tell who is the favourite in the lead-up to the upcoming fixture. It is likely though that both Los Leones and the Erreala will score on Friday. Their respective defensive lines have been playing bad lately, the one from Bilbao has conceded at least once in all of their league fixtures this season and the one from San Sebastian has conceded at least once in all of their league fixtures too except for one. On the other hand their respective offensive lines have been pretty productive. In their last nine matches between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad there were only three games with zero goals scored. The last one was exactly one of those. However, it is likely that both of the teams will score in the upcoming fixture considering their recent performances.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score.
