Who will secure a place in the Copa final?
On Wednesday evening, Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao will face each other in the second leg of the Copa del Rey. The hosts from San Sebastian have a slight advantage this time around – they won the first leg 1-0 and are therefore in a good position ahead of the home game. Even though the first leg was low-scoring, we are hoping for more goals this time around, as both teams are currently on a scoring streak.
The Basques have scored in their last ten consecutive home games, while the visitors from Bilbao have scored in their last seven away games. In our Real Sociedad vs. Athletic Bilbao tip, we are therefore betting on both teams to score.
Real Sociedad are currently in good form at home. La Real are unbeaten in their last six home games and have scored exactly three goals in each of their last three home games. In general, they have only failed to score once at home this season and have scored 26 goals in 14 competitive games – but they have also conceded 22 goals.
The Txuri-Urdin have always found a way to score, especially after the break. In their last six home games, they have always scored in the second half, netting a total of ten of their 14 goals in that period. In all 14 home games, they have only failed to score after the break on three occasions, which supports our Real Sociedad vs. Athletic Bilbao prediction of another goal for the home side in the second half.
The visitors from Bilbao, on the other hand, got off to an extremely poor start to their away season, but have managed to stabilize a little recently. After only one win in their first nine competitive games away from home, the Leones have managed to pick up five wins from their last twelve competitive games on the road and have shown some consistency.
They have scored 15 goals in their last seven away games, after scoring only nine times in 14 games before that – a clear improvement. The last four direct encounters in San Sebastian have seen twelve goals scored, which is why we are once again betting on Real Sociedad vs. Athletic Bilbao odds for over 2.5 goals.
Real Sociedad – Athletic Bilbao Head-to-head record / H2H record
The head-to-head comparison between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao covers 174 games. Athletic are narrowly ahead with 68 wins, Real Sociedad have 61 wins, and there have been 45 draws. The visitors from Bilbao also have the advantage in terms of goal difference: 272 goals scored compared to 232 conceded.
Real Sociedad – Athletic Bilbao Tip
Of course, this match cannot be equated with a league game, especially since the hosts could go into this game a little more passively with a 1-0 lead. Nevertheless, the betting odds for Real Sociedad against Athletic Bilbao are leaning towards the hosts.
The club from Donostia-San Sebastian has won three of its last six home games and drawn the others – another such result would be enough for the final.
In addition, both teams are very accurate in front of goal and have scored in their last seven home and away games respectively. Bilbao has also improved its away form somewhat, winning five of its last ten away games. We are excited to see which club makes it to the final!
