In a weekend match on Sat Jan 14th, in week 17, Real Sociedad will host Athletic Club in a La Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. Real Sociedad sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Almería. David Silva struck first for Real Sociedad in the 47th minute, then Alexander Sørloth added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Mikel Merino At the end of 90 a dissapointed Almería couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win. Real Sociedad looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while athletic Club is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Osasuna. Athletic Club had 13 on net, and Osasuna had 1, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Athletic Club is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Real Sociedad and Athletic Club last played eachother at the Reale Arena on Apr 3rd. Real Sociedad was victorious by a score of 0 to 1. Mikel Oyarzabal struck first for Real Sociedad in the 63rd minute on a penalty kick, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Athletic Club was frustrated by Real Sociedad’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Real Sociedad ended the match with the shutout victory.
Athletic Club’s most prolific scorer has been Alex Berenguer. The Spanish attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Both Jon Karrika and Brais Méndez have been the hottest scorers for Real Sociedad in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Real Sociedad will be without Mikel Merino, Barrenetxea, Brais Méndez, Umar Sadiq and Alex Sola, while Athletic Club will be without Íñigo Martínez and Ander Herrera.