In this 25th week match, on Sunday Feb 20th, Athletic Club will host Real Sociedad at San Mamés Barria in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Athletic Club recorded a 2-3 loss against Mallorca. Salva Sevilla struck first for Mallorca in the 22nd minute on a penalty, then Ángel added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Vedat Muriqi. Athletic Club is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Real Sociedad, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Granada. Mikel Oyarzabal scored the first goal for Real Sociedad in the 37th minute on a penalty shot, then Rafinha added another in the 74th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Granada couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win. Real Sociedad looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On Oct 31st, Real Sociedad hosted Athletic Club in their last match together. Real Sociedad and Athletic Club battled to a 1-1 draw. Alexander Isak struck first for Real Sociedad in the 58th minute on a penalty shot, but Muniain got the equalizer for Athletic Club in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot squeezing out at least the one point for Athletic Club.
Alexander Sørloth and Adnan Januzaj are the top scorers for Real Sociedad in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. For Athletic Club, their top scorers are Alex Berenguer and Raúl García, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Oihan Sancet, De Marcos, Capa, Íñigo Martínez, Yeray, Asier Villalibre, Williams Arthuer and Alex Petxarroman Eizaguirre are unavailable to play for Marcelino García Toral’s team, while Barrenetxea, Nacho Monreal and Zubimendi Ibanez are unavailable to play for Real Sociedad.