Athletic Bilbao vs Real Sociedad Predictions

• Only three of Athletic Bilbao’s last ten outings have featured 3+ goals
• Real Sociedad have the best away defence in La Liga, conceding just once
• Their last five league outings have also contained fewer than three strikes

Bilbao looking to kick on

A six-game unbeaten run before the international break shows that Athletic Bilbao are in good form, although they have frustratingly drawn three of those games.

Part of the reason for that is they have not been scoring too many, netting exactly once in three of those outings, while also keeping only a couple of clean sheets.

Indeed, seven of their last ten games have featured fewer than three strikes, as have seven of their nine fixtures at home across all competitions.

Real need to up their goal output

Goals might therefore not be the order of the day, especially as visitors Real Sociedad have seen just five strikes across their six away league matches.

Imanol Alguacil’s side have the best defence on the road in La Liga, conceding just once, but they have equally only netted four times, a joint-low for the top half of the table.

The result of that is that their last five top flight outings have all seen two goals or fewer scored, as have their last ten on the road in the league.

I predict there will be fewer than three goals in this game, selecting 1-1 as a correct score prediction.