Soccer
Competition: La Liga
Market: Both teams to score
Odds: 10/11 @ 1xBet
Looking to extend on their European charge this weekend, Real Sociedad will travel to bitter rivals Athletic Bilbao on Sunday night.
Starting with the hosts, signing off their Champions League nightmare earlier in the week with an action-packed 3-2 loss at home against Sporting Lisbon, Athletic Bilbao are enduring a real crisis. Continuing to tumble down the La Liga standings, the pressure on Ernesto Valverde’s shoulders has certainly started to mount. Last seen in La Liga duties falling to a 2-1 defeat away at Sevilla, the Lions have lost each of their previous three consecutive domestic appearances across all competitions by an aggregate score of 10-3. Suffering a 5-0 Super Cup drumming at the hands of Barcelona on January 7th, Bilbao have also shown some rather glaring defensive issues. Including another 3-2 loss against Mallorca a fortnight ago, Sunday’s hosts have failed to record a single La Liga clean sheet since the start of December. Likewise, Valverde’s struggling squad have also shipped at least a pair of goals in all of their last six straight outings.
As for the visitors, while Real Sociedad might have opened up the 2025/26 campaign in the midst of a public crisis, they have come roaring back since Pellegrino Matarazzo’s arrival. Putting in another dominant display last weekend as they stormed their way to a 3-1 victory at home against Celta Vigo, the former Hoffenheim boss finds the mood in his camp at a red-hot high. Skyrocketing up the La Liga table and now with their sights set on booking a lucrative European return, Sunday’s guests have won each of their previous four domestic appearances across all competitions. Springing a sensational comeback on January 18th as they secured a 2-1 win against reigning Spanish champions Barcelona, Sociedad should be relishing a trip to their arch-rivals here. Finding a recent clinical edge in the final third, Matarazzo’s high-flying squad are also unbeaten in all of their previous seven matchups and they are enjoying their most fruitful spell of the campaign so far.
Bet: Both teams to score at Athletic Bilbao vs Real Sociedad 10/11 for Sunday’s La Liga battle @ 1xBet
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