11.02.2026 8 p.m.
Spain 🇪🇸 Copa Del Rey
Venue:Estadio San Mamés
Ath.Bilbao vs Real Sociedad
🔥 The Big Picture
•This is a tight tactical battle — both teams know each other extremely well and recent meetings have tended to be close and cagey. Head-to-head results have been balanced in recent matches.
•Real Sociedad arrive in very solid form — unbeaten in many of their last games across competitions — and have a strong away record in the cup.
•Athletic Bilbao will be fired up at San Mamés, where they’re tough to beat and historically resilient in the Copa del Rey.
📊 What the Odds and Stats Suggest
•Most statistical previews lean towards a tight draw, often predicting ~1–1 as a likely scoreline.
•Both teams tend to score regularly but also concede goals — especially Athletic, who haven’t kept many clean sheets lately.
•Real Sociedad’s away cup form — unbeaten across many cup away ties — can be a real asset tonight.
🧠 My Opinion
✅ Likely to be tight and tactical: Both coaches will prioritise not losing the first leg, especially in a two-legged tie.
✅ Goals likely, but not a goal-flood: Both teams have attacking talent (Williams brothers for Athletic; Oyarzabal and Guedes for Sociedad) — but corrective defending is likely to play a big part.
✅ Small details decide it: Set-pieces, defensive lapses, penalty decisions or late momentum swings could be decisive in a match like this.
OUR VERDICT:BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE-YES
