Athletic Bilbao vs Real Sociedad - who is the better team?

Currently Real Sociedad has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. Athletic Bilbao has 47 goals and Real Sociedad has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Sociedad would win the match.

• At the moment Athletic Bilbao has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1566 interceptions and 46 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Yuri Berchiche and Oscar de Marcos Arana.
• In Real Sociedad the two top defenders are Martin Zubimendi Ibanez and Mikel Merino.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Athletic Bilbao has currently the best defense.

Evaluating the strength of a teams midfield is not easy. At 1vs1 we look at a value called Pass Progression Value (PPV). We measure the ability of players to play the pass into dangerous zones and to create chances. Athletic Bilbao has a PPV value of 0.32 and Real Sociedad has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Athletic Bilbao Oscar de Marcos Arana has a total value of 0.74 and in the team of Real Sociedad the best player is David Silva.

• To analyse the best strikers of teams we look at the amount of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value (Xg value – measure who the probability of a chance to turn into a goal.)
• Athletic Bilbao has scored in this season so far 47 goals and 33.53 shots on goal. Real Sociedad scored 51 and 40.18 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Oihan Sancet Tirapu with 10 goals and Inaki Williams with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8 and 10.28.
• The two best players of Real Sociedad are Alexander Sorloth with 12 goals and Takefusa Kubo with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.55 and 7.4.
• Our opinion is that Real Sociedad has the better offensive players than Athletic Bilbao.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Real Sociedad is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.