These two teams will look to get back to winning ways as well as kickstart their season as they languish outside the top half of the table in these early stages.

Athletico Bilbao almost pulled off a stunning win as they led Barcelona by a single goal until late into the second half at the Camp Nou last weekend, before the Catalans finally scored an equalizer through El Munir in the 84th minute.

Despite that spirited effort they have largely had a poor season in La Liga so far.

The hosts have won just one of their league games this season and they are currently 15th in the league table after picking up 4 draws from their first 6 games.

Bilbao have scored 8 goals in those games but they have a serious problem shutting teams out and as a result they have already conceded 10 goals.

They were beaten 3-0 by Villarreal in their last home game and Real Sociedad will look to add to that however the visitors are not in good form either.

Sociedad are currently 13th in the league table after winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 3 of their 7 league games this season.

They were beaten 1-0 at home by Valencia at the weekend and that was the 3rd straight time they have failed to win a home game, and the 5th time they have failed to win in their last 6 matches.

The visitors have scored 9 goals in 7 games this season while at the same time conceding 10.

Having won on their last away day, Sociedad will look to get another 3 points from this game.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Athletic Bilbao

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Barcelona		1-1		Athletic Bilbao	29 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Athletic Bilbao		0-3		Villarreal	26 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Real Betis		2-2		Athletic Bilbao	23 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Athletic Bilbao		1-1		Real Madrid	15 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Athletic Bilbao		2-2		Huesca	27 Aug, 2018	Spanish Primera División

Real Sociedad

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Real Sociedad		0-1		Valencia	29 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Real Sociedad		2-2		Rayo Vallecano	25 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Huesca		0-1		Real Sociedad	21 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Real Sociedad		1-2		Barcelona	15 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Eibar		2-1		Real Sociedad	31 Aug, 2018	Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Real Sociedad		3-1		Athletic Bilbao	28 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao		0-0		Real Sociedad	16 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Real Sociedad		0-2		Athletic Bilbao	12 Mar, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao		3-2		Real Sociedad	16 Oct, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao		0-1		Real Sociedad	21 Feb, 2016	Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results