Athletic – Real Sociedad. Forecast and announcement for the 1/2 final match of the Spanish Cup

On February 11, San Mames will host the first match of the 1/2 finals of the Spanish Cup, in which Atlético will face Real Sociedad.

The match will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Sport.ua together with a betting partner betting announces the upcoming match!

Athletic

The team has been strong in recent years, after the return to the coaching post of Valverde. As a result, its leader, Nico Williams, did not move to Barcelona in the summer, and it seemed that it would be another good year. At least, the Basques started with victories in August – but then almost continuous problems began.

It doesn’t get along almost everywhere: they didn’t make it to the playoffs in the Champions League, in the Super Cup they lost by a big score to their first opponent, Barcelona, ​​in the Premier League, losing half of the matches, they slipped to the middle of the table. But the more important cup is the only way to save the season. By the way, after Valencia was knocked out a week ago, there was finally a victory in La Liga – there with a score of 4:2 they managed to beat Levante – yes, a rookie outsider, but now any success is valuable.

Real Sociedad

In the summer, the club said goodbye to Alguacil – he won the cup, took his wards to the playoffs of the Champions League, but could not cope with a protracted decline that lasted more than one season and led to the eleventh position at the end of 2024/2025. It was only in San Sebastian that they found a person who was not particularly experienced, but their own (Imanol himself was like that at one time), making Sergio Francisco the head coach… To fire him already in December against the background of unsuccessful results.

In comparison, Pellegrino, who previously worked in the Bundesliga, immediately after the move became the coach of the month in the Primera. Where, in particular, he defeated Barcelona, ​​and in the last round, he managed to beat Elche confidently, 3:1. In addition, Osasuna was knocked out by Alaves at the beginning of February in the cup after a tense, only penalty shoot-out, with a 3:2 away win.

Statistics of personal meetings

In 2024, Athletic won twice in a row. But then there were a couple of draws when Real Sociedad won.

Forecast

Bookmakers still believe significantly more in the success of Valverde’s wards, who play at home. But here it is worth looking at the offer in the form of both will score (coefficient – 1.90 according to the BC betking line).