Match Report
Before the match
Athletic came into the game with two wins, two draws and one defeat from their last five outings, scoring 11 goals and conceding four, keeping three clean sheets. A 6-1 win away to Prat (29 October) was their most recent result.
The 29 October fixture (Copa del Rey) paired Athletic with Prat. Athletic won 6-1 away from home, netting six goals while conceding one. Playing at home against Getafe (La Liga), Athletic finished 4-0 on 25 October. Their score comprised four goals, against zero from the opposition. 21 October: Athletic lost 1-3 against Levante away from home in La Liga, scoring one goal and allowing three. Against Valencia in La Liga, Athletic scored zero and conceded zero on 17 October; the away from home result was 0-0. Athletic's at home game on 19 September (La Liga) ended 0-0 against Alavés, with zero goals for and zero against.
Athletic: 7th, 12 points, nine matches in the calculated La Liga standings at kickoff.
Real Sociedad: four wins and one defeat over five games; 13 goals scored, ten conceded. Levante were their latest opponents, at home on 25 October: a 2-1 win; their biggest win in that spell was 5-2 away to Málaga on 18 October.
On 25 October, Levante faced Real Sociedad in La Liga: Real Sociedad won 2-1 at home, having scored two and conceded one. La Liga, 18 October brought an away meeting with Málaga; Real Sociedad won 5-2, a return of five goals scored and two conceded. Real Sociedad hosted Deportivo on 11 October (La Liga) and won 3-2; their goals totalled three, compared with two conceded. Valencia hosted Real Sociedad (La Liga) on 20 September. For Real Sociedad, the score was 3-2: three goals scored, two allowed. 0-3 was Real Sociedad's result against Atleti on 13 September (La Liga), playing at home; Real Sociedad lost, with zero scored to three conceded.
Before kickoff, La Liga's results-based standings placed Real Sociedad 5th after ten matches and 19 points.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 1-0 home win for Real Sociedad on 4 March and a 1-0 away win for Real Sociedad on 11 February.
After the match
Athletic edged past Real Sociedad 2-1 on 1 November 2026. Iñaki Williams opened the scoring inside the first 14 minutes for Athletic, set up by Nico Williams, to make it 1-0. Luka Sučić levelled it in the 30th minute for Real Sociedad to make it 1-1. Athletic regained the lead through Álex Berenguer from the penalty spot 47 minutes into the game to make it 2-1. Iñaki Williams (45'), Mikel Oyarzabal (55'), Mamadou Sarr (64'), Jon Aramburu (74') and Hugo Rincón (84') were booked. Athletic picked up two yellow cards. The substitution total for Athletic was five. three yellow cards went to Real Sociedad. The substitution total for Real Sociedad was five.