Will San Sebastian remain unbeaten this year?

Is the reigning Spanish champions heading for Copa del Rey elimination this week? At the very least, a far from easy task awaits the Rojiblancos in the round of 16. They travel to San Sebastian, where Real Sociedad will be looking for a chance to surprise them. The hosts are still without a defeat this year and will go into this duel equipped with the necessary self-confidence.

The Madrilenians showed one or two weaknesses in the last week and have been waiting for a successful result for two games. In the league, things are not running as smoothly as last year and a title defence is out of the question. The concentration can therefore be completely directed towards the national cup and the Champions League. In the Real Sociedad vs. Atletico Madrid match, odds of 2.55 are offered for a bet on the visitors.

The Copa promises to be a high-class competition this year. All the top teams in the league are still in the competition. The home side will try to take advantage of the Red and Whites’ slump and move into the quarter-finals themselves. Kick-off at the Reale Arena is at 21:00.

Real Sociedad – Statistics & current form

After an excellent fifth place finish last season, things are going well for the white and blue in all competitions this year as well. In the championship as well as in the Europa League and in the cup, the home side is playing a good role.

In the La Liga table, Erreala are again in fifth place after twenty match days. The gap to Betis Sevilla, who are in third place behind Real Madrid and city rivals Sevilla, is just one point. The hosts are certainly capable of making it into the Champions League.

San Sebastian made it through the EL group stage

Internationally, the white and blue are still represented in the Europa League. Head coach Imanol Alguacil’s men finished second in Group B behind AS Monaco to qualify for the last 32. Here they will face German representative RB Leipzig.

In the Copa, the white-blue team has not yet faced a major challenge. They had clear victories against the underclass teams from Panaderia (4:0) and Zamora (3:0). At the second division team CD Leganes, La Real already looked like a sure winner with a 2:0 half-time lead. But the white-blue team conceded two goals within ten minutes and brought more tension into the game. Goal scorer Oyarzabal, however, made it clear that the team would advance to the next round. The oddsmakers are not optimistic about a place in the quarter-finals and are not making good predictions in favour of Real Sociedad against Atletico Madrid. The odds are 3.10 at the top.

Real Sociedad too harmless in attack

The strength of the home side lies in their stable defence. San Sebastian have the fourth strongest defensive line in the league and have only conceded 21 goals. The offensive picture is completely different. The opposing keeper was only beaten 22 times. In the top group, no team scored less often than the white-blue team.

Predicted Real Sociedad line-up:
Remiro – Munoz, Le Normand, Elustondo, Gorosabel – Merino, Guevara, Rafinha – Oyarzabal, Isak, Januzaj

Last matches played by Real Sociedad:

LaLiga
01/08 2022 – San Sebastian 1 – 0 Celta Vigo

Copa del Rey
01/05 2022 – Leganes 2 – 3 San Sebastian

LaLiga
01/02 2022 – Deportivo Alaves 1 – 1 San Sebastian

12/18 2021 – San Sebastian 1 – 3 FC Villarreal

Copa del Rey
12/15 2021 – Zamora 0 – 3 San Sebastian

Atletico Madrid – Statistics & current form

Last season Atletico finally won the championship again after seven years. In a thrilling season finale, the Red and Whites saved a two-point lead over city rivals Real. But this year things are not going so well for the Colchoneros.

After twenty match days, the Rojiblancos are already sixteen points behind the top of the table. A gap that is actually impossible to make up. With nine wins and six draws, 33 points have been collected so far. At the same time last season, they had already collected 47 points. The task now is to stay in the top 4 in order to qualify for the Champions League again.

Atletico reached the last 16 in the CL

The capitals are currently still in the race here as well. In Group B, the red and whites finished second behind Liverpool FC and ahead of Porto and AC Milan and are thus in the round of 16. In the round, they will play against Manchester United.

The Madrilenians have only had to play once in the Copa. Against Rayo Majadahonda they had a clear 5:0 victory.

Madrid are winless in two games

However, the last two duels did not go in favour of head coach Diego Simeone’s eleven. After the 2-2 draw in the league with Villarreal CF, they suffered a 2-1 defeat against Athletic Bilbao in the Supercup last Thursday. After leading 1-0, the Rojiblancos conceded two goals in the last quarter of an hour.

The Colchoneros, who are considered to be very strong defensively, have already conceded 24 goals in La Liga. Only eight teams have conceded more goals than the Red and Whites. Last year, they conceded just 25 goals in the entire season.

Predicted line-up of Atletico Madrid:
Oblak – Ferreira Carrasco, Hermoso, Gimenez, Vrsaljko – De Paul, Lemar, Kondogbia, Koke – Joao Felix, Correa

Last matches played by Atletico Madrid:

Super Cup
01/13 2022 – Atletico Madrid 1 – 2 Athletic Bilbao

LaLiga
01/09 2022 – Villarreal FC 2 – 2 Atletico Madrid

Copa del Rey
01/06 2022 – Rayo Majadahonda 0 – 5 Atletico Madrid

LaLiga
01/02 2022 – Atletico Madrid 2 – 0 Rayo Vallecano

12/22 2021 – Granada 2 – 1 Atletico Madrid

Real Sociedad – Atletico Madrid Direct comparison / H2H record

The two teams have faced each other in 141 duels so far. The overall record shows 70 wins for Atletico and 42 for San Sebastian. This season, the two sides met in the league and surprisingly, the White-Blue side drew 2-2 in the capital after the Txuri-Urdin were already 2-0 up.

For Wednesday, the bookmakers are predicting that Real Sociedad will advance to the next round against Atletico Madrid. In the last seven direct duels, the hosts have only emerged victorious once. Last season, all points went to the Rojiblancos.

Real Sociedad – Atletico Madrid Tip

In the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, two teams meet on equal terms on Wednesday. In the league, both teams are equal on points in a place that entitles them to participate in an international competition. The bookmakers see slight advantages for the visitors and offer odds of 2.55 for a bet on the red and whites in the Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid match.

However, the hosts are still without defeat this year and will accordingly go into the match with a lot of self-confidence. With just one win from their last seven encounters against their opponents, they will be looking to celebrate another success on Wednesday and secure a place in the quarter-finals.

We expect an open duel that can be decided in either direction. That is why we are looking at the goal bets. We are convinced that we will see a match with many penalty area scenes and recommend betting on a match in which both teams will score a goal in the Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid match. For this we are offered the attractive odds of 1.93.

Since the outcome of the clash is completely open for us, the greater value is of course to be found in a bet on the home side. Alternatively, we place a small bet on a home win in the Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid match, at betting odds of 3.10.