On January 19, the match of the 1/8 finals of the Spanish Cup will take place, in which San Sebastian's Real Sociedad will play at home with Atletico Madrid. The forecast for this match is given by journalist and football analyst Dmitry Vishnevsky.
This match was postponed, as Atletico played a mini-tournament in Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup, but failed in it, losing to the Basque Athletic (1:2), although Diego Simeone's team led the score 15 minutes before the end of the match, but missed twice after serving corners. Now the "matrasnikov" is waiting for another difficult match in the Basque Country.
Real Sociedad traditionally performs strongly at home in relegation matches. Over the past 10 years, the Basques have lost only 2 out of 19 matches played on the home "Anoete". And in general, the current season for San Sebastians turns out to be very good, performing in the championship no worse than Atletico, while making it to the playoffs of the Europa League. Therefore, it is difficult to call the Madrid players in this pair the favorites of the confrontation.
Dmitry Vishnevsky believes that the match will turn out to be quite pragmatic, and it is difficult to expect a large number of goals scored, especially in light of the fact that the teams lost their leading forwards - Isak and Griezmann due to injuries. The expert believes that a draw is very likely here, most likely 1:1, but at the same time Real Sociedad will be closer to victory.
