Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad - prediction, team news, lineups

Estadio de La Cartuja volition play big to the 2026 Copa del Rey last connected Saturday night, arsenic Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad fastener horns for the trophy.

Atletico are aiming to triumph the contention for the 11th clip successful their history, portion Real Sociedad person their sights connected conscionable a 4th Copa del Rey crown.

Match preview

Atletico suffered a 2-1 location decision to Barcelona successful the 2nd limb of their Champions League quarter-final connected Tuesday night, but they inactive managed to beforehand to the semi-finals 3-2 connected aggregate, with Diego Simeone's broadside present preparing to tackle Arsenal successful the last four.

Incredibly, Atletico person really mislaid 5 of their past six games successful each competitions, including a 2-1 decision to Sevilla successful their past home fixture, which near them 4th successful the La Liga table, immoderate 22 points down the leaders Barcelona.

The Red and Whites volition not beryllium enjoying league occurrence this year, but they tin inactive triumph 2 cups, and they are aiming to assistance the Copa del Rey trophy for the 11th clip successful their history.

Atletico past triumphed successful 2012-13, beating Real Madrid 2-1, but they person really mislaid their past 2 Copa del Rey contests against Real Sociedad, including a 2-0 decision successful the circular of 16 successful 2022.

Real Sociedad pb the head-to-head grounds betwixt the 2 sides successful this contention six wins to four, which includes the 1987 final, which the Basque outfit won 6-4 connected penalties.

The wide head-to-head grounds successful this fixture does favour Atletico, though, with the superior squad winning 80 of their 164 matches, including a 3-2 occurrence erstwhile the brace past locked horns successful Spain's apical formation successful March of this year.

Real Sociedad person not beaten Atletico successful immoderate contention since the Copa del Rey last-16 contention backmost successful January 2022, but they volition surely beryllium the fresher of the 2 teams, having had a afloat week to hole for the cupful fixture with Simeone's side.

Indeed, La Real were past successful enactment connected April 11, drafting 3-3 with Alaves successful La Liga, which near them seventh successful the table, conscionable 2 points down sixth-placed Celta Vigo successful the conflict for Europe.

Pellegrino Matarazzo's broadside bushed their Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao successful the semi-finals of this season's tournament, and their grounds successful the contention against Atletico should manus them assurance up of this weekend's showpiece event.

The White and Blues person lone managed to triumph the Copa del Rey connected 3 erstwhile occasions, though, with their past occurrence coming successful 2019-20, erstwhile they bushed Athletic successful the final.

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Team News

Atletico volition erstwhile again beryllium missing Pablo Barrios owed to a thigh injury, portion Jose Gimenez and David Hancko are regarded arsenic large doubts for the Copa del Rey final.

Juan Musso's caller signifier betwixt the sticks has been excellent, but fit-again Jan Oblak could travel backmost into the broadside connected Saturday for his archetypal quality since the commencement of March.

Johnny Cardoso is disposable again and provides an enactment successful midfield, but Koke is apt to support his spot, portion determination should beryllium different presumption successful the last 3rd of the tract for Antoine Griezmann alongside Julian Alvarez, with Alexander Sorloth expected to commencement connected the bench.

Real Sociedad volition person Unai Marrero betwixt the sticks connected Saturday, with the 24-year-old being fixed enactment successful the Copa del Rey this season, and that is acceptable to proceed this weekend.

Inaki Ruperez, Jon Gorrotxategi, Yangel Herrera, Igor Zubeldia and Alvaro Odriozola are retired of the lucifer done injury, but Sergio Gomez's reddish paper against Alaves past clip retired does not number towards a suspension successful the Copa del Rey, truthful the defender is disposable for this fixture.

Mikel Oyarzabal was an unused substitute against Alaves past clip out, but determination volition beryllium a instrumentality successful the last 3rd of the tract for the Spain international, who has scored 14 times successful each competitions this season, including 2 goals successful 5 outings successful the Copa del Rey.

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Molina, Le Normand, Lenglet, Ruggeri; Simeone, Llorente, Koke, Lookman; Alvarez, Griezmann

Real Sociedad imaginable starting lineup:

Marrero; Aramburu, Martin, Elustondo, Gomez; Soler, Turrientes; Sucic, Mendez, Barrenetxea; Oyarzabal

We say: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad are much than susceptible of emerging victorious connected Saturday, and we are expecting it to beryllium a precise adjacent match, some successful presumption of the scoreline and the crippled arsenic a whole.

Atletico had an energy-zapping crippled with Barcelona connected Tuesday, but we are inactive expecting them to beryllium bully capable to borderline a adjacent crippled this play successful bid to unafraid the trophy.

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