Saturday, November 23, 2024, 00:59
The clashes between Sestao River and Barakaldo are considered by many to be ‘the derby of Bizkaia’. Not only because they are two neighboring towns, with the rivalry and competition that this usually generates in sports disciplines. One of the main reasons is that these two teams from the Left Bank have an important historical weight in national football, with more than a hundred years of life each and many experiences in the best leagues, with the exception of the First Division, which neither has could still play.
In these long paths that each of them has traveled, Sestaotarras and Baracaldesans have faced each other on countless occasions. Seven times they have met in the Second Division. All of them in a period of 22 years, between 1939 and 1961. The rest have been in the third national step, whether called Third Division or Second Division B. They have never crossed paths below that bronze category, in which They are currently active.
Therefore, you have to go back 63 years to find a Left Bank derby in a league higher than the one being held today. Likewise, it is worth remembering that this First Federation, made up of only two groups, is the prelude to professional football and has greatly raised the level compared to the defunct Second B. In other words, this is a unique occasion. The seven-year wait for their last clash against each other is worth it just for the mere fact that it takes place in a division like this, surrounded by ocean liners, with large budgets to qualify for promotion to the Second Division.
The field factor does not influence
As EL CORREO has been able to gather, Sestao River – including the eighty years of existence of Sestao Sport – and Barakaldo have faced each other in a total of 74 official matches. For the moment, the balance smiles on the black and white people. They have emerged victorious over their neighbors on 31 occasions. Almost the same number of times, this derby has ended in a draw: 27. While the black and green team has obtained victory in 16 games. Translated into percentages, Barakaldo has won 42 percent of the derbies, Sestao 22, and they have drawn 36 percent of the time.
The records hardly vary if they differentiate between the results obtained in Las Llanas with respect to those of Lasesarre. Despite being two teams that have historically been very strong in their respective stadiums, the neighbor has taken the measure well. However, in recent years, Barakaldo has made its field a fortress against the sestaotarras, who have not won in Lasesarre for more than forty years: April 24, 1983 (2-3).
In Las Llanas, Barakaldo has won in fifteen of its visits, another thirteen have ended with a draw and Sestao River has won in nine. The next chapter of this story is about to be written this Saturday.
