Spanish La Liga - Athletic Bilbao VS RCD Espanyol Prediction
Spanish La Liga - Athletic Bilbao VS RCD Espanyol
Match Time: 19-10-2024 20:00 Saturday(GMT+8)
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Athletic Bilbao - WWDDWL
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde to contend with due to a largely intact set of players. Unai Simón (Wrist injury) will miss out.
In all likelihood, Los Leones will possibly go for a 4-2-3-1 formation, utilising Julen Agirrezabala, Oscar de Marcos, Daniel Vivian, Unai Nunez, Yuri Berchiche, Mikel Jauregizar, I. Ruiz de, Inaki Williams, Unai Gomez, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.
Athletic Bilbao will be hoping for a better result after the 2-1 La Liga loss in their previous game against Girona FC.
In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 34% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Oihan Sancet (41'). Girona had 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Yaser Asprilla (39') and Cristhian Stuani (99') scored for Girona FC.
Athletic Bilbao haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.
They have claimed a sum of 10 during that time and have conceded a total of 5. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see whether the trend will be sustained in this match.
Heading into this contest, Athletic Bilbao have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.
Espanyol - WWLLLW
Thanks to a largely available group of players, there’s just the one fitness worry for the Espanyol gaffer Manolo González to be concerned with. Javi Puado (Knee injury) misses out for this game.
We are inclined to think that Periquitos appear most likely to make use of a 3-5-2 lineup, giving starts to Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Marash Kumbulla, Leandro Cabrera, Jofre Carreras, Jose Gragera, Alex Kral, Pol Lozano, Carlos Romero, Irvin Cardona and Alejo Veliz.
Espanyol come into this match following on from a 2-1 La Liga win as they beat Mallorca in their last outing.
In that match, Espanyol managed 40% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Espanyol, the goalscorers were Marash Kumbulla (18') and Jofre Carreras (47'). Mallorca got 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Antonio Raíllo (68') scored for Mallorca.
Espanyol have been effective going forward leading up to this encounter, scoring 9 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Manolo González will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Espanyol have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same outings.
Going into this contest, Espanyol are without a win away from home in their last 9 league games. Very poor, indeed.
Athletic Bilbao possible starting lineup:
Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Vivian, Lekue, Boiro; U Gomez, Ruiz de Galarreta, Herrera; I Williams, Guruzeta, Berenguer
Espanyol possible starting lineup:
Garcia; El Hilali, Gomez, Kumbulla, Romero; Gragera, Lozano; Carreras, Kral, Cardona; Veliz
Athletic Bilbao vs Espanyol Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
*Espanyol have a good recent record against Athletic Bilbao and have won 19 out of the last 51 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Athletic Bilbao's 15 victories.
*After consecutive defeats against Espanyol in La Liga in 2018, Athletic Bilbao have lost only one of their last seven such games in the competition, with their only such defeat during this period coming by a 1-0 margin in 2022.
*Athletic Bilbao have lost two of their last five matches at home against Espanyol in La Liga, as many defeats as they had suffered in the 16 such games preceding this run.
*Espanyol have lost six of their last seven matches away from home against Basque opponents in La Liga, with their only such victory during this period coming against Athletic Bilbao
Prediction: Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Espanyol
Athletic will be missing some key players this weekend, and Espanyol are certainly capable of making this an uncomfortable match for the home side. The Lions can still call upon some excellent quality, though, and we are backing them to navigate their way to all three points on Saturday afternoon.
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