📏 Form Guide

Atlético Madrid

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Atlético Madrid will be hoping to bounce back here after a 2-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Alaves.

In that match, Atlético Madrid had 69% possession and 15 shots at goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Alaves got 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Carlos Benavídez (15') and Luis Rioja (92') scored for Alaves.

Matches featuring Atlético Madrid have usually been entertaining ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past six clashes, the sum total of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 9 of those coming from Atlético Madrid.

Athletic Bilbao

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In their previous game, Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1 in the La Liga match with Granada.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao had 67% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Athletic Bilbao, goals were scored by Iñaki Williams (6' Own goal) and Gorka Guruzeta (24'). Granada got 5 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

Over the course of 6 of the past 6 clashes featuring Athletic Bilbao, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell is a meagre 2, with the average goals for Los Leones being 1.17. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this game, however.

Going into this contest, Athletic Bilbao haven't beaten Atlético Madrid when having played them away from home in the previous 12 matches in the league. A very poor run of away results.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 30/04/2022 shows us that Atlético Madrid have won 2 of these & Athletic Bilbao 4, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

A combined total of 10 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 2 of them for Atleti and 8 for Los Leones. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

ℹ️ Team News: Atlético Madrid

The Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone will be grateful to have no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match with a fully injury-free group to choose from.

It’s our opinion that Atleti should kick off with a 3-5-2 formation in the match and select Jan Oblak, Jose Gimenez, Axel Witsel, Mario Hermoso, Nahuel Molina, Marcos Llorente, Koke, Rodrigo De Paul, Samuel Dias Lino, Angel Correa and Antoine Griezmann.

🗞️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

With a fully healthy group to pick from, the Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash. Óscar de Marcos is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We reckon that Los Leones seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Unai Simon, Benat Prados, Daniel Vivian, Yeray Alvarez, Inigo Lekue, Mikel Vesga, I. Ruiz de, Inaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Athletic Bilbao will have to work hard as a team to put one past this Atlético Madrid team who we think will emerge victorious.

We therefore see a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Atlético Madrid at the end of the match.

Expecting it to be tight.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 18:07 27/04/2024