Athletic Bilbao vs Cádiz Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Athletic Bilbao

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Athletic Bilbao head into this game following a 0-0 La Liga draw versus Mallorca.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao managed 67% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Mallorca had 8 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Athletic Bilbao have been participants. In terms of the goal split in this period, their opponents scored a total of 6 while Athletic Bilbao managed the sum of 7. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to follow through here, though.

Coming into this contest, Athletic Bilbao have not been beaten in the league by Cádiz in their previous 3 games.

Cádiz

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Cádiz will go into this meeting following on from a 3-1 La Liga win over Villarreal in their last fixture.

In that match, Cádiz managed 42% possession and 18 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Cádiz, the scorers were Chris Ramos (18') and Darwin Machís (30', 50'). On the other side, Villarreal had 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Alexander Sørloth (10') scored for Villarreal.

For 5 of the past 6 clashes involving Cádiz, a relatively low number of goals have gone in between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game within that period comes out as just 2, with the number of goals averaged by Submarino amarillo standing at 1.17.

Going into this encounter, Cádiz have not won away from home in their last 6 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head meetings going back to 01/10/2020 shows us that Athletic Bilbao have won 4 of them & Cádiz 2, with the number of draws standing at 0.

An aggregate of 20 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 15 of them from Los Leones and 5 coming from Submarino amarillo. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was La Liga match day 20 on 03/02/2023 which ended up with the score at Athletic Bilbao 4-1 Cádiz.

On that occasion, Athletic Bilbao managed 42% possession and 17 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The goalscorers were Oihan Sancet (10', 35', 75') and Yeray Álvarez (44').

Cádiz had 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Gonzalo Escalante (25') was the scorer.

The referee was Valentín Pizarro Gómez.

ℹ️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

Óscar de Marcos (Ankle Injury), Yeray Álvarez (Tear in the abductor muscle) and Peru Nolaskoain (Knee Problems) won’t be able to feature for Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde.

In our view, Los Leones may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for this game featuring Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, I. Ruiz de, Mikel Vesga, Inaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Alex Berenguer and Gorka Guruzeta.

📰 Team News: Cádiz

Cádiz boss Sergio González has not got a full squad to pick from. Brian Ocampo (Cruciate Ligament Injury) and Martín Calderón (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, Submarino amarillo seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-4-2 formation, giving starts to Jeremias Ledesma, Isaac Carcelen, Luis Hernandez, Fali, Javier Hernandez, Ivan Alejo, Ruben Alcaraz, Gonzalo Escalante, Ruben Sobrino, Christopher Ramos and Roger.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Athletic Bilbao look likely to score at least once when they meet Cádiz, who could well find it tough scoring a goal of their own.

We’re therefore expecting to see a decent 2-0 victory for Athletic Bilbao at the conclusion of the game.

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

Renata Leite, 08:13 13/09/2023