📏 Form Guide

Athletic Bilbao

DWWLDD

Athletic Bilbao head into this game after a 1-1 La Liga tied result versus Villarreal.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 53% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Athletic Bilbao was Oihan Sancet (66'). Villarreal had 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Dani Parejo (95') scored for Villarreal.

Their latest results reveal that it has been a great time for the Athletic Bilbao backline. Athletic Bilbao have given the opposition little, seeing the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last 6 clashes standing at 4. That aside, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall be replicated in this upcoming game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Athletic Bilbao:

• have not won against Granada in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 15 league matches at home. A fantastic home record.

Granada

LLLLLW

Granada go into this meeting following on from a 2-0 La Liga win in the defeat of Alaves in their previous outing.

In that match, Granada had 38% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Granada, the goals were scored by Myrto Uzuni (9') and Lucas Boyé (38'). On the other side, Alaves had 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Granada have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals overall. Defensively, Granada have clearly had some problems.

Looking at their past form shows that Granada:

• have not beaten Athletic Bilbao when having played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• have not won away from home in their last 15 league games. They must be getting so desperate.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 19/07/2020 tells us that Athletic Bilbao have won 1 of these games and Granada 3, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

In all, 16 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for Los Leones and 11 coming from Nazaríes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league match between these sides was La Liga match day 16 on 11/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Granada 1-1 Athletic Bilbao.

In that match, Granada managed 38% possession and 1 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

Athletic Bilbao had 5 shots on goal with 1 on target. Iñaki Williams (6') and Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (55' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias.

ℹ️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

The Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde has no fitness worries at all coming into this game with a fully healthy group to choose from.

In our view, Los Leones will probably use a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, utilising Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, Benat Prados, I. Ruiz de, Inaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.

🗞️ Team News: Granada

Thanks to a fully injury-free group ready to go, the Granada manager José Sandoval does not have any fitness worries at all before this match.

We’re of the thinking that Nazaríes seem likely to play in a 4-4-2 lineup, starting Augusto Batalla, Bruno Mendez, Miguel Rubio, Ignasi Miquel, Carlos Neva, Facundo Pellistri, Sergio Ruiz, Gerard Gumbau, Kamil Jozwiak, Lucas Boye and Myrto Uzuni.

💡 Prediction

We believe that Athletic Bilbao will likely create enough chances to score more than one when they line up against Granada, who might well find it a difficult task to get a goal of their own.

We can therefore see a 2-0 victory for Athletic Bilbao at the end of this one.

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

Andre Moura, 18:01 19/04/2024