Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao Live Stream, Predictions

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Valencia

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Valencia will play in this fixture after a 2-2 La Liga drawn game vs UD Almería.

In that match, Valencia managed 57% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Valencia, goals were scored by Justin Kluivert (48') and José Gayà (65'). At the other end, Almería had 14 shots on goal with 3 on target. Chumi Brandáriz (54') and Portillo (74') scored for UD Almería.

Gennaro Gattuso's Valencia have netted 11 times in their prior six outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time stands at 6.

Athletic Bilbao

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Real Madrid in La Liga action, Athletic Bilbao will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao managed 50% possession and 18 shots at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Real Madrid had 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Karim Benzema (24') and Toni Kroos (90') scored for Real Madrid.

Ernesto Valverde's Athletic Bilbao have managed to stick the ball in the net 8 times in the course of their latest sextet of matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those matches comes to 6.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 07/02/2021, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Valencia winning 1 of those games, Athletic Bilbao 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

8 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 of them from Los Che and 4 coming from Los Leones. That’s an average goals per game of 1.33.

The last league match featuring the two was La Liga match day 2 on 21/08/2022 and the score finished Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Valencia.

In that game, Athletic Bilbao had 37% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Álex Berenguer (43').

For their opponents, Valencia had 10 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The referee was César Soto Grado.

🗞️ Team News: Valencia

There is just the sole fitness concern for the Valencia gaffer Gennaro Gattuso to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed squad. Nico González (Metatarsal Fracture) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: Athletic Bilbao

From a largely full-strength squad, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde to contend with. Iñigo Martínez (Foot Injury) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

It seems to us that Athletic Bilbao and Valencia could end up without much reward for their efforts here.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, and it’s not easy to pick a clear winner. That’s why we have predicted a very even match with a 0-0 scoreline after 90 minutes.

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

Andre Moura, 11:14 23/01/2023