📏 Form Guide

Villarreal

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Villarreal, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 La Liga triumph over Getafe.

In that match, Villarreal had 44% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Villarreal, the goalscorers were Ayoze Pérez (15') and Thierno Barry (33'). At the other end, Getafe got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Carles Pérez (29') was the scorer for Getafe.

It has been all too rare in recent times that Villarreal haven’t conceded. The reality is that Villarreal have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 6 goals on the way. That being said, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend might be maintained here in this match or not.

Analysis of their past results shows that Villarreal:

• have not registered a win against Athletic Bilbao in their previous 3 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Athletic Bilbao

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In the game prior to this, Athletic Bilbao drew 0-0 in the La Liga tie with Osasuna.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 62% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Osasuna had 6 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Ernesto Valverde's Athletic Bilbao have found the back of the net a total of 6 times, giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings dating back to 09/04/2022 tells us that Villarreal have won 1 of them and Athletic Bilbao 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.

A sum of 18 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from El Submarino Amarillo and 9 netted by Los Leones. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The previous league clash featuring the two was La Liga match day 16 on 08/12/2024 and the score finished Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Villarreal.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao had 42% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Goals were scored by Aitor Paredes (15') and Iñaki Williams (69').

Villarreal had 11 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Víctor García Verdura.

📰 Team News: Villarreal

There is just one fitness concern for the Villarreal boss Marcelino García Toral to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Ilias Akhomach (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t play.

We think that El Submarino Amarillo may well employ a 4-4-2 formation for this one, utilising Luiz Junior, Juan Foyth, Kiko, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Santi Comesana, Daniel Parejo, Alejandro Baena, Ayoze Perez and Thierno Barry.

ℹ️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

We believe Los Leones seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Unai Simon, Andoni Gorosabel, Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, Benat Prados, Mikel Jauregizar, Inaki Williams, Unai Gomez, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Athletic Bilbao are likely to score a goal against this Villarreal lineup, but that probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 win for Villarreal at full-time. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 18:02 06/04/2025