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Athletic and Villarreal to end all square

26/09/18
Athletic and Villarreal to end all square
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On Wednesday night, Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal go head-to-head at San Mames in La Liga.

Athletic have endured an inconsistent start to their campaign in the Spanish top-flight, having picked up six points from their opening four league games in La Liga.

The boys from Bilbao kicked off their campaign with a 2-1 win over Leganes before draws in their last three league outings against Huesca, Real Madrid and Real Betis.

The home side’s La Liga games this season have been high scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in three of their last four outings. Both teams have also scored in all four of their league matches this season.

Athletic do not have a great recent home record in La Liga. They may be unbeaten in three home games in the league, but the home side has now won just two of their last eight league games on their own patch.

Bilbao have found it hard to keep out the opposition on home soil of late in La Liga, as they have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight league games at San Mames.

Like their hosts, Villarreal have endured a mixed start to their campaign in La Liga, picking up just five points from as many games in the Spanish top-flight. Last time out the Yellow Submarine drew 0-0 with Valencia.

The draw against Los Ches means that Villarreal have now won just one of their last six matches in the Spanish top-flight. Their recent league games have also been low scoring with under 1.5 goals in their last four outings.

Villarreal do not have a great recent record on their travels either, although the visitors have lost just one of their last five away games in La Liga on their travels.

Forebet predicts that these two teams will cancel each other out and the game will finish in a low scoring draw.

La Liga
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Real Madrid 81 32 25 6 1 48
2
Barcelona 70 32 21 7 4 27
3
Girona 68 32 21 5 6 27
4
Atlético Madrid 61 32 19 4 9 21
5
Athletic Bilbao 58 32 16 10 6 22
6
Real Sociedad 51 32 13 12 7 12
7
Real Betis 48 32 12 12 8 2
8
Valencia 47 32 13 8 11 1
9
Villarreal 42 32 11 9 12 -4
10
Getafe 40 32 9 13 10 -6
11
Osasuna 39 32 11 6 15 -9
12
Sevilla 37 32 9 10 13 -4
13
Las Palmas 37 32 10 7 15 -9
14
Deportivo Alavés 35 32 9 8 15 -10
15
Rayo Vallecano 34 32 7 13 12 -12
16
Real Mallorca 31 32 6 13 13 -12
17
Celta Vigo 31 32 7 10 15 -10
18
Cadiz 25 32 4 13 15 -23
19
Granada CF 18 32 3 9 20 -28
20
UD Almería 14 32 1 11 20 -33

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