Athletic Bilbao welcome the visitors Atletico Madrid in the Spanish La Liga – Round 28. The match will be held on Saturday, March, 16th, at the Estadio San Mames (Bilbao).
In the previous 5 fixtures, the hosting Athletic Bilbao attained 8 points and were defeated only by Valencia out. They moved to the 12th place and stretched by 9 points from the relegation trio. The team’s effectiveness is impressive: after 27 rounds, their goal difference is 26 to 31.
Of the last 30 clashes, the visiting Atletico Madrid conceded just 4. Only 2 of those defeats were domestic – the team were defeated by Real Betis and Real Madrid. 1 of the losses was registered in the last match, yet it was held in terms of the Champions League. Having won Juventus at home, 2:0, Atletico could not hold the edge and conceded in Turin, 3:0. They dropped from the Champions League and now can focus on the La Liga matches.
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The hosts demonstrate some improvement, still it reveals only in clashes with Eibar, Huesca, Espanyol; once Athletic faced Valencia, they conceded. That said, they ended level against Barcelona (in 1 of the 5 latest rounds mentioned above). Anyways, that wasn’t a win, and the team will hardly attain one against Atletico. The Basques’ latest victory over Atletico was registered 6 years back. Since then, the sides met 13 times, the Madrid outfit were victors in 11 head-to-heads, and 2 meetings did not find the winners. The vice leaders will probably rack up points this time either.
As for the total, Atletico have been an underscoring team throughout a few consecutive seasons, including the present one: only 6 their matches produced over 2.5 goals, just 2 of those were on the road. The team’s line is to score a goal or two and then waste the time playing at the middle. In light of their exhaustion due to the trip to Italy, Diego Simeone’s men will probably play according to the proven strategy. The hosts’ effectiveness is rather frugal, as noted earlier. All the above will provide for the guests’ no-loss and an underscoring outcome.
Prediction for the match: Atletico Madrid to win or Draw & Under 2.5 goals.
