Athletic Bilbao welcome the visitors Espanyol in the Spanish La Liga – Round 27. The match will be held on Friday, March, 8th, at the Estadio San Mames (Bilbao).
The hosting Athletic Bilbao feature quite a good season, sitting 11th in the table (the middle of the standings). Actually, they share this line with the visiting Espanyol, leading by the goal difference: Athletic made 25 goals and allowed 30. The side are quite secure in the defense; that said, they are not effective because of the issues in the attack. In the last round, Athletic lost to Valencia out, 2:0, whereas at home, they are winless in 8 consecutive matches. All 8 fixtures were underscoring – the ‘Leones’ cannot score a lot and prevent the opponents from doing so. Therefore, in the coming clash with the ‘Pericos’, they will most likely play quality defense.
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The traveling Espanyol suffered the horrible end of the first term and the poor start of the second one. Then the team’s performance improved, and now the side run on a 5-match no-loss streak (2 wins and 3 draws). Unlike their Friday hosts, Espanyol are not that safe in the defense (they missed 39 goals), but they are more active and varied in the attack (31 goals made). Notably, the ‘Pericos’ are among the worst league away performers – they attained only 1 win out, not promising indeed.
The match will see a meeting of 2 sides who have no aims in the league and just play the remaining rounds (both are rather far from the relegation zone and both have no chances for the European places). Espanyol are bad in outings. Athletic do not allow the opponents much at home. Thus, the bet on under 2.5 goals seems very logical; moreover, very rare team’s previous head-to-heads were goal-rich.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals.
