Athletic Bilbao welcome the visitors Huesca in the Spanish Copa del Rey – 1/16 Finals. The match will be held on Wednesday, November 28th at the Estadio San Mames (Bilbao).
Athletic Bilbao, though lead the 3 bottom teams in the Spanish championship, are always mindful about their fans in any of their home games. They lost 2 of 6 matches on their turf in the championship, but the draw against Real Madrid deserves attention. Besides, the only their win as for now the team also got at home.
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The league newcomer Huesca find themselves at the bottom of the standings. For some reason, the club management dismissed the head coach Rubi after he led the team to the La Liga first time in their history and assigned the Argentinian Franco having no coaching experience at all. He cannot possibly have one, as yet 2 years back he defended Huesca’s net. So, here comes Huesca’s championship record. They lost 5 last outings, in which they scored 4 goals and lost 16. Unlike lower division teams, La Liga teams start to compete in the Cup only as of this 1/16 Finals, so at the moment we cannot judge on Huesca’s play against their opponents.
Not for nothing Athletic are considered favorite with a nice margin, which is, sure thing, good for the bet in the coming match. They will most likely win the visitors at home. Heedless of the fact that the Lions are among outsiders, their squad are still more qualified, more experienced, and, importantly, more used to playing together. Most of the team players play 4-5 seasons and over together; these are still solely the Basques or the players of the Basque origin. As the teams mostly play in different leagues, their record counts 2 meetings only of which 1 was a sparring. Both ended with a draw. The present competition implies 2 matches. Most likely, the hosts will try to take it all from the home encounter to feel easier in the reverse game. Athletic won 24 times in the Copa del Rey in their history, 14 times they competed in finals, the last one being 4 years ago, – the Basques can rightly be called the Cup team, and they don’t seem to plan to be beaten by such an opponent at this stage; so, they are expected to please their fans in the coming match.
Prediction for the match: Athletic Bilbao to win home.
