Athletic Bilbao hosts Villarreal in round 26 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Sunday, March 1st at Estadio San Mamés (Bilbao)
I can’t understand what happens to the Basques. Having started very well and scored 12 points in the first six rounds, the Lions were in the top three. After that, they slowed down a bit and couldn’t gain victories for a month. But this decline was overcome by a beautiful streak of five matches, four of which were victorious. And that’s it. Since then Athletic has played 10 rounds and hasn’t gained a single victory. The losing streak lasts for four games in a row. And Athletic is losing to very weak teams. In two last rounds of the championship, it lost to the 12th Osasuna and the 14th Alaves. Only thanks to the starting stock, the Basques are still 11th in the standings.
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In the last round, Villarreal broke its 4-match unbeaten run (in which it gained three victories), having lost to Atletico Madrid. However, it was only the second defeat of the Yellow Submarine in its last 10 matches. Six of them ended in victories. And the team has already pulled up to the European cup zone. Having 38 points, it shares 7-8th places with Valencia.
If you look at the latest performance of the teams, the victory of the visitors is obvious. Bookmakers do not think so and consider Villarreal an underdog. I also propose minimizing the risks and betting on a goal scored by Villarreal. It is likely to take place. Athletic is conceding from everyone now. Villarreal really makes headway, climbing up the tournament standings. Villarreal is one of the most scoring clubs in the league. It scored 43 goals, and only two leaders have more goals scored. In the last 13 matches, the Submarine failed to score only once, playing against the second most reliable defense of the league, which belongs to Atletico Madrid. In the first leg, the opponents tied with a 0-0 score. But then the Basques were on the move, and Villarreal was in crisis. Now the situation has changed. And Villarreal may well score at least once.
Prediction for the match: Villarreal to score over 0.5 goals
