Athletic Bilbao vs Villarreal CF – 30/10/2022
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There are four matches to look forward to on the 30th of October in La Liga, including the meeting between Athletic Club and Villarreal.
The match will take place at the San Mamés Barria and the hosts begin the weekend in 6th place on 18 points with the visitors just one place below them on the same number of points.
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Athletic Club come into the match having previously suffered a 4-0 defeat at Barcelona in La Liga. Barcelona opened the scoring after only 18 minutes and added a second goal just 6 minutes later.
Barcelona scored their third goal in the 22nd minute and the match threatened to get out of control for Athletic Club. The fourth goal came in the 73rd minute, in what was a disappointing day for Athletic Club.
That result means Athletic Club have failed to win any of their last 4 games, all of which have come in La Liga. There was a 1-0 defeat at home against Atletico Madrid plus draws away to Sevilla and Getafe.
Home form in La Liga shows Athletic Club are undefeated in 7 of their last 9 fixtures at the San Mamés Barria. They have won 5 of those 9 games, including 3 of the last 5 home league matches. Athletic Club have seen under 2.5 goals scored in 4 of their last 6 home La Liga games.
Villarreal make the trip to the San Mamés Barria on the back of a 2-2 draw at home against Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the Europa Conference League. Villarreal conceded the first goal shortly after half time but equalised within 9 minutes.
The Yellow Submarine thought they had turned things around when they scored their second goal but the visitors equalised with 11 minutes remaining on the clock.
That result means Villarreal are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 fixtures in all competitions and have lost only 2 of their last 10 games.
However, away form in La Liga has been disappointing and Villarreal have failed to win any of their 5 most recent away trips in the league. They have lost 3 of their last 5 matches on the road, with the defeats coming at Real Betis, Real Sociedad, and Barcelona.
Trends show there have been under 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Villarreal’s last 6 away La Liga games.
Looking ahead to the team news and Athletic Club are without the injured duo of Dani García and Ander Herrera.
Villarreal have two players suspended, with Alejandro Baena and Manu Morlanes both unavailable. Alfonso Pedraza, Gerard Moreno, and Juan Foyth are injured.
This has the makings of being a tight contest and we expect to see under 2.5 goals scored. Neither team have been particularly convincing in recent weeks in La Liga and it would not come as a shock to see this one end level.
