Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction & Betting Tips

Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao Intro

Real Valladolid will be aiming for three points at home to Athletic Bilbao. The game at Estadio Jose Zorrilla could be a great chance for Real Valladolid to put some distance between themselves and the bottom places. Athletic Bilbao could prove to be difficult opposition, though, after a good season so far. This LaLiga fixture takes place on Friday March 17, 2023 at 8:00 PM. We head into matchweek 26 as the hosts, led by Pacheta, currently sit in the 14th position in the LaLiga table on 28 points. Their opponents are 9th, having taken 33 points from their 25 games. Heading deeper into the campaign, Real Valladolid and Athletic Bilbao are separated in the LaLiga table by 5 places and 5 points.

Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao Form

Real Valladolid were able to draw with Elche, which doesn’t help them too much in adding to their points tally of 5 from the last five games. That being said, Athletic Bilbao have earned a total of 4 points won in the last five games and were beaten by Barcelona. Considering home and away form, Real Valladolid have been in decent form at their Estadio Jose Zorrilla recently, winning 7 points in their last five matches. Athletic Bilbao have had mixed results on the road recently, winning 4 points in their last five when travelling.

Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao H2H

Although Athletic Bilbao is playing away from home today, it has a much better track record in this fixture. It has won 16 of the 36 meetings, with Real Valladolid only managing to take the spoils on 10 occasions. These two clubs are well used to each other now and it is Athletic Bilbao that continues to enjoy the fixture. It has 3 more wins that Real Valladolid in the last six meetings alone.

Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao Analysis

Real Valladolid drew their last game. Pacheta’s squad faced Elche. Th match ended with a score of 1-1. Now Pacheta’s men focus on their next opponents, Athletic Bilbao. Stats against Elche, shows that Real Valladolid had 45% of ball possession. Taking a look at their previous game, Real Valladolid has those following stats: 5 shots in attack and 22 shots conceded. Meanwhile, Athletic Bilbao lost its previous game. Ernesto Valverde’s team played Barcelona. The fulltime scoreline for that match was 0-1. In their match against Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao had the following ball possession : 36%. In Athletic Bilbao previous game, they shot on target 17 times while Ernesto Valverde’s men conceded 10 shots.

Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Real Valladolid and Athletic Bilbao we see that the bookmakers have Athletic Bilbao as favourites to get the win.