Athletic B-Atletico Madrid, La Liga Prediction

Athletic Bilbao fights on life and death to make it to the top 7 and to have the opportunity to participate in Europa League. They are currently 4 points out of this goal. In the last round, however, they again failed to win, this time Espanyol, who are one of the weakest guests. Athletic, however, have been successful against stronger rivals. Their style of play is appropriate, and they seem to get more excited and show their best against these teams.

Atletico suffered a huge crash this week against Juventus after losing 3-0 as a guest in Turin in the Champions League and it definitely darkened the seasons of Los Colchoneros. Now they have to finish the campaign similar to Real Madrid with their heads up high and try at least to finish over the city’s rival. Of course, they still have a chance for the title, but Barca will not slip. Atletico, however, is not the most permanent host this season.

It is clear why the game is expected to have few goals. Two of the most defensive teams in Spain will play, who have extremely stable defenses and a not very creative midfield to exacerbate the attacks. Dynamics and many chances are unlikely. Rather, in the middle of the pitch there will be a battle, a lot of disturbances and tearing. Here we choose, however, Atletico to concede a goal at 1.62. The reason is that it is not impossible for Bilbao to win because of the lack of high ambitions in the guests at that moment and the low morale after the loss of Juve.

• Bilbao has not scored a goal at home in just 3 games in La Liga
• Athletic scored 10 of their last 11 home games against Atletico