Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th December 2023

Atletico Madrid travel to face Athletic Bilbao in a La Liga encounter at San Mames Barria on Saturday.

While Atletico Madrid are now third in the La Liga table after collecting 34 points in 15 rounds, Athletic Bilbao trail them on 29 points. This leaves them as number five in the table after 16 rounds played.

Atletico Madrid are aiming to extend the lead on Athletic Bilbao in the La Liga table after they go toe-to-toe this coming Saturday. On the other hand, the hosts should be motivated to not let the current gap get any bigger than it already is.

Athletic Bilbao average two goals per game in their last ten games, scoring 20 times. They conceded 15 goals or an average of 1.5 per game, with two clean sheets along the way.

Atletico Madrid scored 19 goals, conceded nine and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Not only did Atletico Madrid win their latest meetings with Athletic Bilbao, they also did it without conceding. A 1-0 win in February 2023 was followed by a 1-0 win in October 2022.

Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Prediction

Athletic Bilbao Form

In their last three matches, Athletic Bilbao won 4-0 and 0-3 against first Rayo Vallecano then CD Cayon, before drawing 1-1 against Granada. Athletic Bilbao managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the La Liga, where they also drew twice and lost none. They scored 18 goals and conceded seven times.

Atletico Madrid Form

In their last three matches, Atletico Madrid lost against Barcelona by 1-0, beat Almeria by 2-1 winning 2-0 against Lazio. Atletico Madrid won three of a possible six away matches in the La Liga, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored 13 while also conceding six times.

Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao always seem to tread carefully, when taking on each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals the call this coming Saturday.

Athletic Bilbao have taken eight points from their last seven games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of 11 goals to 11. Atletico Madrid claimed two wins and six points in the past three games against teams placed inside the top six. They scored five goals while conceding three times. Athletic Bilbao so far pulled off a record of eight wins, five draws and three defeats in the La Liga this season. Atletico Madrid so far pulled off 11 wins, one draw and three defeats in the La Liga.

Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Stats

Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Squads

Athletic Bilbao Squad

The 59-year-old coach of the home team, Ernesto Valverde, will select the lineup against Atletico Madrid from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season:

Alex Padilla (0/0), Julen Agirrezabala (0/0), Unai Simon (0/16), Aitor Paredes (0/16), Daniel Vivian (0/16), Imanol Garcia de Albeniz (0/4), Inigo Lekue (0/11), Oscar de Marcos (1/14), Peru Nolaskoain (0/2), Yeray Alvarez (0/5), Yuri Berchiche (1/10), Ander Herrera (0/9), Benat Prados (0/9), Dani Garcia (1/10), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (1/13), Junior Bita (0/0), Mikel Vesga (2/11), Oihan Sancet (3/14), Raul Garcia (0/6), Unai Gomez (1/8), Alex Berenguer (2/15), Asier Villalibre (1/8), Carlos Mattheus (0/0), Gorka Guruzeta (7/16), Iker Muniain (0/11), Inaki Williams (8/16), Luis Bilbao (0/0), Malcom Ares (0/2), Nico Williams (2/13).

Atletico Madrid Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Atletico Madrid head coach Simeone will select from for his starting XI:

Antonio Gomis (0/0), Bernabe Barragan (0/0), Ivo Grbic (0/0), Jan Oblak (0/15), Caglar Soyuncu (0/4), Cesar Azpilicueta (0/12), Jose Gimenez (0/10), Mario Hermoso (0/14), Nahuel Molina (2/12), Reinildo (0/0), Stefan Savic (0/9), Axel Witsel (1/14), Javi Galan (0/5), Koke (0/12), Marcos Llorente (2/15), Pablo Barrios (0/9), Rodrigo De Paul (0/12), Rodrigo Riquelme (2/12), Saul Niguez (0/15), Thomas Lemar (0/3), Vitolo (0/0), Alvaro Morata (8/14), Angel Correa (4/12), Antoine Griezmann (9/15), Memphis Depay (2/7), Samuel Dias Lino (2/11).

Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Team News

Athletic Bilbao might be looking at five missing players for their upcoming assignment against Atletico Madrid.

Mikel Vesga, Malcom Ares, Dani Garcia, Yeray Alvarez and Nico Williams take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side Athletic Bilbao, when they face Atletico Madrid this coming Saturday.

Atletico Madrid will have to make do without a group of four missing from their roster prior to their upcoming match this coming Saturday against Athletic Bilbao.

Names like Pablo Barrios, Thomas Lemar, Memphis Depay and Vitolo most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Athletic Bilbao.

Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Lineups

Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid H2H

Winning 1-0 and 1-0 in the last two most matches against Athletic Bilbao, will have Atletico Madrid looking forward to their upcoming away trip. In last ten encounters between the clubs, Atletico Madrid have been the dominant force winning five matches against Athletic Bilbao. The bookies have Atletico Madrid to win this match at best price odds of 2/1.

Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Results

In the last ten matches between Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid, both teams to score came up four times.

Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid Betting Tips

Inaki Williams look like value in the goal scoring market with four strikes to his name in six La Liga matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Alvaro Morata adds to his three La Liga goals come this coming Saturday.

In their last 10 matches at San Mames Barria across all tournaments Athletic Bilbao won five times, drew three and lost two times. Atletico Madrid claimed five wins, two draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Athletic Bilbao claimed three wins without allowing a goal against in their last 10 games on home soil.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Athletic Bilbao managed an average of one goal, with Atletico Madrid averaging 1.1 goals. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Athletic Bilbao, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Atletico Madrid, who scored 2.2 times on average in these matches.