Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th October 2023

Valencia travel to Athletic Bilbao this coming Sunday, when they pair of them go toe-to-toe at San Mames Barria in a exciting La Liga encounter.

Ranked as number six in the La Liga standings, Athletic Bilbao, have so far collected 17 points this season, while Valencia collected 14 points. This puts them up as number eight after ten rounds.

Athletic Bilbao took down Valencia in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Sunday.

Athletic Bilbao scored 16 while allowing ten goals against in the past ten matches. They claimed five clean sheets on the way.

Valencia scored 12 goals, conceded 11 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Athletic Bilbao came away as 1-2 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Sunday.

Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia Prediction

Athletic Bilbao Form

Athletic Bilbao are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Real Sociedad by a 3-0 score, before winning 3-0 against Almeria. They were back on the losing side in a 1-0 defeat against Barcelona. Athletic Bilbao won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the La Liga, while also drawing one. They suffered two defeats, while they scored 12 and conceded seven goals.

Valencia Form

Valencia collected four points in their past three outings, in which they were defeated 3-0 against Real Betis. They followed up, drawing 1-1 with Mallorca, before winning 2-0 against Cadiz. In their last six La Liga away matches, Valencia failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn three and lost two, scoring six while also conceding nine times.

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

Athletic Bilbao have taken six points from their last five games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of six goals to eight. Valencia won one of their last four matches against teams from the top half of the La Liga table, scoring four and conceding six goals. They collected three points from these. Athletic Bilbao are looking at a record of five wins, two draws and three defeats in the La Liga this season. Valencia show off four wins, two draws and four defeats in the La Liga.

Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia Squads

Athletic Bilbao Squad

The 59-year-old Valverde will select the starting eleven against Valencia from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season:

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

Valencia Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Valencia head coach Baraja will select from for his starting XI:

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/10), Jaume Domenech (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/8), Cristhian Mosquera (0/8), Dimitri Foulquier (0/6), Gabriel Paulista (0/7), Hugo Guillamon (0/5), Jesus Vazquez (0/2), Jose Gaya (1/8), Mouctar Diakhaby (1/8), Thierry Correia (0/9), Alberto Mari (0/0), Andre Almeida (0/8), Fran Perez (0/10), Javier Guerra (3/10), Pepelu (1/10), Selim Amallah (0/6), Diego Lopez (2/10), Hugo Duro (4/10), Roman Yaremchuk (0/4), Sergi Canos (0/3).

Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia Team News

Athletic Bilbao could have five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with Valencia on Sunday.

Yeray Alvarez, Mikel Vesga, Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Nico Williams and Peru Nolaskoain are missing from the squad, Athletic Bilbao will field against Valenciathis coming Sunday.

Valencia are looking at six players missing out on their match on Sunday at San Mames Barria.

Mouctar Diakhaby, Jesus Vazquez, Sergi Canos, Dimitri Foulquier, Gabriel Paulista and Alberto Mari all face a spell on the sidelines for Valencia due to various injuries.

Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia Lineups

Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Athletic Bilbao came away with a 1-2 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at San Mames Barria, but face stern opposition, of course. Athletic Bilbao go into their upcoming match against Valencia with a 30% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 3-5-2 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia Results

Both teams to score paid out four times in the previous ten matches between home side Athletic Bilbao and Valencia. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 1/1.

Athletic Bilbao vs Valencia Betting Tips

Inaki Williams look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six La Liga matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Hugo Duro adds to his three La Liga goals come on Sunday.

Athletic Bilbao claimed four wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing two and losing four. Valencia won four of their last 10 away games, as they also drew three and lost three of these matches. While Athletic Bilbao managed to keep a clean sheet in two of their last 10 games at San Mames Barria, Valencia kept a clean sheet in one of their last 10 away games.

In the past ten encounters between Athletic Bilbao and Valencia over 2.5 goals came out two times, with Athletic Bilbao scoring an average of 0.9 goals per game. Valencia averaged 0.8 goals, while both teams scored four times. In Athletic Bilbao's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in five of them. They managed to average 1.6 goals goals per match across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Valencia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.