Athletic Club vs Arsenal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th September 2025

Athletic Club head into an encounter against Arsenal on Tuesday. Played out at San Mames, this is their first of sixteen outings in the Champions League group stage this fall.

Athletic Club scored five in the last six outings for an average of 0.9 a game in this tournament. They conceded six and managed a clean sheet in three of the matches in this run.

Ahead of their coming Champions League match, Arsenal look in excellent goal-scoring shape. In their previous ten games in this tournament, they hammered in an average of 2.8 goals a game. A highly respectable total of 28 goals, while also letting in nine. The latter leaves an average of 0.9 per outing, in which they managed a clean sheet three in this tournament.

Athletic Club vs Arsenal Prediction

Athletic Club Form

In their last three matches, Athletic Club beat Rayo Vallecano by 1-0 and Real Betis by 1-2, before losing against Deportivo Alaves by 0-1. Athletic Club claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Champions League, which also saw them drawing one and losing one matches, in which they scored two and conceded two goals.

Arsenal Form

Two victories are what Arsenal have to show from their past three matches, as they first beat Leeds 5-0. This was followed by a 1-0 defeat against Liverpool, before winning again 3-0 against Nottingham Forest. Arsenal claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Champions League, as well as no draw but two defeats. They also banged in 17 goals, whilst conceding seven.

Arsenal picked up some decent results recently, which makes them our preferred pick, when they turn up at San Mames to challenge Athletic Club.

Athletic Club vs Arsenal Team News

Arsenal face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Tuesday against Athletic Club. Myles Lewis-Skelly, Christian Noergaard, Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard sit this one out for Arsenal, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Athletic Club.

Athletic Club vs Arsenal H2H

The last time these two teams clashed, Arsenal emerged victorious with a 3-0 scoreline and will be looking for something similar this coming Tuesday. As Athletic Club go into their match against Arsenal at San Mames, they put 0-0-1 record in their previous one encounter on display.

Athletic Club vs Arsenal Results

Athletic Club vs Arsenal Betting Tips

As the new Champions League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Athletic Club and Arsenal this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Athletic Club were able to win six of their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing zero of the games. They suffered defeat in four of these outings. Arsenal won five of their last 10 games away, drew three and suffered defeat in two of them. Athletic Club have kept visitors at San Mames from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Arsenal have been able to keep a clean sheet in three of their last 10 games away from home.

Athletic Club saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Arsenal, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of two times goals per game themselves.