Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th December 2025

Athletic Club welcome Atletico Madrid this coming Saturday in the LaLiga, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 15 match.

Athletic Club are placed eightth with 20 points after 15 matches. Atletico Madrid occupy a position as fourth in the league on 31 points.

Athletic Club are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Atletico Madrid. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment this coming Saturday.

Athletic Club have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.8 goals per game, in which they conceded 14 goals, or 1.4 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Atletico Madrid scored 22 goals, conceded nine and held on for a clean sheet in five of their last ten matches.

Atletico Madrid won 1-0 and 1-0 in the two most recent meetings with Athletic Club, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid Prediction

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club went through their last three matches with a 0-0 draw against Slavia Prague, a 0-2 win against Levante and a 0-3 defeat against Real Madrid. Athletic Club managed to win two of their past six home matches in the LaLiga. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored four and conceded seven goals.

Athletic Club have already squandered enough points to put themselves under pressure, if they are to challenge for the title seriously in the LaLiga this season.

Atletico Madrid Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Atletico Madrid. They first took out Inter by 2-1 before downing Real Oviedo by 2-0. The winning streak came to an end against Barcelona, who ran out 3-1 winners. Atletico Madrid won twice, while also recording three draws, and one defeat in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches says six goals conceded and seven scored.

They are one of only a few teams capable of taking the title in the LaLiga, and Atletico Madrid currently remain on course.

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

Athletic Club have taken six points from their last seven games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of five goals to 13. Atletico Madrid scored 15 goals and conceded nine in their last seven games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. This earned them five wins and 15 points. Athletic Club have a record of six wins, two draws and seven defeats in the LaLiga this season. Atletico Madrid enjoy a record of nine wins, four draws and two defeats in the LaLiga.

Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid Squads

Athletic Club Squad

Valverde will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Atletico Madrid from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Alex Padilla (0/0), Unai Simon (0/15), Aitor Paredes (1/8), Andoni Gorosabel (0/6), Aymeric Laporte (0/10), Daniel Vivian (0/14), Inigo Lekue (0/5), Jesus Areso (0/12), Jon De Luis (0/0), Unai Eguiluz (0/0), Yeray Alvarez (0/0), Yuri Berchiche (0/14), Alejandro Rego (1/10), Benat Prados (0/2), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/13), Mikel Jauregizar (1/15), Mikel Vesga (0/12), Nico Williams (3/11), Oihan Sancet (1/10), Robert Navarro (3/13), Selton Sanchez (0/3), Unai Gomez (0/9), Adama Boiro (0/3), Alex Berenguer (0/13), Gorka Guruzeta (1/13), Inaki Williams (1/9), Maroan Sannadi (1/8), Nico Serrano (0/6), Urko Izeta (0/4).

Atletico Madrid Squad

Below is the full team squad of Atletico Madrid. The manager Simeone will pick his starting XI against Athletic Club from these players:

Bernabe Barragan (0/0), Jan Oblak (0/14), Juan Musso (0/1), Aleksa Puric (0/0), Clement Lenglet (0/8), David Hancko (0/15), Javi Galan (0/5), Jose Gimenez (0/7), Marc Pubill (0/3), Nahuel Molina (0/11), Robin Le Normand (1/10), Conor Gallagher (1/15), Johnny Cardoso (0/4), Jorge Rajado (0/0), Koke (0/14), Marcos Llorente (0/13), Matteo Ruggeri (0/9), Pablo Barrios (1/14), Thiago Almada (2/8), Alejandro Baena (2/10), Alexander Soerloth (4/14), Antoine Griezmann (4/15), Carlos Martin (0/0), Giacomo Raspadori (0/9), Giuliano Simeone (2/14), Juan Alegre (0/0), Julian Alvarez (7/15), Nico Gonzalez (1/12).

Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid Team News

Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid Lineups

Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid H2H

Atletico Madrid won 1-0 and 1-0 in the two most recent meetings with Athletic Club, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. Both teams aim for the throat, when taking on each other as only one of their last ten matches finished all square. Athletic Club came out on top in five games, whereas Atletico Madrid ran away with three points five times. Picking the home win gets you odds at 5/2 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 23/20.

Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Athletic Club took on Atletico Madrid. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies.

Athletic Club vs Atletico Madrid Betting Tips

Look no further than Robert Navarro, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Athletic Club in the LaLiga, while Antoine Griezmann managed three goals in the last half dozen matches for Atletico Madrid in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Athletic Club claimed four wins, drew one and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Atletico Madrid won three, drew three and lost four of their last 10 games away. Atletico Madrid have been ready from the outset, scoring the opening goal no less than eight times in their previous 10 outings away from home. The hosts scored the first goal of the game in three of their last 10 home games.

Under 2.5 goals happened three times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Athletic Club managed an average of 0.8 goals, with Atletico Madrid averaging one goal in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Athletic Club’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.8 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Atletico Madrid, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.8 times goals per game themselves.