Athletic Club vs Girona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th February 2025

Despite their unconvincing form, Athletic Club stand a good chance of adding three more points to their account in round 23. They face Girona on Saturday, and they'll be disappointed to miss out on a win at San Mames.

Athletic Club approach the next LaLiga round as number 4 in the table, having claimed 41 points this season so far. With 22 games behind them, Girona amassed 31 points, placing them as number 7 before their next fixture.

We are bound to see an exciting game on Saturday as both Athletic Club and Girona are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

Athletic Club only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded eight for an average of 0.8 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Girona scored 16 goals, conceded 13 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Athletic Club were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Girona, but did win the reverse match 3-2, though.

Athletic Club vs Girona Prediction

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club have gone unbeaten in their previous three matches, which included a 0-0 draw with Leganes, a 3-1 victory over Viktoria Plzen, and a 2-2 draw with Real Betis. Athletic Club put four wins on the board in their previous six LaLiga matches at the San Mames. They drew twice while losing none, scored ten goals while conceding three.

Girona Form

Girona suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Rayo Vallecano in a 2-1 defeat. Arsenal also proved too hard to handle as they won 1-2, before Girona were able to strike back in a 2-1 win against Las Palmas. Girona claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches reads seven goals conceded and six scored.

We fully expect Athletic Club to claim a win against Girona, but we believe the visitors have enough resistance in them to minimize the expected defeat.

Athletic Club have taken 15 points from their last ten games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won four of these matches with a scoreline of 13 goals to 11. Girona took nine points from their last ten games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won two, scored 12 goals and conceded 18. Athletic Club have a record of 11 wins, eight draws and three defeats in the LaLiga this season. Girona enjoy a record of nine wins, four draws and nine defeats in the LaLiga.

Athletic Club vs Girona Squads

Athletic Club Squad

Ernesto Valverde will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Girona from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Julen Agirrezabala (0/14), Unai Simon (0/5), Aitor Paredes (3/13), Andoni Gorosabel (0/10), Daniel Vivian (3/19), Inigo Lekue (0/8), Oscar de Marcos (0/17), Unai Nunez (0/3), Yeray Alvarez (0/12), Yuri Berchiche (0/18), Benat Prados (1/17), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/16), Mikel Jauregizar (1/19), Mikel Vesga (0/15), Nico Williams (1/19), Oihan Sancet (8/18), Unai Gomez (1/20), Adama Boiro (0/10), Alex Berenguer (5/21), Alvaro Djalo (1/13), Gorka Guruzeta (5/21), Inaki Williams (4/21), Maroan Sannadi (0/0).

Girona Squad

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

Aleksandar Andreev (0/0), Juan Carlos (0/0), Paulo Gazzaniga (0/22), Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (0/0), Alejandro Frances (0/10), Antal Yaakobishvili (0/0), Arnau Martinez (2/19), Daley Blind (0/18), David Lopez (1/20), Ferran Ruiz (0/1), Juanpe (0/7), Ladislav Krejci (2/13), Miguel Gutierrez (1/19), Arthur (0/0), Donny van de Beek (2/18), Enric Garcia (0/0), Gabriel Misehouy (1/7), Ivan Martin (1/18), Jhon Solis (1/11), Oriol Romeu (0/14), Ricard Artero (0/0), Yangel Herrera (2/15), Yaser Asprilla (2/13), Abel Ruiz (4/16), Arnaut Danjuma (3/18), Bojan Miovski (2/10), Bryan Gil (3/20), Cristhian Stuani (4/17), Cristian Portu (0/13), Dawda Camara (0/0), Papa Dame Ba (0/1), Raul Martinez (0/0), Viktor Tsigankov (1/11).

Athletic Club vs Girona Team News

Girona have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Athletic Club at San Mames. Arthur is ineligible for selection in the Girona squad, as he is suspended.

Athletic Club vs Girona Lineups

Athletic Club vs Girona H2H

Athletic Club were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Girona, but did win the reverse match 3-2, though. Athletic Club won four matches and Girona won four Matches of the latest nine encounters. Girona came out 2-1 winners in the most recent meeting, though, and the bookies best betting odds on another away win at full-time are at 4/1.

Athletic Club vs Girona Results

Of the last nine encounters between Athletic Club Girona over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 6/5 with bookies.

Athletic Club vs Girona Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Alex Berenguer, who is performing well for Athletic Club. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent LaLiga outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Girona.The visitors will be looking to Abel Ruiz to find the net once again, after managing two LaLiga goals for Girona in recent matches.

Athletic Club claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing two. Girona won three of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost five of the games in this run. Athletic Club kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches at San Mames hoping to do so again this coming Saturday. Girona kept a clean sheet in four of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past nine encounters between Athletic Club and Girona, with the latter scoring 1.43 goals on average in these. Athletic Club managed an average of 1.43 goals as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Athletic Club’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Girona, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of one time goals per game.