Athletic Club vs Sevilla Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th September 2024

Athletic Club are in with a good chance of adding three nice points to their total in round 8 of the LaLiga this coming Sunday. They will be disappointed if they do not beat Sevilla, whom they welcome on home soil at San Mames.

Ranked as number 5 in the LaLiga standings, Athletic Club, have so far collected 13 points this season, while Sevilla collected eight points. This puts them up as number 13 after seven rounds.

Athletic Club took down Sevilla in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Sunday.

Athletic Club are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 15 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.5 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents nine goals, or an average of 0.9 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to four clean sheets in this run.

Sevilla are currently not the most scoring team in the LaLiga, as they only found the back of the net eight times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.8 goals a game in which they conceded 14 times, an average of 1.4 per game. They managed two clean sheets in these.

Athletic Club won the last two meetings against Sevilla, as they followed up a 2-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-0 score.

Athletic Club vs Sevilla Prediction

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club collected two wins and a draw from their last three matches, as they ran out 0-2 and 3-1 winners against Leganes and Celta Vigo, respectively. Against Roma, they had to settle for a draw as the match finished even with a 1-1 scoreline. Athletic Club won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the LaLiga, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored nine and conceded five goals.

Sevilla Form

Their past three matches saw Sevilla beating Getafe 1-0, losing 2-1 against Deportivo Alaves, and beating Real Valladolid by 2-1. Sevilla are winless in their last six away games in the LaLiga, in which they drew three and lost three. They conceded ten goals while scoring six themselves.

For whatever reason, Sevilla and Athletic Club usually find goals tough to come by, when facing each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals our call here.

Athletic Club scored seven goals and conceded three in their last four games against teams from the bottom half of the LaLiga table. They collected ten points and three victories. Sevilla fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target one times in these matches, but also let in two goals. Athletic Club only drew once so far this season after seven games played, in stead recording four wins and two defeats in the LaLiga. Sevilla enjoy a record of two wins, two draws and three defeats in the LaLiga.

Athletic Club vs Sevilla Squads

Athletic Club Squad

The 60-year-old coach of the home team, Ernesto Valverde, will select the lineup against Sevilla from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Alex Padilla (0/3), Julen Agirrezabala (0/5), Oier Gastesi (0/0), Unai Simon (0/0), Aitor Paredes (1/3), Andoni Gorosabel (0/3), Inigo Lekue (0/5), Oscar de Marcos (0/3), Unai Nunez (0/1), Yeray Alvarez (0/4), Yuri Berchiche (0/5), Ander Herrera (0/4), Benat Prados (1/7), Daniel Vivian (1/7), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/3), Mikel Jauregizar (0/5), Mikel Vesga (0/6), Nico Williams (1/6), Oihan Sancet (3/7), Unai Gomez (0/7), Adama Boiro (0/2), Alex Berenguer (0/6), Alvaro Djalo (1/4), Gorka Guruzeta (2/7), Inaki Williams (1/7), Javier Marton (0/1), Nico Serrano (0/0).

Sevilla Squad

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

Alvaro Fernandez (0/0), Matias Arbol (0/0), Oerjan Haaskjold Nyland (0/7), Adria Pedrosa (0/5), Gonzalo Montiel (0/2), Jesus Navas (1/6), Jose Angel Carmona (0/7), Juanlu Sanchez (1/5), Kike Salas (0/5), Loic Bade (0/5), Marcao (0/5), Tanguy Nianzou (0/3), Valentin Barco (0/4), Albert Sambi Lokonga (0/2), Djibril Sow (0/6), Lucien Agoume (0/7), Manu Bueno (0/0), Nemanja Gudelj (0/5), Saul Niguez (0/4), Chidera Ejuke (1/6), Dodi Lukebakio (2/7), Gerard Fernandez (0/5), Isaac Romero (0/6), Kelechi Iheanacho (0/4), Suso (0/1).

Athletic Club vs Sevilla Team News

Sevilla seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to San Mames to face Athletic Club. Marcao is ineligible for selection in the Sevilla squad, as he is suspended.

Athletic Club vs Sevilla Lineups

Athletic Club vs Sevilla H2H

Athletic Club had a good reading on Sevilla in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 2-0, respectively. Athletic Club enter the match against Sevilla with a 4-2-4 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 40%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Athletic Club vs Sevilla Results

Recent meetings between Athletic Club and visiting side Sevilla might have been action-packed, but not rich on goals. Backing under 2.5 goals was a winning bet no less than eight times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/5 with the bookies.

Athletic Club vs Sevilla Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Gorka Guruzeta, 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 Sevilla.The visitors will be looking to Dodi Lukebakio to find the net once again, after managing two LaLiga goals for Sevilla in recent matches.

Athletic Club won six of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at San Mames. They drew three and lost one as well, while Sevilla won two of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost five. Goals are usually flowing for Athletic Club on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Sevilla in their last 10 league games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals happened eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Athletic Club managed an average of one goal, with Sevilla averaging 0.8 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Athletic Club saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Sevilla, who scored 1.2 times on average in these matches.