Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st March 2025

Atletico Madrid enjoy home advantage, when visitors Athletic Club swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the LaLiga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Sitting two places behind the top of the table, Atletico Madrid claimed 53 points after 25 rounds. Meanwhile, Athletic Club amassed 48 points and rank as number 4 in the LaLiga at the moment.

Atletico Madrid took down Athletic Club in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Saturday.

Atletico Madrid step into their next home match on Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing eight goals against. That is an average of 0.8 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet four times in those matches.

Athletic Club scored 22 goals, conceded eight and held on for a clean sheet in three of their last ten matches.

Atletico Madrid had a good reading on Athletic Club in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-1 and 1-0, respectively.

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Prediction

Atletico Madrid Form

Atletico Madrid go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 1-1 draw against Celta Vigo. They went on to beat Valencia 0-3, before sharing the spoils with Barcelona in a 4-4 draw. Atletico Madrid won four of their past six matches on home soil in the LaLiga, where they also drew twice and went undefeated. They scored 12 goals and conceded five times.

Athletic Club Form

In their last three matches, Athletic Club beat Girona 3-0, drew 1-1 with Espanyol and beat Real Valladolid by 7-1. Athletic Club won half their previous six away matches in the LaLiga, as well as seeing three draws and suffering zero defeats. They scored ten goals whilst conceding seven.

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

Atletico Madrid earned 11 points from their last seven matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed two wins, following nine goals scored while also conceding seven. Athletic Club earned six wins and 21 points in their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They scored 16 and conceded ten goals in these. Atletico Madrid are looking at a record of 15 wins, eight draws and two defeats in the LaLiga this season. Athletic Club are looking at 13 wins, nine draws and three defeats in the LaLiga.

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Squads

Atletico Madrid Squad

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

Antonio Gomis (0/0), Bernabe Barragan (0/0), Jan Oblak (0/24), Juan Musso (0/1), Axel Witsel (0/12), Cesar Azpilicueta (0/8), Clement Lenglet (1/14), Geronimo Spina (0/0), Ilias Kostis (0/0), Javi Galan (0/15), Jose Gimenez (0/19), Nahuel Molina (0/18), Reinildo (0/17), Robin Le Normand (0/15), Conor Gallagher (2/19), Javier Serrano (0/0), Koke (1/23), Marcos Llorente (2/20), Pablo Barrios (0/19), Rodrigo De Paul (3/23), Thomas Lemar (0/1), Alexander Soerloth (9/22), Angel Correa (3/23), Antoine Griezmann (8/25), Giuliano Simeone (1/20), Julian Alvarez (9/25), Rodrigo Riquelme (0/11), Samuel Dias Lino (3/21), Victor Mollejo (0/0).

Athletic Club Squad

Here is the full team squad of Athletic Club. The 61 year-old Ernesto Valverde will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Julen Agirrezabala (0/14), Unai Simon (0/8), Aitor Paredes (3/15), Andoni Gorosabel (0/11), Daniel Vivian (3/22), Inigo Lekue (0/9), Oscar de Marcos (0/20), Unai Nunez (0/3), Yeray Alvarez (0/14), Yuri Berchiche (0/21), Benat Prados (1/19), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/17), Mikel Jauregizar (2/22), Mikel Vesga (0/18), Nico Williams (3/21), Oihan Sancet (13/21), Unai Gomez (1/20), Adama Boiro (0/11), Alex Berenguer (5/24), Alvaro Djalo (1/13), Gorka Guruzeta (6/24), Inaki Williams (5/24), Maroan Sannadi (1/3).

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Team News

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Lineups

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club H2H

Atletico Madrid won the last two meetings against Athletic Club, as they followed up a 3-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 1-0 score. Atletico Madrid have been slightly more successful than Athletic Club in recent meetings. With a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match, betting on Atletico Madrid has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 21/20.

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Results

Recent meetings between Atletico Madrid and visiting side Athletic Club might have been action-packed, but not rich on goals. Backing under 2.5 goals was a winning bet no less than seven times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies.

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Betting Tips

It has been an excellent season for Oihan Sancet who managed to score an impressive 13 goals in total during the current campaign. He also seems on a good run currently, hitting the target six times in his last six outings. Athletic Club are looking to him against Atletico Madrid, hoping he keeps his momentum going.

Going undefeated through their last 10 matches at Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Atletico Madrid won eight and drew two. Athletic Club won four of their previous 10 away games across all tournaments, in which they drew five and lost one. Goals are flowing freely for Atletico Madrid on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target eight times in Athletic Club''s last 10 league games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals happened three times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Atletico Madrid managed an average of one goal, with Athletic Club averaging 0.9 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Atletico Madrid saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.3 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Athletic Club, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.1 times goals per game themselves.