Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th April 2024

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

Atletico Madrid approach the next La Liga round as number 4 in the table, having claimed 61 points this season so far. With 32 games behind them, Athletic Club amassed 58 points, placing them as number 5 before their next fixture.

Atletico Madrid are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Athletic Club and odds favour them to pull it off.

Atletico Madrid 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 14 goals, or an average of 1.4 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to one clean sheets in this run.

Athletic Club managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded nine goals in total, and while claiming five clean sheets, they conceded 0.9 goals an average per game.

Atletico Madrid took a hit when Athletic Club handed them a 2-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 1-0 win.

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Prediction

Atletico Madrid Form

Atletico Madrid managed one win in the last three matches, which was a 3-1 victory against Girona. They went on to lose 4-2 against Borussia Dortmund, before getting dumped in a 2-0 defeat against Deportivo Alaves. Atletico Madrid won five of their last six La Liga matches at Civitas Metropolitano, scoring 14 and conceding six along the way. They lost once but didn't draw a single match.

Athletic Club Form

Following three draws in their last three matches, Athletic Club could do with a win again. Against Mallorca, they shared the points in a 1-1 draw, before splitting the points in a 1-1 with Villarreal. Another 1-1 stalemate against Granada followed. Athletic Club claimed just one win from the last six away games in the La Liga. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by six goals to three.

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

Atletico Madrid won seven matches, scored 24 goals and conceded 23 in their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. This earned them 24 points. Athletic Club claimed three wins and 11 points in the past nine games against teams placed inside the top six. They scored eight goals while conceding 12 times. Atletico Madrid have a record of 19 wins, four draws and nine defeats in the La Liga this season. Athletic Club are looking at 16 wins, ten draws and six defeats in the La Liga.

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 La Liga this season):

Antonio Gomis (0/0), Bernabe Barragan (0/0), Horatiu Moldovan (0/0), Jan Oblak (0/32), Cesar Azpilicueta (0/19), Gabriel Paulista (0/22), Jose Gimenez (0/18), Mario Hermoso (0/25), Nahuel Molina (2/28), Reinildo (1/11), Stefan Savic (0/20), Arthur Vermeeren (0/3), Axel Witsel (2/30), Koke (0/29), Marcos Llorente (6/31), Pablo Barrios (0/20), Rodrigo De Paul (1/28), Rodrigo Riquelme (2/28), Saul Niguez (1/31), Thomas Lemar (0/3), Vitolo (0/0), Alvaro Morata (14/28), Angel Correa (8/26), Antoine Griezmann (13/28), Marcos Paulo (0/0), Memphis Depay (5/20), Salim El Jebari (0/1), Samuel Dias Lino (3/28).

Athletic Club Squad

Here is the full team squad of Athletic Club. The 60 year-old Ernesto Valverde will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Julen Agirrezabala (0/1), Unai Simon (0/31), Aitor Paredes (1/30), Daniel Vivian (0/29), Hugo Rincon (0/0), Imanol Garcia de Albeniz (0/6), Inigo Lekue (0/22), Oscar de Marcos (1/25), Yeray Alvarez (0/14), Yuri Berchiche (3/24), Ander Herrera (0/19), Benat Prados (0/21), Dani Garcia (1/14), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (1/25), Mikel Jauregizar (0/4), Mikel Vesga (3/23), Oihan Sancet (4/29), Raul Garcia (0/14), Unai Gomez (2/21), Alex Berenguer (6/29), Asier Villalibre (1/14), Gorka Guruzeta (14/31), Iker Muniain (1/17), Inaki Williams (9/29), Malcom Ares (0/10), Nico Williams (3/26).

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Team News

Atletico Madrid are sweating on the fitness of no less than six players before their match on Saturday. For their upcoming match in round 33, Atletico Madrid are unable to call upon Marcos Llorente, who is suspended.

Alvaro Morata, Jose Gimenez, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marcos Paulo, Thomas Lemar and Vitolo are all absent from the Atletico Madrid squad that faces Athletic Club at Civitas Metropolitano.

Athletic Club seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Civitas Metropolitano to face Atletico Madrid.

Nico Williams is too injured to face Athletic Club.

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Lineups

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club H2H

Atletico Madrid lost to 2-0 Athletic Club in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 1-0 win, which Atletico Madrid dished out the match before that. Despite a 2-0 win to Athletic Club in their recent match, the last ten encounters have seen the two teams equally paired with Atletico Madrid winning three and Athletic Club taking six wins. The bookies best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 3/1.

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 eight times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies.

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club Betting Tips

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

Atletico Madrid claimed eight wins in their previous 10 matches at Civitas Metropolitano across all tournaments. They lost two as well, while visitors Athletic Club won four of their last 10 away matches. They drew three and lost three. Both teams scored in five of the last 10 La Liga matches for Atletico Madrid at Civitas Metropolitano. Both teams also found their way to the target in four of the previous 10 away games for Athletic Club.

Under 2.5 goals happened eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Atletico Madrid managed an average of 0.8 goals, with Athletic Club averaging one goal in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Atletico Madrid saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Athletic Club's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.