Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th November 2023

When Athletic Bilbao come to Estadio de la Ceramica for the La Liga match on Sunday, Villarreal will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Villarreal rank 12th with 12 points to their name from 11 matches, while visitors Athletic Bilbao rank sixth in the table on 18 points.

Villarreal welcome their visitors from Athletic Bilbao with the aim of closing the gap in the La Liga standings. A successful outcome could be crucial for their future endeavours this season.

Villarreal scored 14 goals, conceded 16 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Athletic Bilbao travel to their next away match on Sunday having performed a tolerable average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 18 goals, whilst shipping ten goals against. An average of one goals against a game. They hung on to five clean sheets in this streak.

Athletic Bilbao lost 5-1 against Villarreal in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Athletic Bilbao handed out in the match before.

Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal have seen it all in their last three matches, which gave them four points. First, they went down 1-2 against Las Palmas, before picking up a 1-1 draw against Deportivo Alaves. Their latest match brought a 2-3 win in their encounter with Granada. In their last six La Liga matches at home, Villarreal have one win, while they've drawn one and lost four.

Athletic Bilbao Form

In has been a bit of everything for Athletic Bilbao in their previous three matches, as they first beat Almeria by 3-0. This was followed by a disappointing 1-0 defeat against Barcelona, before an encounter with Valencia produced a 2-2 draw. Athletic Bilbao, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn two and lost two in their last six away in the La Liga.

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

Villarreal fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target four times in these matches, but also let in six goals. Villarreal have a record of three wins, three draws and five defeats in the La Liga this season. Athletic Bilbao enjoy a record of five wins, three draws and three defeats in the La Liga.

Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Squads

Villarreal Squad

The 55-year-old Villarreal manager, Pacheta, will select the lineup against Athletic Bilbao from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the La Liga this season):

Filip Joergensen (0/11), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/2), Aissa Mandi (0/6), Alberto Moreno (0/7), Jorge Cuenca (1/6), Juan Foyth (1/9), Kiko (0/5), Raul Albiol (0/9), Alejandro Baena (1/9), Daniel Parejo (1/10), Denis Suarez (0/4), Etienne Capoue (0/11), Francis Coquelin (0/0), Manuel Trigueros (0/3), Ramon Terrats (0/8), Santi Comesana (0/8), Alexander Soerloth (5/11), Alfonso Pedraza (0/8), Ben Brereton (0/8), Gerard Moreno (6/9), Ilias Akhomach (0/7), Jose Luis Morales (0/8), Yeremi Pino (0/6).

Athletic Bilbao Squad

Here is the full team squad of Athletic Bilbao. The 59 year-old Ernesto Valverde will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Alex Padilla (0/0), Julen Agirrezabala (0/0), Unai Simon (0/11), Aitor Paredes (0/11), Daniel Vivian (0/11), Inigo Lekue (0/6), Oscar de Marcos (1/9), Peru Nolaskoain (0/0), Yeray Alvarez (0/5), Yuri Berchiche (1/8), Ander Herrera (0/6), Dani Garcia (1/8), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/8), Junior Bita (0/0), Mikel Vesga (2/8), Oihan Sancet (2/9), Raul Garcia (0/4), Alex Berenguer (1/10), Asier Villalibre (1/6), Carlos Mattheus (0/0), Gorka Guruzeta (4/11), Iker Muniain (0/9), Inaki Williams (4/11), Luis Bilbao (0/0), Malcom Ares (0/1), Nico Williams (0/8).

Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Villarreal, as they prepare to meet Athletic Bilbao, since seven could be missing. Alfonso Pedraza gets a day off from the Villarreal squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Due to various ailments Alexander Soerloth, Alfonso Pedraza, Yeremi Pino, Denis Suarez, Ramon Terrats, Jorge Cuenca and Francis Coquelin will be absent from the squad, Villarreal are able to field against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.

Before their next match against Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao have five players on their list of injured and absent on Sunday.

Athletic Bilbao need to do without Nico Williams, Yuri Berchiche, Ander Herrera, Yeray Alvarez and Nico Williams, who are not fit enough to travel to Estadio de la Ceramica.

Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Lineups

Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao H2H

Athletic Bilbao were knocked out cold when Villarreal took a 5-1 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Athletic Bilbao handed out in the game before. The home side were in awesome shape, the last time they played Athletic Bilbao, as the latter got taught a lesson in a 5-1 win for a high-flying Villarreal team. The bookies have Villarreal to win this match at best price odds of 2/1.

Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Results

Both teams found the back of the net six times in the past ten matches between home side Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2/3.

Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Betting Tips

Villarreal won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Estadio de la Ceramica. They drew two and lost five as well, while Athletic Bilbao won three of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost four. Goals are flowing freely for Villarreal on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target four times in Athletic Bilbao''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came up three times in the previous ten encounters between Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao, as Villarreal scored 1.3 goals on average per game and Athletic Bilbao averaging 0.9 goals. Both teams scored in six times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Villarreal, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out as a winning bet in seven of the previous ten outings for Athletic Bilbao, who were on target an average of 1.8 times times per game.