Villarreal vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th September 2025

When Athletic Club come to Estadio de la Ceramica for the LaLiga match on Saturday, Villarreal will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Villarreal are third in the LaLiga standings after collecting 13 points from their initial six encounters. Athletic Club trail them on ten points after six rounds, leaving them as number 5 in the table.

Athletic Club will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Villarreal. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win this coming Saturday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Villarreal are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the LaLiga, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.3 goals on average per match, or 23 goals in total, while allowing nine goals against, for an average of 0.9 per outing. They managed four clean sheets along the way.

Athletic Club managed a bearable 11 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.1 goals per game. They conceded ten goals in total, and while claiming four clean sheets, they conceded one goals an average per game.

It finished all square on when Villarreal last faced Athletic Club. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 0-0 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 23/10.

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Tottenham, they were left empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Osasuna in a 2-1 win. They followed that up with a 1-2 win against Sevilla in their most recent outing. Villarreal took six wins in their last six LaLiga matches on home soil, as they scored 20 and let in five goals.

Standards are high at a club like Villarreal and as such the season is so far going according to plan.

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club came away from their previous three games with just one draw, as they lost 0-2 against Arsenal. A 2-0 defeat against Valencia followed, before a 1-1 draw with Girona. Athletic Club won three of a possible six away matches in the LaLiga, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored five while also conceding four times.

Athletic Club are among the title candidates in the LaLiga again this season, and first place is still within reach.

Athletic Club and Villarreal are almost always cautious, when going toe-to-toe with each other, which makes under 2.5 goals the value bet this coming Saturday.

Villarreal have taken three points from their last one games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won one of these matches with a scoreline of two goals to one. Villarreal claimed four wins, one draw as well as one defeat in the LaLiga this season. Athletic Club enjoy a record of three wins, one draw and two defeats in the LaLiga.

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Squads

Villarreal Squad

Garcia will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Athletic Club from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Arnau Tenas (0/1), Diego Conde (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/5), Adria Altimira (0/0), Alfonso Pedraza (0/4), Ismael Sierra (0/0), Juan Foyth (0/5), Logan Costa (0/0), Pau Navarro (0/1), Rafa Marin (1/5), Santiago Mourino (0/5), Sergi Cardona (0/5), Willy Kambwala (0/0), Alberto Moleiro (0/6), Daniel Parejo (0/5), Mahamoud Barry (0/0), Manor Solomon (1/2), Pape Gueye (2/6), Renato Veiga (0/5), Santi Comesana (0/6), Tajon Buchanan (3/6), Thomas Partey (0/6), Ayoze Perez (0/1), Georges Mikautadze (1/3), Gerard Moreno (0/1), Ilias Akhomach (0/3), Nicolas Pepe (2/6), Pau Cabanes (0/0), Tani Oluwaseyi (1/4).

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:

Alex Padilla (0/0), Unai Simon (0/6), Aitor Paredes (1/6), Andoni Gorosabel (0/3), Aymeric Laporte (0/2), Daniel Vivian (0/5), Inigo Lekue (0/0), Jesus Areso (0/6), Jon De Luis (0/0), Unai Eguiluz (0/0), Yeray Alvarez (0/0), Yuri Berchiche (0/6), Alejandro Rego (0/2), Benat Prados (0/2), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/5), Mikel Jauregizar (1/6), Mikel Vesga (0/6), Nico Williams (1/3), Oihan Sancet (1/5), Robert Navarro (1/5), Unai Gomez (0/2), Adama Boiro (0/1), Alex Berenguer (0/6), Gorka Guruzeta (0/4), Inaki Williams (0/6), Maroan Sannadi (1/5), Nico Serrano (0/2), Urko Izeta (0/1).

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Team News

At the time of writing, Villarreal have five players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Athletic Club this coming Saturday. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo, Georges Mikautadze and Pape Gueye can't be called up by the Villarreal-manager, with both serving a ban.

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Lineups

Villarreal vs Athletic Club H2H

It finished all square on when Villarreal last faced Athletic Club. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 0-0 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 23/10. Villarreal have a 10% win rate against Athletic Club, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 1-5-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Villarreal took on Athletic Club. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies.

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Betting Tips

Tajon Buchanan found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Oihan Sancet just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Villarreal claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Athletic Club won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing seven in this series of matches. Both teams scored in five of the last 10 LaLiga matches for Villarreal at Estadio de la Ceramica. Both teams also found their way to the target in two of the previous 10 away games for Athletic Club.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet three times in the last ten encounters between Villarreal and Athletic Club as under 2.5 goals happened three times. Villarreal scored an average of 1.2 goals a game, with Athletic Club averaging 1.3 goals in this run. Villarreal saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Athletic Club, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches.