Villarreal vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th April 2025

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

Athletic Club are looking to widen the gap between them and Villarreal in the LaLiga table when they take on each other on Sunday. The home side will be keen to prevent the difference from increasing any further.

Villarreal scored an average of 1.7 goals in ten matches or a total of 17 while allowing nine goals against. This is an average of 0.9 goals against per match with two clean sheets along the way.

Athletic Club travel to their next away match this coming Sunday having performed a tolerable average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 17 goals, whilst shipping seven goals against. An average of 0.7 goals against a game. They hung on to four clean sheets in this streak.

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Athletic Club came away with a 2-0 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at Estadio de la Ceramica, but face stern opposition, of course.

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal lost twice in their last three matches, as they were defeated 1-0 by Deportivo Alaves and 1-2 against Real Madrid. They turned the table by winning 1-2 against Getafe. Villarreal only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent LaLiga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored 13 and conceded seven goals.

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club recorded a draw and two wins, as the won by 3-1 and 0-1 against Roma and Sevilla, respectively. Last time out, Osasuna ended their streak as the match finished even 0-0. Athletic Club won three of a possible six away matches in the LaLiga, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored eight while also conceding six times.

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 Sunday.

Villarreal earned two points from their last seven matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed zero wins, following six goals scored while also conceding 16. Athletic Club won six games, picked up 22 points, scored 17 and conceded 12 goals in their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. Villarreal are looking at a record of 13 wins, eight draws and seven defeats in the LaLiga this season. Athletic Club are looking at 14 wins, 11 draws and four defeats in the LaLiga.

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Squads

Villarreal Squad

Marcelino Garcia 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):

Diego Conde (0/21), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/8), Alfonso Pedraza (0/4), Arnau Sola (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/10), Juan Foyth (1/11), Kiko (0/22), Logan Costa (2/22), Pau Navarro (0/11), Raul Albiol (0/15), Sergi Cardona (1/27), Willy Kambwala (0/11), Alejandro Baena (6/26), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (3/26), Denis Suarez (1/15), Pape Gueye (2/25), Santi Comesana (3/26), Tajon Buchanan (0/6), Ayoze Perez (12/21), Gerard Moreno (3/13), Ilias Akhomach (1/11), Nicolas Pepe (1/19), Thierno Barry (9/27), Yeremi Pino (1/25).

Athletic Club Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Athletic Club players that the manager Ernesto Valverde will choose from for the upcoming game:

Julen Agirrezabala (0/14), Unai Simon (0/12), Aitor Paredes (3/17), Andoni Gorosabel (0/15), Daniel Vivian (3/23), Inigo Lekue (0/11), Oscar de Marcos (0/22), Unai Nunez (0/6), Yeray Alvarez (1/18), Yuri Berchiche (0/24), Benat Prados (1/23), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/19), Mikel Jauregizar (2/26), Mikel Vesga (0/20), Nico Williams (4/25), Oihan Sancet (13/21), Unai Gomez (1/24), Adama Boiro (0/12), Alex Berenguer (5/28), Alvaro Djalo (1/13), Gorka Guruzeta (6/28), Inaki Williams (5/28), Maroan Sannadi (1/7).

Villarreal vs Athletic Club Team News

At the time of writing, Villarreal have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Athletic Club this coming Sunday. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo 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

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Athletic Club came away as 2-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Sunday. In last ten encounters between the clubs, Athletic Club have been the dominant force winning five matches against Villarreal. The bookies have Athletic Club to win this match at best price odds of 11/5.

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

It has been a superb season for Ayoze Perez so far as he managed to score impressive 12 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target three times in his last six games, and Villarreal rely on his abilities against Athletic Club. Siding with him to find the back of the net this coming Sunday seems like a decent punt.

Villarreal won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing four and losing two as well. Athletic Club won three from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew four and lost three in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Villarreal on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in eight of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Athletic Club in their last 10 league games away from home.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet three times. Villarreal managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Athletic Club averaging 1.4 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Villarreal’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Athletic Club played across all tournaments. They scored 1.9 times on average in the process.