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Betis vs Ath Bilbao Prediction & Betting tips
We go with the victory of Betis against Athletic in which we are covered since in case of a tie they return the bet.
In my opinion, the fee is very valuable, considering that Athletic will not have 2 key players for this match, such as Raul Garcia and Muniain.
Athletic loses a lot without these 2 players since the attack of Garitano’s is based on long balls to Williams to take advantage of his speed, aerial balls to Raul Garcia who usually combs for Iñaki or directly centers to the area of the sides for Raul to finish off Garcia since Williams is not exactly a good header.
The different touch is given by Muniain with his game between the lines, and since the Navarrese is not there, Williams will have to explode with balls to space to run.
Iñaki has a very good physique but I think they are going to overexploit this play and will end up busted, so I think we will see an Athletic without much idea.
Also Athletic is not a good visitor. It has 7 points of 21 possible and although it comes from winning at Sadar, it was a game that Osasuna did not deserve to lose.
On the other hand, Betis, which started the season very badly but comes from good results in recent days, winning Valencia and Mallorca consecutively and getting 10 of the last 15 points possible.
With the recovery of Fekir, Betis wins a lot since for me he is the best player on the team by far and I still don’t understand how he can be playing in Betis and can play the Champions League quietly.
Betis will play with the classic defense of 3 centrals, which will not be able to count on Sidnei and Mandi (although they have resorted to their yellow). Anyway he has fast players like Pedraza or Alex Moreno, Bartra and Emerson, who can fight the space race to Williams, although they are slower than him.
In attack will be Joaquin, Canales, Fekir and Loren or Borja Iglesias. Dynamite enough to hurt the defense of Athletic, which I consider the best in the league, despite losing strength playing as visitors.
That said, anything can happen, but I find it difficult to see Betis lose in this game playing at home.
Betis vs Ath Bilbao head to head matches
27.01.19 LL Ath Bilbao Betis 1 : 0
23.09.18 LL Betis Ath Bilbao 2 : 2
05.05.18 LL Ath Bilbao Betis 2 : 0
22.12.17 LL Betis Ath Bilbao 0 : 2
27.04.17 LL Ath Bilbao Betis 2 : 1