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Ath Bilbao vs Celta Vigo Prediction & Betting tips
Just like in the Netherlands, the last two matches of the competition are played in Spain at the same time. The San Mamés is one of the battlegrounds on Sunday evening, here Athletic Bilbao will fight for a place in Europe when Celta de Vigo comes to visit. Who pulls this duel to themselves?
Athletic Bilbao:
Thanks to an unprecedented catch-up in the second half of the season, Athletic Bilbao has come to the surface again in the zone where you normally expect the club. After a series of good results last week, however, the Basques came home from the cold fair, and visiting Valladolid, Gaizka Garitano’s team painfully lost 1-0. The red-and-white formation was the parent for almost the entire second half, but in the end the superiority did not help and the team left three precious points behind.
It was the third time in the last four games that Los Leones suffered a point loss, making the team unnecessarily difficult in the battle for the coveted European ticket. With fifty points, the Basque club still has the best papers to qualify for Europa League football, but theoretically five teams have a chance of seventh place. There will have to be won this weekend against the lower ranked Celta de Vigo, because the last round of play is waiting for De Leeuwen to take on the heavy game against Seville. The shape in the San Mamés is not due to the fact that the club has been unbeaten in the Basque fort since 5 October.
Celta de Vigo:
After a deep slump in the third quarter of the season, the team recovered after the return of Iago Aspas. The last few weeks the club from Galicia performed well and the chances of retention were increased, last week the light blue formation again achieved an excellent result. Los Celestes met a B-team from Barcelona in the last game of Saturday night, as the Catalans were already champions and the star players were spared for the Champions League match with Liverpool. It was a great windfall for Celta that managed to win 2-0 and with that won three crucial points in the fight against relegation.
With forty points, the men of Fran Escribá occupy the fourteenth place in the ranking, but that is not enough to be sure of enforcement. After all, the difference with the relegation zone is only three points. A win is therefore needed in the weekend so as not to get into trouble, but as mentioned, the chance is generally small that the visiting party will take three points from Bilbao. Moreover, the performances of the Celestes outside the own Balaídos are not to write home about, only two away games were won this season. Trainer Escribá also has a virtually fit selection on Sunday, only Emre Mor is not fit enough to appear at the kick-off.
Ath Bilbao vs Celta Vigo head to head matches
07.01.19 LL Celta Vigo Ath Bilbao 1 : 2
31.03.18 LL Ath Bilbao Celta Vigo 1 : 1
05.11.17 LL Celta Vigo Ath Bilbao 3 : 1
30.04.17 LL Celta Vigo Ath Bilbao 0 : 3
19.12.16 LL Ath Bilbao Celta Vigo 2 : 1