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Atl. Madrid vs Ath Bilbao Prediction & Betting tips
The box “mattress” part as a favorite because of the collective potential and offensive that has, which has increased this season. Because of this and knowing that the boys of the “Cholo” are intense in the Wanda, we believe that his simple triumph is interesting to bet. Remember that the Basques are competitive and intense visitors, but irregular in defensive matters. Considering this, we believe that Atleti can win by its greater cohesion between lines, being feasible that it surpasses an intense but unreliable opponent at the time of scoring.
Atlético de Madrid:
The “colchonero” team played against Borussia Dortmund at home by the Champions League and won 2-0 in a clear manner. In the Spanish tournament, drew 1-1 against Leganés visit and let out 2 valuable points in their fight to reach the leader Barcelona (4 difference in the table). With 20 points, you need to cut the winning and draining streak that you are alternating consecutively. His goal is to win 2 or 3 consecutive games to be a reliable rival in the title fight. In this opportunity it is expected that Griezmann reappears, since he will have spaces to elaborate and write down.
As a local in the Wanda Metropolitano, Atlético de Madrid has reaped acceptable results, after adding 4 victories and 1 a single equality (1-1 against Eibar achieving a draw at 49 ‘minutes of the second half). The triumphs were as follows: 1-0 against Rayo Vallecano, 3-0 against Huesca, 1-0 against Betis and 2-0 against Real Sociedad. For the Champions League, beat Hamburg 3-1 and crashed against Borussia Dortmund as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Athletic Bilbao:
The “Lions” lost 1-0 to Espanyol on the visit, staying with 10 units in the general table. They have only added 1 win in 11 presentations, reaching 3 draws and 2 losses in the last weeks. They need to win to get away from the direct descent, since they are one of the penultimate Leganés. If goals are involved, they have scored 11 and have yielded 16 in their goal, standing out by being unbalanced at the time of collective transitions (defense-attack and attack-defense).
As a visitor, Athletic Bilbao has recorded several draws in his league start, standing out for being an uncomfortable group to overcome in this condition. Their first outings were the following: Draw 2-2 with Betis, parity 1-1 with Barcelona, 1-1 equality with Eibar and 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano. Then came the comparison with the “parakeets” in Catalan territory. If we analyze these numbers, we can conclude that the team scores and yields goals with great ease acting far from the new San Mamés. He needs to be a little more balanced if he wants to win a game away from his stadium.
In the last 5 years, Atlético de Madrid and Athletic Bilbao have met 5 times in Madrid. These were the results of those matches: Victory 1-0 of Atlético de Madrid in January 2014 for the Copa del Rey, draw 0-0 in May 2015, win 2-1 of Atlético de Madrid in December 2015, victory 3 -1 in May of 2017 and 2-0 win of Atlético de Madrid in February 2018. Apparently, there is a clear paternity of the “colchoneros” against the Basques, being feasible to extend once again.
Atl. Madrid vs Ath Bilbao head to head matches
18.02.18 LL Atl. Madrid Ath Bilbao 2 : 0
20.09.17 LL Ath Bilbao Atl. Madrid 1 : 2
21.05.17 LL Atl. Madrid Ath Bilbao 3 : 1
22.01.17 LL Ath Bilbao Atl. Madrid 2 : 2
20.04.16 LL Ath Bilbao Atl. Madrid 0 : 1