Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction: Team News and Lineups Preview

Expert, Nathan Joyes, serves up his Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao prediction, team news, lineups and fixtures in what promises to be an intriguing clash in La Liga, not long after the hosts’ Europa League trek to Croatia.

Our Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao prediction is for Athletic Bilbao to win the match 0-1.

Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction, Team News, Lineups and Fixtures Preview

• Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction: Athletic Bilbao -0.25 Asian Handicap

In this article:

• Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Team News and Possible Lineups
• The Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao, La Liga Standings Prediction
• Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Stats
• Real Betis Fixtures
• Athletic Bilbao Fixtures
• Safer Gambling

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Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao: Back the visitors’ bounce back

Spain, La Liga, Sunday, February 25th, 15:15 (UK)

Athletic Bilbao were unable to beat Almeria despite the hosts going down to ten men with 30 minutes left to play, but it did extend their unbeaten run to five matches across all competitions.

In fact, after their dramatic 4-2 win over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, Athletic Bilbao have gone four games without conceding. More impressively, this includes defeating Atletico Madrid 1-0.

Both Gorka Guruzeta (nine) and Inaki Williams (eight) have been prolific for the visitors this season, but the former is likely to miss the trip due to injury.

However, they’ve proven they aren’t reliant on him, with 12 other goalscorers in La Liga this campaign.

With the fifth-best away record in the league, only conceding nine goals across 12 matches, Bilbao doesn’t look like they are going to give up their unbeaten run just yet.

I say this due to the fact Betis have failed to show any kind of consistency of late. A 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa Conference League extended their winless run at Estadio Benito Villamarin to three games.

The hosts have also only lost once in their last seven matches in all competitions, which was a 1-0 win over relegation-threatened Granada.

With a midweek trip to Croatia, Betis are unlikely to be as sharp as Bilbao, especially if the game goes beyond 90 minutes.

With one team showing consistency at home and away and with the other struggling to deal with their busy calendar, it makes logical sense to back the visitors to come away with the win.

• Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction: Athletic Bilbao -0.25 Asian Handicap (TRACKED BET)
• Best Odds: 2.00
• Bookmaker: bet365
• Stakes: 7/10

Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction odds via bet365 as at 11:00, February 19th, 2024. Odds may now differ.

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Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Team News and Possible Lineups: Croatia in between

There’s a Europa League clash incoming on Thursday for Real Betis, as the Spaniards travel to Croatia to face Dinamo Zagreb. As always, it’ll be crucial to observe the outcome of that fixture for more up-to-date Real Betis news for the weekend clash versus Athletic Club.

There’s no European competition on the agenda for Athletic Club. They’ll have their feet up on Thursday evening whilst Real Betis treks around Europe. Guido Rodriguez, Ayoze Perez, Marc Barta, Isco and Abner Vinicus all missed out through injury on the weekend against Alaves (0-0) – each of which are unlikely to feature on the weekend.

Real Betis possible starting lineup:
Silva; Miranda, Sokratis, Pezzella, Bellerin, Johnny, Roca, Fornals, Fekir, Ezzalzouli, Avila

Athletic Bilbao possible starting lineup:
Simon; Berchiche, Paredes, Alvarez, de Marcos, Vesga, Ruiz de Galarreta, Williams, Gomez, Berenguer, Villaibre

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The Predicted Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao, La Liga Standings by BETSiE

Our in-house predictive model, BETSiE, has had a go at predicting the La Liga standings ahead of the Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao, currently 7th vs 5th, fixture by utilising the underlying data from the 2023/24 season up until this point.

For more league-specific BETSiE content including standings, probabilities and predictions, visit her page here – it’s worth it.

Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao Standings Prediction

POSITION	CLUB	GAMES	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	38	27.4	6.9	3.6	79.8	28.5	51.3	89.2
2	Girona	38	23.5	7.9	6.6	78.0	50.0	28.0	78.5
3	Barcelona	38	23.1	8.7	6.2	79.6	49.8	29.8	78.1
4	Atl. Madrid	38	22.1	6.1	9.8	70.4	43.5	26.9	72.3
5	Ath Bilbao	38	20.4	10.1	7.4	66.9	36.2	30.7	71.5
6	Sociedad	38	14.9	13.6	9.5	50.7	37.6	13.1	58.4
7	Betis	38	14.2	14.4	9.4	47.2	44.8	2.5	57.0
8	Valencia	38	14.5	8.8	14.6	44.0	46.6	-2.6	52.4
9	Getafe	38	12.8	12.5	12.8	49.9	53.6	-3.7	50.7
10	Las Palmas	38	13.4	8.6	16.0	37.9	40.8	-3.0	48.9
11	Alaves	38	12.6	9.6	15.9	42.7	48.3	-5.6	47.2
12	Osasuna	38	12.6	8.5	17.0	43.8	56.3	-12.5	46.1
13	Vallecano	38	10.2	12.6	15.2	38.2	49.4	-11.2	43.2
14	Villarreal	38	10.5	10.0	17.6	54.7	72.2	-17.6	41.3
15	Mallorca	38	8.6	14.7	14.7	37.0	49.6	-12.7	40.5
16	Celta	38	9.9	10.3	17.9	45.8	56.4	-10.6	39.9
17	Sevilla	38	9.3	11.3	17.4	47.2	59.6	-12.4	39.2
18	Granada	38	6.3	10.4	21.2	42.8	69.4	-26.7	29.4
19	Cadiz	38	4.6	13.4	20.1	25.3	57.0	-31.7	27.1
20	Almeria	38	4.8	10.2	23.0	41.9	73.7	-31.9	24.6

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Match Stats: Set pieces and counter attacks

• Athletic Club sits in 5th in La Liga, commanding a European spot as things stand.
• Real Betis’ eight goals from set-pieces this term is bettered by just two clubs.
• In 5th in the away standings, Athletic Club are only bettered by four clubs in La Liga as far as points totals go on the road.
• The hosts have scored only two goals from counterattacking situations this campaign, whilst Real Sociedad arrive with four to their name.

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Real Betis Fixtures: Not one ‘Gimme’

• Vs Dinamo Zagreb (A)
• Vs Athletic Club (H)
• Vs Atletico Madrid (A)
• Vs Villarreal (H)
• Vs Rayo Vallecano (A)

Athletic Bilbao Fixtures: Cup Semi Final edging closer

• Vs Real Betis (A)
• Vs Atletico Madrid (H) – Copa del Rey
• Vs Barcelona (H)
• Vs Las Palmas (A)
• Vs Alaves (H)

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