Having fallen off the pace in the race for the top six in the La Liga table, Athletic Bilbao will look to return from the international break with a victory when they host Elche on Sunday.
Having fallen off the pace in the race for the top six in the La Liga table, Athletic Bilbao will look to return from the international break with a victory when they host Elche on Sunday.
Athletic Bilbao has an odd of 1.45(bet ₹100 and wins ₹145 if Athletic Bilbao wins). Bet Now
If this match Draws then odd is 4.33(bet ₹100 and win ₹433 if the match draws). Bet Now
Elche has an odd of 7.50(bet ₹100 and wins ₹750 Elche wins). Bet Now
Match: Athletic Bilbao vs Elche
Date: April 03, 2022
Time: 05:30 PM (IST)
Venue: Wanda Metropolitano
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In line with their general lack of consistency recently, Athletic Club again rebounded with a home win over basement side Levante, but they headed into the international break on the back of consecutive disappointing results, falling to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Real Betis and being held to a stalemate by Getafe, as Yuri Berchiche’s goal was only enough to force a share of the spoils.
Having collected just seven points from their last six top-flight outings, Los Leones have seen their standing slip in the race for European football, now sitting seven points behind sixth-placed Real Sociedad. With only nine league games left to play, Marcelino’s side will know that they must now put an eye-catching run together in the final straight of the season to stand a chance of bridging that gap and sneaking into the top six.
Simon; De Marcos, Vivian, Martinez, Berchiche; Berenguer, Vencedor, Mesga, Muniain; Williams, Garcia
At the halfway stage of the season, Elche looked to be in real danger of the drop with just 16 points from their first 19 games, but they have enjoyed an impressive turnaround recently.
Since mid-January, Francisco’s side have played 10 matches in La Liga, picking up five wins and 16 points to double their tally and move out of the bottom three, with the most recent triumph coming away at Granada prior to a narrow defeat to Valencia and the subsequent international break. As a result of what has been an inspired improvement, Los Franjiverdes now find themselves 14th in the Spanish top flight with a six-point lead over the drop zone, and, with nine games left to defend that gap, they will be aiming to stretch their cushion at the weekend.
Badia; Palacios, Roco, Gonzalez, Olaza; Milla, Mascarell, Gumbau, Fidel; Ponce, Boye
While the two sides have been going in different directions recently, the recent break should have acted as a reset for Athletic Bilbao, who will be desperate to return to action with a victory. Marcelino’s men have the quality to reverse their fortunes and see off Elche on home turf.
Neither of the two teams is in great form right now, but Athletic Bilbao is ahead of Elche by nine points in La Liga standings, so they’ve had a better season overall. In addition to this, Athletic Bilbao is one of the best home teams in the league and they’ve got the better team on paper, so we expect Athletic Bilbao to win this game.
Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Elche, as predicted by us.