Athletic Bilbao vs Levante Predictions and Betting Tips
Fighting to preserve their top-flight status, Levante travel to the San Mames for their Spanish top-flight matchup with Athletic Bilbao. Read on for our expert tips and predictions.
Although both sides played out a goalless draw in the reverse match, Bilbao have been the dominant side in this fixture unbeaten in their last eight games.
Highly-anticipated encounter on the cards
Athletic Bilbao's hopes for silverware this season were dashed by a solitary goal from Goncalo Guedes in their Copa Del Rey semifinals tie against Valencia last Wednesday. They weren't exactly convincing in the build-up to this game, managing a return of one win and two losses in their last three league games, including a 4-0 defeat to FC Barcelona last weekend. Now in 8th place on the league standings, a top-four finish is very much beyond them, however, a place in the Europa League is still on the cards but they would need to arrest this minor slump in form.
Basement side Levante head into this game full of confidence taking into account their recent results. Goals from Morales, de Frutos and Melero made sure of all three points last time out against Elche. The win against Atletico Madrid may have kickstarted something great as we've seen The Frogs amass a total of seven points during this spell. There's still lots of work to do, nonetheless, as they head into this game seven points adrift of safety whilst playing a game less.
Athletic Bilbao vs Levante Team News
Athletic Bilbao possible starting XI:
Simon; Lekue, Yeray, I Martinez, Yuri; Berenguer, Vencedor, D Garcia, Muniain; Sancet, I Williams
Levante possible starting lineup:
Cardenas; Rober, Duarte, Caceres; Miramon, Malsa, Pepelu, Son; De Frutos, Marti, Morales
Athletic Bilbao vs Levante Prediction: 2-1
The visitors have been outstanding in recent weeks, keeping two clean sheets in two of their last three games. This is surely a step in the right direction given that their leaky defence has been their weak point for most of the 2021/2022 season. However, Athletic Club would be bidding to get back to winning ways and we're backing them to do just that using the raucous San Mames crowd as inspiration.
