Athletic Bilbao vs Alaves Predictions

• Athletic Bilbao have won 10 of their last 13 home La Liga games and drawn the other three
• Alaves have failed to score in their last two La Liga away matches
• Fewer than three goals have been scored in Alaves’ last five league games

Hosts have the whip hand over Alaves

Goals could be in short supply when Athletic Bilbao host Alaves in an all-Basque affair at San Mames this Saturday night.

The visitors from Vitoria have scored only four goals in their last six La Liga games, although Babazorros have only shipped three goals in their last five.

Luis Garcia’s side pushed themselves further away from the drop zone with a hard-earned 1-0 home win over Rayo Vallecano last weekend in a game of few chances.

Back Bilbao to keep a clean sheet in win

They will set out to frustrate Athletic Club in this fixture, which has more than often gone the way of the Bilbao outfit in the last few years.

But fewer than three goals have been scored in the last seven meetings of the clubs and, given Athletic Club have kept back-to-back clean sheets in La Liga, a low-scoring home win seems the best play in the book.