Athletic Bilbao vs Osasuna Predictions

• Bilbao are unbeaten in 11 home league games
• Osasuna have won only one of their 13 away league matches
• Osasuna have failed to score on five of their last eight away trips

Home is where the heart is for Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao look well on course to secure a top-four finish in La Liga and they should strengthen their claims of doing so with a home victory over Osasuna, who are slipping dangerously close to the relegation places.

Bilbao started the weekend 11 points behind leaders Barcelona but with an eight-point cushion over Villarreal and they head into this encounter having lost only one of their last 19 league games.

With a Europa League quarter-final against Rangers also to look forward to, Ernesto Valverde’s side are having a fine campaign and it would be somewhat of a surprise were they to slip-up at their home fortress.

The Basque boys have lost only one of their 14 home league games, winning five of their last seven on their own patch which includes against Real Madrid.

Out-of-sorts Osasuna likely to be outclassed

Osasuna, meanwhile, find themselves only six points clear of trouble following one win in their last 16 league games and they have been dreadful on their travels.

Los Rojillos have picked up only nine points from 13 away games and they have registered only seven goals in the process.

So the Lions should make the most of their familiar surroundings at the Estadio San Mames and four clean sheets in their last seven home league games suggests they could win to nil.

Osasuna have failed to score in five of their last eight away games and correct-score punters may want to side with a 2-0 win for Bilbao.