Athletic Bilbao vs Partizan Belgrade Betting Tips

Partizan approached that in confident mood and a rare air of expectancy that they could achieve something in Europe this year. They’d won their opening 2 games to top the group and knew 3 points would put them on the brink of progression but a polished Athletic display and goals from Raul Garcia and Benat Etxebarria secured a 2-0 win for the visitors.

Back at San Mames, Athletic will be confident they can repeat the trick as they are usually much stronger at home than away. Right now things seem to be going right wherever they play. They’ve won 4 of their last 5 matches all by at least 2 goal margins and won 3-1 at Real Betis on Saturday mostly courtesy of a brace from exciting youngster Iñaki Williams.

These are the top two sides in the group and are both on 6 points so the winners will be on the very brink of the last 16. With that in mind Athletic will be determined to get the job done which would probably enable them to rest players in the final two games.

They are looking strong at both ends at the moment and haven’t conceded a goal from open play in any of their last 3 matches. The difference in quality between La Liga and the Serbian top flight should be evident again here and the Basques look good value at 6/5 to win to nil.

Partizan have only taken 1 point from their two Serbian Super League games since their meeting with Athletic a fortnight ago, so they aren’t in the best of form right now. Therefore it is hard to see anything other than a solid home win transpiring here and a repeat 2-0 scoreline looks worth a punt at 11/2.