Sevilla vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions & Tips

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Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan

Sevilla

Athletic Bilbao

Both Teams To Score

Reason for tip

Sevilla have had persistent defensive issues this season and that keeps both teams to score firmly in play at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 16 of their last 20 games in La Liga and arrive after losing three of their last four league matches. Athletic Bilbao are also far from secure at the back away from home, conceding on each of their last three road trips. With Athletic seeing BTTS land in three straight league games, goals at both ends look likely.

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Draw 1-1

Reason for tip

A draw feels a realistic outcome given the form of both sides. Sevilla have lost their last two home matches but Athletic have dropped points in four of their last six away games, so neither arrives with momentum. While recent head to heads are usually tight, both defences are leaking enough chances to expect goals. A 1-1 scoreline fits the trend of low-margin meetings between these sides and matches the recent pattern of Athletic games where both teams score but neither does enough to pull clear.

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Sevilla have struggled at the back this season, and the best bet may well be that both teams score when they host Athletic Bilbao at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Saturday.

Athletic Bilbao are tenth in the table, four places above Sevilla, but both teams have lost more games than they’ve won this season. The visitors have seven wins and ten losses, while the hosts have won six and lost 11.

These are tough times for Sevilla, with three of their last four Primera Liga matches ending in defeat. They have lost their last two home games, but Athletic Bilbao have lost four of their last six away games in the league.

Athletic Bilbao were beaten 3-2 by Mallorca in a tightly contested game last weekend, and have now lost ten of the 12 games this season in which they’ve shipped the first goal (83%). They had their chances, but failed to make the most of them. They were priced at 6/5 to win the game and will have been frustrated to lose.

If both teams score, it would be the fourth consecutive Primera Liga game for Athletic Bilbao in which both sides have found the net.

Both sides have defensive concerns. Sevilla have failed to keep a clean sheet in 16 of their last 20 Primera Liga games and Athletic Bilbao have conceded on each of their last three road trips.

It could be hard to separate these two sides, with the 1-1 draw looking a decent correct-score bet. The last Primera Liga head-to-head produced five goals but nine of the last ten meetings between Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao have gone under 2.5 goals.