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Peter Green - August 9, 2023
Athletic Bilbao vs Real Madrid Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Spanish Laliga on Saturday, 12 August 2023.
Real Madrid had a stunning Laliga campaign last time, but lost the top position to Barcelona with a difference of 10 points. However, they had the best offensiveline of that season.
Going on, their recent friendlies against Juventus and Barcelona ended in a defeat.these two defeats were recorded after two consecutive friendly wins over Manchester United and AC Milan.
They will be facing Athletic Bilbao for their opening fixture. Going on, Athletic Bilbao finished 8th in the standings last season. On top of that they ended that season with a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid.
Real Madrid have been the dominant force in the recent history of this match-up. They were unbeaten in 17 of the last 20 head to head clashes against Athletic Bilbao.
Real Madrid won four of the last five clashes against Bilbao at this stadium.
Athletic Blibao follows a dreadful form at home of late. They were winless in four of the last five home outings. Do also note that they lost three of those four matches.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid is having a losing form on the road but their opponents were stronger teams like Juventus and Manchester City.
Since Real Madrid have an upper hand in the recent tradition, we expect a win for them on Saturday against this Bilbao side.
Three of the last four away matches of Real Madrid had goals over 2.5 ft. Moreover, Real had the best attacking side in the last season. Now they brought in more players too. Thus, we expect an over 2.5 goals display in this match.
Will Both teams score in the match?
The recent match-ups of Real Madrid forces us to back the both teams to score option as they have been consistent in leaking goals. They have allowed goals in 9 of the last 10 matches.
The h2h superiority of Real Madrid with a better overall form forces us to back a win for them at 2.10 odds. Over 2.5 goals at 1.80 odds seems to be a decent alternative considering the goal trend of Real Madrid.
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