Peter Green - May 23, 2023
Osasuna vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Spanish Laliga on Thursday, 25 May 2023.
Bilbao won their most recent league match. The team was having a four-match winless streak before and were out of the safe zone spot, which they gained back with that win.
Osasuna sitting at 10th, three positions below Bilbao in the standings, will be their upcoming rivals. Going on, Osasuna lost three of the last four league matches.
Athletic Bilbao was unbeaten in five of the last six head to head clashes against Osasuna. Their most recent meeting ended in a 1-1 draw.
Bilbao won three of the last five meetings against Osasuna at this stadium. Those three matches had goals over 2.5 ft.
Bilbao is likely to seal a win on Thursday as the hosting side lost two of the past five home matches. In fact, they were winless in five of the past eight home matches.
Moreover, Athletic Bilbao have an upper hand in the recent history of this match-up. They were unbeaten in five of the last six road trips too.
It could possibly be a tight encounter, similar to their Copa del Rey outings in which the results were decided with in penalties. We don’t expect a goal-fest as neither of these two sides have been successful in scoring goals over the rate of 2 offensively.
Osasuna have failed to score in five of the last eight home league outings. Such a form forces us to consider a clean sheet win for the guests Athletic Bilbao.
Athletic Bilbao will head into this fixture following an impressive on the road form. On top of that, they have an upper hand in the recent tradition of this match-up.
Therefore, we expect a win for Bilbao on Thursday. While placing it as the main betting tip at 2.40 odds, we like to back the under 2.5 goals bet at 1.80 odds unlike their h2h tradition which often has high-scoring matches.
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