ATHLETIC BILBAO v EIBAR Sunday 4th December 2016 – Kickoff: 1615hrs Football – Spain – La Liga Betting Tips Despite a heavy 3-1 loss away at Las Palmas last Monday, Athletic Bilbao will head into Sunday afternoon’s encounter with Eibar in reasonably high spirits as they return to their San Mamés Barria where they hold a strong record on home turf.
Athletic Bilbao have returned some mixed results in recent weeks in La Liga as they’ve recorded wins over Real Sociedad and Villarreal (both at home) along with suffering defeats to Real Madrid and Las Palmas (both away from home) while gaining points against Osasuna and Espanyol in draws.
But at home they hold a good record that stands at 4-1-1 10/6 which includes wins over Valencia, Sevilla, Real Sociedad and Villarreal with striker Aduriz and midfielder Garcia both notching 5 goals apiece so far this season.
Visitors Eibar currently occupy 7th place in the Spanish top flight following three league wins from their last four as Eibar have chalked up victories over Villarreal, Celta Vigo and Real Betis but it should be noted that these three recent wins were all recorded at their Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa.
On the road, Eibar have now gone four matches without success but a point apiece at Real Madrid and Espanyol must be regarded as good results, however, they’ve also lost at Malaga and Las Palmas amidst an overall away record of 1-2-3 8/10.
Eibar’s one success on their travels so far was a 2-1 win at second from bottom club Granada, but it’s been just one away win from their last 16 matches on the road which is a woeful record indeed.
Pick: Athletic Bilbao AH-0.25 @ 1.64 Bet Victor
