Athletic Bilbao vs Getafe
25th January 2000hrs
Football – Spain – La Liga
Pick Draw
Bookmaker William Hill
Odds: 2/1 odds taken 2211 GMT Sunday, 24th January 2021
This is La Liga action from Spain on Monday night and it is a scrap between two teams in the bottom half of the table.
Athletic Bilbao are two points behind Getafe in the standings currently.
But there is little to choose between them in terms of overall form this season. Will there be a winner on the night?
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Athletic Bilbao Preview – Will Bilbao bank the home win?
The bulk of Athletic Bilbao’s league form this season has been on home turf.
They hold a W5 D0 L4 record at home this season and they have alternated between a win and a loss in their last four.
In the match outright in this fixture Athletic Bilbao to win is at 13/10* (odds recorded 2211 GMT Sunday, 24th January 2021).
It hasn’t been a defensively bad output from Athletic Bilbao this season at all.
They have conceded at under a goal per game on average. They have taken a clean sheet in 44% of their home games.
Each of those clean sheets coincided with a home win.
Athletic Bilbao to win to nil is at 11/5* (odds recorded 2211 GMT Sunday, 24th January 2021).
As a positive for them, three of their four wins have been against teams who are in the bottom half of the table with them.
Next is a look at the head to head between the two clubs which is interesting here.
Athletic Bilbao are winless in their last three home games against Getafe (D2 L10).
They have already met this season and there was a 1-1 draw played out back In November at Getafe.
That leagues Bilbao without a win in any of their last seven games (home and away combined) against Getafe (D5 L2).
Whoever gets the points on the board in this one is probably only going to get the job done by the narrowest of margins.
Getafe Preview – Can Getafe continue rising league form?
There has been improvement for Getafe in La Liga recently as they have posted back to back successes.
Those were against Elche and Huesca who are, admittedly, the bottom two in the table.
The road form of Getafe this season is nothing special at W2 D3 L3.
The clear issue with Getafe has been finding ways to score goals. They haven’t done a lot of that.
Home and away combined this season they are averaging under a goal per game this season.
So this does have the hallmark of being a low-scoring fixture.
Under 2.5 goals goals for football betting is at 2/5 to highlight that point* (odds recorded 2211 GMT Sunday, 24th January 2021).
In their last four away games they have alternated between a loss and a win.
So it is a little difficult to really gauge what is going to come from them.
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Getafe have not been an easy side to break down for the large part either this season.
They are only conceding at an average of a goal per game against them this camping and have taken a clean sheet in 38% of road games.
Of the seven goals that they have come up with on their league travels this season, five of them have been in the second half of matches.
In just one of their eight away games this season Getafe scored the opening goal of a fixture.
Athletic Bilbao vs Getafe Betting Advice
This just looks as if it is going to be tight and tense all of the way and the recent head to head suggests that.
Five of the last seven meetings have ended in a draw, including the first meeting between the two clubs this season.
Neither are in red hot form so the draw in the match outright at 2/1 has to have some appeal* (odds recorded 2211 GMT Sunday, 24th January 2021).
Key Facts – Athletic Bilbao vs Getafe Betting Tip
- 5 Athletic Bilbao’s 6 league wins this season have been at home
- Athletic Bilbao are winless in seven against Getafe (D5 L2)
- Getafe average under a goal per game this season
They do look as if they can cancel each other out again because they are both primarily defensive-type sides.
So goals are likely to be at a premium and in the hunt for some extended value we are going to the correct score market.
A 1-1 correct score option can be taken at 5/1* (odds recorded 2211 GMT Sunday, 24th January 2021).
The best betting odds for Atheltic Bilbao vs Getafe
Athletic Bilbao to win: 12/1 at Bet365
Draw: 13/5 at Bet365
Getafe to win: 10/11 at Bet365
