Athletic Bilbao
- Athletic Bilbao have won 1 and lost 4 of their last 5 matches.
- Athletic Bilbao's LaLiga 2026/2027 campaign has started badly, with 1 defeat in 1 game and an average of 1.00 goals scored and 3.00 goals conceded at home.
- Edin Terzic is trying to make them a possession-based team with a compact trigger to press and then run forward at speed when they win the ball back.
- Aitor Paredes leads Athletic's scoring charts with 1 goal in LaLiga 2026/2027.
- Yeray Alvarez has provided 1 assist from defence in 2 games.
Atletico Madrid
- Atletico Madrid have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 games.
- Atletico Madrid come into this clash on better, but not great, form, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 5.
- Oscar Fernandez's men are back in their usual groove, with a very compact block, good on the break and always ready to frustrate the opposition.
- Alejandro Baena leads Atletico Madrid's scoring in the league with 1 goal in 2 games.
Head-to-Head
- Atletico have won 4 of the last 5 meetings of the two clubs in all competitions, Athletic have won 1.
- Athletic have scored and conceded an average of 0.50 and 0.50 goals respectively, in the last 5 head-to-head meetings at San Mames in all current competitions.
Key Players
- Aitor Paredes - leads Athletic's scoring charts with 1 goal in LaLiga 2026/2027.
- Yeray Alvarez - has provided 1 assist from defence in 2 games.
- Alejandro Baena - leads Atletico Madrid's scoring in the league with 1 goal in 2 games.
Betting Insights
A close, scrappy, low-scoring matchup looks more likely than a shootout, so no chance for both teams to score at 2.06 and under 2.5 goals at 1.96 .
Prediction
Atletico Madrid can nick it, with the game likely to be tight and low-scoring.