Elche
- Elche are unbeaten in four home LaLiga games, winning three and drawing one.
- The stats don’t make for exciting reading, but our Elche vs Athletic Bilbao betting tips highlight that Elche have hit their stride in the last two months and have shown themselves to be a difficult team to beat since Eder Sarabia became their head coach in July 2024.
- With just one defeat in their last five matches, Sarabia has set up his side to be a pragmatic and disciplined team, with an ability to hurt opponents on the counterattack.
- The hosts have the look of a team which could be tough to defeat when they get their shape right and they haven’t lost at home in LaLiga so far, winning both of their most recent home games.
Athletic Bilbao
- Athletic Bilbao have not scored more than once in their last three away games in all competitions and, after a heavy 4-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last time out, they’ve lost two of their three LaLiga away fixtures, averaging just 0.67 goals-per-game on the road.
- However, the Basques can be got at if teams are able to press them and Valverde has lacked a consistent goal scorer to give them a platform to build their attacks from.
Key Players
Aitor Paredes tops the goalscoring charts for Athletic with just one goal in six LaLiga appearances this term, a statistic which highlights the scale of Athletic’s problems in front of goal.
Betting Insights
- Athletic Bilbao have won once, drawn once and lost three of their last five games, but this Elche vs Athletic Bilbao prediction suggests they are slight favorites here at 2.28, with Elche available at 3.58 and the draw at 3.37.
- The ‘both teams to score’ market is a shade of odds on at 1.96, but given Elche’s record at Estadio Martinez Valero, our Elche vs Athletic Bilbao betting tips point to ‘under 2.5 goals’ at 1.66 as an intriguing play on Sunday.
Prediction
A clash of styles makes this a tough game to call, but with Athletic losing their last three away matches and Elche looking solid at home, the underdog hosts look well-placed to steal something on Sunday.
