📊 Form Guide
Villarreal WDLLWW
Villarreal are hoping to win again after their last result, a 1-2 La Liga success versus Sevilla.
In that game, Villarreal had 35% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Villarreal, the scorers were Tani Oluwaseyi (17') and Manor Solomon (86'). At the other end, Sevilla got 16 shots at goal with 2 on target. Djibril Sow (51') was the scorer for Sevilla.
Marcelino García Toral's Villarreal have hit the back of the net a sum total of 10 times over their past 6 outings. The comparative tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games stands at 5.
Their previous form shows that Villarreal:
- haven't won against Athletic Bilbao in their previous 4 matches in the league.
- are undefeated in their previous 9 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.
Athletic Bilbao WWLLLD
In the game prior to this, Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1 in the La Liga match with Girona FC.
In that match, Athletic Bilbao had 67% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Athletic Bilbao was Mikel Jauregizar (48'). For their opponents, Girona got 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Azzedine Ounahi (9') was the scorer for Girona FC.
It has become apparent that Athletic Bilbao have had real problems scoring goals in their past 6 clashes, contributing the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, Los Leones have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 7. Having said that, it remains to be seen if the trend shall continue on in this upcoming game.
Coming into this fixture, Athletic Bilbao are undefeated by Villarreal when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
A glance at their past head to head clashes going back to 30/10/2022 shows that Villarreal have won 1 of these games & Athletic Bilbao 3, with the number of drawn results being 2.
A combined sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 for El Submarino Amarillo and 8 coming from Los Leones. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.
The last league fixture between these sides was La Liga match day 30 on 06/04/2025 when it ended Villarreal 0-0 Athletic Bilbao.
On that occasion, Villarreal had 57% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target.
On the other side, Athletic Bilbao got 11 shots on goal with 2 on target.
The referee was Mario Melero López.
🗞️ Team News: Villarreal
Gerard Moreno (Hamstring injury), Willy Kambwala (Hamstring injury), Logan Costa (Cruciate ligament tear) and Pau Cabanes (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for Villarreal manager Marcelino García Toral.
It’s our opinion that El Submarino Amarillo will possibly employ a 4-4-2 formation and select Luiz Junior, Santiago Mourino, Rafa Marin, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Pape Gueye, Thomas Partey, Manor Solomon, Nicolas Pepe and Georges Mikautadze.
📰 Team News: Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde has to choose a team with limited availability. Unai Egiluz (Cruciate ligament tear) and Beñat Prados (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.
We’re of the thinking that Los Leones appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Unai Simon, Jesus Areso, Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, Mikel Jauregizar, I. Ruiz de, Inaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Robert Navarro and Maroan Sannadi.
🔮 Prediction
Our assessment here is that Athletic Bilbao could find themselves struggling to hit the back of the net against this Villarreal outfit who we reckon will score at least once to put them ahead.
We’re therefore seeing a very even contest with a 1-0 advantage for Villarreal at the end of this game.
Let’s see how it plays out.
Andre Moura, 18:05 27/09/2025