📊 Form Guide

Atlético Madrid

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Atlético Madrid will be hoping to bounce back here following a 3-2 La Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Elche CF.

In that game, Atlético Madrid managed 28% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Atlético Madrid was Nicólas González (10', 34'). At the other end, Elche got 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. David Affengruber (18') and Silva (33', 75') scored for Elche CF.

Atlético Madrid have been conceding pretty frequently recently, but they have also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Atlético Madrid have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

Athletic Bilbao

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Athletic Bilbao come into this game after a 1-0 La Liga win to defeat Osasuna in their previous outing.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao had 36% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Guruzeta (16'). Osasuna got 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Athletic Bilbao have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. Defensively, Athletic Bilbao can certainly do much better.

Pre-game facts show that Athletic Bilbao:

• are winless against Atlético Madrid when they have played them away from home in the previous 14 league matches. A shocking away run it has been.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 07/02/2024, there has been little between the sides with Atlético Madrid winning 3 of those games, Athletic Bilbao 3 and 0 being draws in regulation time.

A total of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 5 of them for Atleti and 6 belonging to Los Leones. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was La Liga match day 15 on 06/12/2025 when it finished Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Atlético Madrid.

On that day, Athletic Bilbao managed 44% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Berenguer (85').

On the other side, Atlético Madrid had 8 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz.

ℹ️ Team News: Atlético Madrid

We think that Atleti will possibly use a 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Jan Oblak, Javier Bonar, Marc Pubill, Clement Lenglet, Julio Diaz, Johnny Cardoso, Obed Vargas, Giuliano Simeone, Rodrigo Mendoza, Alejandro Baena and Nico Gonzalez.

📰 Team News: Athletic Bilbao

Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there is only a single fitness issue for the Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde to contend with. Beñat Prados (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.

We are inclined to think that Los Leones appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Unai Simon, Andoni Gorosabel, Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, I. Ruiz de, Alejandro Rego, Inaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.

💡 Prediction

In our view, Athletic Bilbao might need a bit of good fortune to see themselves scoring against this Atlético Madrid side who we think might well end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

Our tip is therefore for a good tussle with a 1-0 advantage for Atlético Madrid when all is said and done.

A close call.

Andre Moura, 13:05 25/04/2026