📊 Form Guide
Elche CF WDWDWL
Elche CF will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 3-1 La Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Alaves.
In that match, Elche CF had 52% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Elche CF was Silva (93'). On the other side, Alaves had 25 shots on goal with 5 on target. Vicente (76'), Martínez (81') and Lucas Boyé (95') scored for Alaves.
Elche CF haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.
They have managed to rack up 9 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 7.
Coming into this meeting, Elche CF are undefeated in their last 5 league matches at home.
Athletic Bilbao LLDLLW
Athletic Bilbao will come into the encounter following a 2-1 La Liga win versus Mallorca in their most recent game.
In that game, Athletic Bilbao had 52% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Athletic Bilbao, the scorers were Iñaki Williams (9') and Rego (82'). Mallorca had 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Costa (77') scored for Mallorca.
It has become apparent that Athletic Bilbao have had real problems scoring goals over their last 6 games, recording the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those matches, Los Leones have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 11. We shall soon see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.
Their previous form shows that Athletic Bilbao:
- remain undefeated by Elche CF in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 03/01/2021 shows that Elche CF have won 2 of them and Athletic Bilbao 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
A total of 12 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 for Los Franjiverdes and 7 belonging to Los Leones. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
The last league clash between these sides was La Liga match day 37 on 28/05/2023 when the final score was Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Elche CF.
On that occasion, Athletic Bilbao had 64% possession and 28 attempts on goal with 8 on target.
For their opponents, Elche CF got 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Lucas Boyé (92') scored.
The referee was Valentín Pizarro Gómez.
📰 Team News: Elche CF
The Elche CF boss Eder Sarabia does not have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match with a fully injury-free squad to choose from.
We think that Los Franjiverdes will probably opt for a 3-5-2 formation this time featuring Inaki Pena, Victor Chust, Pedro Bigas, Bambo Diaby, Alvaro Nunez, Aleix Febas, Marc Aguado, Rodrigo Mendoza, German Valera, Andre Silva and Rafa Mir.
📋 Team News: Athletic Bilbao
Owing to a completely healthy group ready to go, the Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report before this game.
We are inclined to think that Los Leones seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Unai Simon, Jesus Areso, Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, I. Ruiz de, Mikel Jauregizar, Inaki Williams, Robert Navarro, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.
✨ Prediction
We’re envisaging that Elche CF will really need to work well to breach the defence of this Athletic Bilbao team who will likely score & stay on top.
Therefore, we predict a very competitive game with a 0-1 win for Athletic Bilbao at the end of this one.
Let’s see how it plays out.
Peter Guest, 10:20 19/10/2025