Comments and predictions for Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao: Difficult for the underdogs

Athletic Bilbao will look to extend their unbeaten run to six games when they travel to Real Valladolid in La Liga on Sunday evening.

The Basque side are currently sixth in La Liga, with 19 points from 12 games this season, while Real Valladolid are 19th, with just eight points from their first 12 games of the 2024-25 campaign.

Latest Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao team information

Real Valladolid will be without three players through injury on Sunday, including Juanmi Latasa, Cesar de la Hoz and Cenk Ozkacar.

Coach Pezzolano is unlikely to change his squad too much after the defeat to Osasuna, and it would not be surprising if he kept the same squad as in the previous match.

Mario Martin is expected to continue in central midfield, while Raul Moro will continue to play on the left wing.

As for Athletic, Mikel Jauregizar, Gorka Guruzeta and Unai Simon will be absent due to injury.

Coach Valverde may not change too much of the lineup from the match against Ludogorets in the Europa League, despite the short break between matches.

Alvaro Djalo will get the chance to continue playing in central midfield in place of Guruzeta, while Inaki Williams and Nico Williams will feature on the wings, and Oscar de Marcos could be recalled at right-back.

Latest Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao predicted lineup

Real Valladolid:

Hein; Perez, Sanchez, Torres, Rosa; Martin, Comert; Tuhami, Amallah, Moro; Sylla

Athletic Bilbao:

Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Vivian, Paredes, Yuri; Ruiz de Galarreta, Prados; I Williams, Sancet, N Williams; Djalo

Latest football review Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao

Real Valladolid have picked up eight points from 12 La Liga games this season, with a record of two wins, two draws and eight defeats, currently sitting in 19th place in the table.

This season, scoring goals has been a major issue for the team, with just nine goals scored, while their defence is the worst in La Liga, conceding 24 times, which will be a concern at this stage of the season.

Under Paulo Pezzolano, the side will head into the game following a 1-0 defeat to Osasuna and have lost five of their last six La Liga games, including defeats to Villarreal and Osasuna.

However, Real Valladolid have won twice in late October, beating Alaves in La Liga and Astur in the Copa del Rey, and they are fully capable of causing Athletic trouble in this game.

Real Valladolid, though, have lost three consecutive home games in La Liga and will host an Athletic side who have lost just once in all competitions since the end of August.

Athletic Bilbao were in action in the Europa League on Thursday night, winning 2-1 against Ludogorets, a result that left them sixth in the table with 10 points from four games.

Under Ernesto Valverde, Athletic have also made a solid start to the 2024-25 La Liga season, with five wins, four draws and three defeats from 12 matches, earning 19 points and finishing sixth.

The Basque side are just four points behind Atletico Madrid (third) and five behind Real Madrid (second), but they have won just once in their last five La Liga games, a 1-0 win over Espanyol on 19 October.

Athletic have drawn with Mallorca and Real Betis in their last two games, and they have an unimpressive record away from home this season, winning two, drawing one and losing two in five trips.

Athletic have won both matches between the two sides in the 2022-23 season, but Valladolid won 2-1 when the two sides met at the Estadio Jose Zorrilla in November 2020.

Score prediction Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the match Real Valladolid vs Athletic Bilbao :

• Sportsmole: Real Valladolid 0-2 Athletic Bilbao

• WhoScore: Real Valladolid 1-4 Athletic Bilbao
• Our prediction: Real Valladolid 0-2 Athletic Bilbao

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