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Espanyol v Athletic Bilbao : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 16th Feb, 13:00 BST, RCDE Stadium, Barcelona

José Manuel González Álvarez welcomes Ernesto Valverde Tejedor to the RCDE Stadium on Sunday afternoon, as their Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao troops do battle in the La Liga. Form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and odds are all shown below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed under 3.5 goals, but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Espanyol are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 4.00.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Espanyol 30%	15/4 19%	18/5
Draw 26%	12/5	12/5 3%
A.Bilbao 44%	3/4 8%	5/6 2%
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	11/2
A.Bilbao 1-0 11%	9/2 21%	9/2
A.Bilbao 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Espanyol 1-0 9%	9/1 9%	8/1
A.Bilbao 2-0 8%	13/2 12%	6/1
Draw 0-0 8%	13/2 17%	6/1
Espanyol 2-1 7%	16/1 31%	12/1
Draw 2-2 5%	18/1 27%	14/1
Espanyol 2-0 5%	22/1 10%	16/1
A.Bilbao 3-1 4%	16/1	12/1
A.Bilbao 3-0 4%	12/1 24%	11/1
Espanyol 3-1 3%	40/1 21%	28/1
A.Bilbao 3-2 2%	33/1 17%	25/1
Espanyol 3-2 2%	50/1 24%	33/1
Espanyol 3-0 2%	50/1 24%	40/1
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	13/10 10%	5/4
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	8/13 6%	4/7 2%
Home 1st Goal 45%	21/10 18%	-
Away 1st Goal 50%	8/15 3%	-
No 1st Goal 5%	13/2 17%	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	11/10 10%	23/20 2%
BTTS - No 49%	4/6 13%	13/20
BTTS - Home Win 13%	10/1 38%	8/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1 5%	4/1
BTTS - Away Win 19%	15/4 10%	10/3
Home/draw 56%	1/1 9%	19/20
Away/draw 70%	2/11 3%	2/11 2%
Home/away 74%	3/10	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	4/9 8%	4/9 3%
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	7/4 19%	17/10
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	7/2 20%	16/5 5%
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	1/5 7%	1/5
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	9/1 43%	15/2 6%
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/16 4%	1/16
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	20/1 40%	16/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/66 2%	1/150
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/12 1%	1/12
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	7/1 11%	6/1
Home DNB 48%	12/5 24%	11/5
Away DNB 63%	3/10 7%	3/10
Espanyol win to nil 16%	6/1 8%	-
A.Bilbao win to nil 25%	13/8 19%	-
Espanyol / Espanyol 10%	15/2 31%	6/1
Espanyol / A.Bilbao 3%	25/1 13%	20/1
Espanyol / Draw 5%	16/1 13%	12/1
Draw / Espanyol 9%	8/1 13%	15/2
Draw / A.Bilbao 18%	10/3 9%	10/3
Draw / Draw 17%	15/4 5%	17/5 2%
A.Bilbao / Espanyol 2%	40/1 21%	33/1
A.Bilbao / A.Bilbao 28%	15/8 7%	9/5
A.Bilbao / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win La Liga table

Espanyol have played 22 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Espanyol have conceded 28 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Espanyol have played 12 games at home, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

A.Bilbao lay in 4th place on 41 points in the La Liga league table having played 22 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 8 and losing 1 game. They have scored 30 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. A.Bilbao have conceded 16 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

A.Bilbao have played 11 away games, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Espanyol A.Bilbao
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Real Madrid	22	15	4	3	29	49	w 1-0F	l 4-1F	w 2-1F	Apr 20
2	A.Madrid	22	14	6	2	23	48	Mar 30	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	Mar 2
3	Barcelona	22	14	3	5	36	45	May 14	l 3-1A	May 25	l 2-1A
4	A.Bilbao Away	22	11	8	3	13	41	Feb 16	l 4-1A	-	-
5	Villarreal	22	10	7	5	11	37	l 1-2F	Mar 2	w 2-0F	Apr 6
6	R.Vallecano	22	8	8	6	2	32	w 2-1A	Apr 6	Apr 13	w 1-2A
7	Girona	22	9	4	9	1	31	Mar 9	l 4-1A	Feb 8	l 2-1A
8	Osasuna	22	7	9	6	-4	30	d 0-00-0	May 18	Mar 30	w 1-2A
9	Mallorca	22	9	3	10	-9	30	w 2-1F	Mar 16	Mar 9	d 0-00-0
10	Real Betis	22	7	8	7	-3	29	May 4	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	d 2-2A
11	R.Sociedad	22	8	4	10	-1	28	l 0-1A	Feb 9	w 1-0F	May 4
12	Sevilla	22	7	7	8	-6	28	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	Mar 16
13	Celta	22	7	4	11	-4	25	w 3-1F	Apr 13	w 3-1F	w 1-2F
14	Getafe	22	5	9	8	0	24	Apr 20	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	May 14
15	Las Palmas	22	6	5	11	-9	23	May 25	l 1-0A	Apr 23	w 2-3F
16	Leganes	22	5	8	9	-11	23	d 1-1F	May 11	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
17	Espanyol Home	22	6	5	11	-12	23	-	-	w 4-1F	Feb 16
18	Alaves	22	5	6	11	-9	21	w 3-2F	Feb 22	May 11	d 1-1F
19	Valencia	22	4	7	11	-15	19	d 1-1F	Apr 23	w 1-0F	May 18
20	Valladolid	22	4	3	15	-32	15	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	Feb 23	d 1-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Espanyol have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games

A.Bilbao have not lost in 7 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Espanyol	1 - 0	Real Madrid
Espanyol	2 - 1	Valladolid
Espanyol	1 - 1	Leganes
Espanyol	1 - 1	Valencia
Espanyol	0 - 0	Osasuna
Espanyol	3 - 1	Celta
Espanyol	0 - 2	Sevilla
Espanyol	2 - 1	Mallorca
Espanyol	1 - 2	Villarreal
Espanyol	3 - 2	Alaves
Espanyol	2 - 1	R.Vallecano
Espanyol	0 - 1	R.Sociedad
Espanyol	2 - 0	Real Oviedo
Espanyol	0 - 0	S.Gijon
Espanyol	3 - 0	Cartagena
Espanyol	2 - 1	Real Oviedo
Espanyol	0 - 0	S.Gijon
Espanyol	1 - 1	FC Andorra
Espanyol	2 - 1	Albacete
Espanyol	1 - 1	Tenerife

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Espanyol	1 - 0	Real Madrid
A	Espanyol	1 - 1	Sevilla
H	Espanyol	2 - 1	Valladolid
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	Leganes
A	Espanyol	0 - 1	Las Palmas
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	Valencia
H	Espanyol	0 - 0	Osasuna
A	Espanyol	0 - 1	Getafe
H	Espanyol	3 - 1	Celta
A	Espanyol	1 - 4	Girona
A	Espanyol	1 - 3	Barcelona
H	Espanyol	0 - 2	Sevilla
A	Espanyol	1 - 4	A.Bilbao
H	Espanyol	2 - 1	Mallorca
A	Espanyol	0 - 1	Real Betis
H	Espanyol	1 - 2	Villarreal
A	Espanyol	1 - 4	Real Madrid
H	Espanyol	3 - 2	Alaves
H	Espanyol	2 - 1	R.Vallecano
A	Espanyol	0 - 0	A.Madrid

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Real Betis	2 - 2	A.Bilbao
Celta	1 - 2	A.Bilbao
Osasuna	1 - 2	A.Bilbao
Alaves	1 - 1	A.Bilbao
R.Vallecano	1 - 2	A.Bilbao
Valladolid	1 - 1	A.Bilbao
Mallorca	0 - 0	A.Bilbao
Girona	2 - 1	A.Bilbao
Leganes	0 - 2	A.Bilbao
Las Palmas	2 - 3	A.Bilbao
Barcelona	2 - 1	A.Bilbao
R.Vallecano	0 - 1	A.Bilbao
Celta	2 - 1	A.Bilbao
Getafe	0 - 2	A.Bilbao
A.Madrid	3 - 1	A.Bilbao
Real Madrid	2 - 0	A.Bilbao
Las Palmas	0 - 2	A.Bilbao
Real Betis	3 - 1	A.Bilbao
Almeria	0 - 0	A.Bilbao
Cadiz	0 - 0	A.Bilbao

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	A.Bilbao	2 - 2	Real Betis
H	A.Bilbao	0 - 0	Leganes
A	A.Bilbao	2 - 1	Celta
A	A.Bilbao	2 - 1	Osasuna
A	A.Bilbao	1 - 1	Alaves
H	A.Bilbao	2 - 0	Villarreal
H	A.Bilbao	2 - 1	Real Madrid
A	A.Bilbao	2 - 1	R.Vallecano
H	A.Bilbao	1 - 0	R.Sociedad
A	A.Bilbao	1 - 1	Valladolid
H	A.Bilbao	1 - 1	Real Betis
A	A.Bilbao	0 - 0	Mallorca
H	A.Bilbao	4 - 1	Espanyol
A	A.Bilbao	1 - 2	Girona
H	A.Bilbao	1 - 1	Sevilla
H	A.Bilbao	3 - 1	Celta
A	A.Bilbao	2 - 0	Leganes
A	A.Bilbao	3 - 2	Las Palmas
H	A.Bilbao	0 - 1	A.Madrid
H	A.Bilbao	1 - 0	Valencia

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Espanyol

A.Bilbao

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 8

5 / 8

Clean sheets

3 / 8

1 / 8

ESP

ATH

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Espanyol
	1 - 2	A.Bilbao
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Espanyol	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Espanyol	2 - 1
Espanyol	1 - 0

A.Bilbao

Espanyol

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

ESP

ATH

FIXTURE HISTORY AT A.Bilbao
A.Bilbao	4 - 1
	0 - 1	Espanyol
A.Bilbao	2 - 1
A.Bilbao	3 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Espanyol
A.Bilbao	2 - 0
A.Bilbao	2 - 1
A.Bilbao	3 - 1

Goal Statistics

Espanyol's defensive record is to be admired, J. González Álvarez's men having conceded 1 or less in 9 consecutive La Liga outings. An average PG rating of 1.4 for Athletic Bilbao makes sense in this context.

	Espanyol 17th	A.Bilbao 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Espanyol will score no more than 1 goal	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that A.Bilbao will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-5 Espanyol’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 A.Bilbao’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2024/2025 season

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ESP

ATH

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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ESP

ATH

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Espanyol v A.Bilbao La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Espanyol La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	7	3	7
J García	J Puado	J Carreras	O Hilali

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J García GLK	22			2 -
A Kral MID	22		1	1 -
O Hilali DEF	21		2	7 -
J Carreras FWD	21	2	3	5 -
M Kumbulla DEF	20	2		6 -
Álvaro Tejero DEF	20	1	3	2 -
J Puado FWD	20	7	1	3 -
C Romero DEF	19	2	1	5 -
L Cabrera DEF	18	2	1	2 -
A Véliz FWD	18	1		2 -
B Oliván DEF	17		1	2 -
P Lozano MID	17			7 -
W Cheddira FWD	16	1	1	2 -
S Gómez DEF	11			1 -
A. Roca Vives FWD	11		1	3 -
Álvaro Aguado MID	10			1 -
J Gragera MID	10			-
P Milla FWD	8			2 -
F Calero DEF	7			-
R. Bauzà Sureda MID	4			1 -
E Expósito MID	4			1 -
R Fernández FWD	3	1		1 -
U González MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	11	3	14
J Puado	J Puado	J Carreras	Álvaro Tejero

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Puado FWD	7	11	1	7
J Carreras FWD	2	8	3	8
M Kumbulla DEF	2	3		1
C Romero DEF	2	3	1	7
L Cabrera DEF	2	3	1	3
R Fernández FWD	1	1		2
Álvaro Tejero DEF	1	4	3	14
A Véliz FWD	1	5		1
W Cheddira FWD	1	3	1	5
J García GLK		1
J Gragera MID				1
E Expósito MID				4
F Calero DEF				1
P Milla FWD		2		1
P Lozano MID		1		12
A. Roca Vives FWD		3	1	3
S Gómez DEF		1
A Kral MID		1	1	6
B Oliván DEF		1	1	13
O Hilali DEF			2	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
803	72	116
L Cabrera	O Hilali	O Hilali

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Cabrera DEF	803	25	73
M Kumbulla DEF	777	27	91
O Hilali DEF	710	72	116
A Kral MID	589	43	100
J García GLK	565		11
P Lozano MID	511	35	53
Álvaro Tejero DEF	380	8	35
C Romero DEF	364	34	53
J Puado FWD	361	14	48
S Gómez DEF	347	8	19
B Oliván DEF	329	13	23
J Carreras FWD	260	16	75
J Gragera MID	217	23	42
Álvaro Aguado MID	152	4	16
A Véliz FWD	142	1	66
F Calero DEF	118	4	13
A. Roca Vives FWD	92	7	33
W Cheddira FWD	90	4	43
P Milla FWD	77	3	14
R. Bauzà Sureda MID	54	4	8
E Expósito MID	36	5	12
R Fernández FWD	35	1	7
U González MID	27	7	10

A.Bilbao La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	8	6	6
I Williams	O Sancet	I Williams	B Prados

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Álex Berenguer FWD	21	5	5	2 -
G Guruzeta FWD	21	5	2	2 -
I Williams FWD	21	4	6	-
U Gómez MID	20	1	2	1 -
D Vivian DEF	19	3		1 -
M. Jauregizar Alboniga MID	19	1		4 1
N Williams FWD	19	1	3	1 -
Y Berchiche DEF	18			3 -
O Sancet MID	18	8	1	3 -
B Prados DEF	17	1		6 -
Óscar de Marcos DEF	17		4	-
I Galarreta MID	16		2	2 -
M Vesga MID	15			1 -
J Agirrezabala GLK	14			1 1
A Paredes DEF	13	3		3 1
Álvaro Djaló FWD	13	1		-
Y Álvarez DEF	12			2 -
A Gorosabel DEF	10		1	1 -
A. Boiro Boiro DEF	10			1 -
I Lekue DEF	8			1 -
U Simón GLK	5			-
U Núñez DEF	3			1 -
J Martón FWD	3			1 -
P. Canales Urtasun MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	14	6	24
O Sancet	Álex Berenguer	I Williams	Álex Berenguer

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Sancet MID	8	12	1	10
Álex Berenguer FWD	5	14	5	24
G Guruzeta FWD	5	13	2	8
I Williams FWD	4	12	6	16
D Vivian DEF	3	4		5
A Paredes DEF	3	3
U Gómez MID	1	2	2	6
M. Jauregizar Alboniga MID	1	1		11
N Williams FWD	1	11	3	23
B Prados DEF	1	5		1
Álvaro Djaló FWD	1	3		2
A. Boiro Boiro DEF				1
I Lekue DEF				2
M Vesga MID				6
A Gorosabel DEF		1	1	5
Y Álvarez DEF		1		2
I Galarreta MID			2	17
Óscar de Marcos DEF			4	10
Y Berchiche DEF		3		9

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1032	42	96
D Vivian	M. Jauregizar Alboniga	N Williams

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Vivian DEF	1032	28	76
Y Álvarez DEF	631	17	54
A Paredes DEF	614	8	31
Y Berchiche DEF	613	18	49
M. Jauregizar Alboniga MID	557	42	88
I Galarreta MID	529	23	45
Óscar de Marcos DEF	501	24	36
B Prados DEF	445	23	50
I Williams FWD	438	14	88
Álex Berenguer FWD	421	13	64
N Williams FWD	394	22	96
O Sancet MID	387	10	48
J Agirrezabala GLK	355		6
M Vesga MID	331	14	28
A Gorosabel DEF	320	19	27
G Guruzeta FWD	253	10	53
I Lekue DEF	211	9	18
A. Boiro Boiro DEF	203	10	30
U Gómez MID	159	6	44
U Núñez DEF	145	2	11
U Simón GLK	134		2
Álvaro Djaló FWD	73	6	31
P. Canales Urtasun MID	14	1	2
J Martón FWD	8		2

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Espanyol v Athletic Bilbao : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Espanyol have played 22 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

A.Bilbao lay in 4th place on 41 points in the La Liga league table having played 22 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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