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Manchester United v Athletic Bilbao : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 8th May, 20:00 BST, Old Trafford, Manchester

Thursday night sees Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United and Ernesto Valverde Tejedor’s Athletic Bilbao go head to head in a Europa League clash at the Old Trafford. For each and every Europa League fixture, KickOff explores the stats for all of the biggest markets. Key stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then published alongside odds from leading bookmakers.


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In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man Utd
44%
--
Draw
24%
--
A.Bilbao
32%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Man Utd 2-1
9%
--
Man Utd 1-0
8%
--
A.Bilbao 2-1
8%
--
Man Utd 2-0
6%
--
A.Bilbao 1-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Man Utd 3-1
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
A.Bilbao 2-0
5%
--
Man Utd 3-0
4%
--
Man Utd 3-2
4%
--
A.Bilbao 3-1
4%
--
A.Bilbao 3-2
3%
--
Man Utd 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
--
BTTS - No
39%
--
BTTS - Home Win
24%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
--
Home/draw
68%
--
Away/draw
56%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
61%
--
Away DNB
49%
--
Man Utd win to nil
20%
--
A.Bilbao win to nil
14%
--
Win / draw / win Europa League table
 

A.Bilbao lay in 2nd place on 19 points in the Europa League league table having played 8 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 21 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. A.Bilbao have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

A.Bilbao have played 6 away games, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man Utd
A.Bilbao
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lazio86111219 
-
-
-
-
2
A.Bilbao Away8611819 
May 8
May 1
-
-
3
Man Utd Home8530718 
-
-
May 1
May 8
4
Spurs8521817 
-
-
-
-
5
E.Frankfurt8512416 
-
-
-
-
6
Lyon8431815 
w
 
5-4F
d
 
2-2A
-
-
7
Olympiakos8431615 
-
-
-
-
8
Rangers8422614 
w
 
2-1F
-
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
9
Bodø8422314 
w
 
3-2F
-
-
-
10
Anderlecht8422214 
-
-
-
-
11
FCSB8422114 
-
w
 
0-2F
-
-
12
Ajax8413813 
-
-
-
-
13
R.Sociedad8413413 
w
 
4-1A
d
 
1-1F
-
-
14
Galatasaray8341313 
-
-
-
-
15
Roma8332412 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
16
Plzen8332112 
-
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-1F
-
17
Ferencvaros8404012 
-
-
-
-
18
Porto8323211 
-
d
 
3-3F
-
-
19
AZ Alkmaar8323011 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
-
20
Midtjylland8323011 
-
-
-
-
21
Union SG8323011 
-
-
-
-
22
PAOK8314210 
w
 
2-0F
-
-
-
23
Twente8242-110 
d
 
1-1F
-
-
-
24
Fenerbahce8242-210 
-
d
 
1-1F
-
w
 
0-2F
25
Braga8314-310 
-
-
-
-
26
Elfsborg8314-510 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
-
27
Hoffenheim8233-39 
-
-
-
-
28
Besiktas8305-59 
-
-
-
l
 
4-1A
29
M. Tel-Aviv8206-96 
-
-
-
-
30
Slavia8125-45 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
-
31
Malmö8125-75 
-
-
-
-
32
Rigas Futbola Skola8125-75 
-
-
-
-
33
Ludogorets8044-74 
-
-
-
w
 
1-2A
34
Dynamo Kyiv8116-134 
-
-
-
-
35
Nice8035-93 
-
-
-
-
36
Qarabag8107-143 
-
-
-
-
Next round
Play Off
Win / draw / win form
6
Man Utd have not lost in 6 consecutive home european games
Man Utd 3RD
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
A.Bilbao 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
Goal Statistics

Manchester United have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 12 consecutive Europa League games. Their PG of 1.7 against Athletic Bilbao on Thursday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Man Utd 3rd A.Bilbao 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Man Utd will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that A.Bilbao will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-10
Man Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
A.Bilbao’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.1
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2024/2024 season
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Man Utd
PG (predicted goals)
A.Bilbao
1.7
1.4
Attack rating
MNU
ATH
4%
better
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Games scored15
14
Failed to score5
6
Scored first7
9
Goals scored28
31
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.6
Avg. shots per game11
11
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for1.7
1.8
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
MNU
ATH
28%
better
view stats
Games conceded16
12
Clean sheets4
8
Conceded first12
7
Goals conceded26
17
Avg. goals conceded1.3
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against15%
12%
Avg. XG against1.3
1
KickOff rating
+28%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Man Utd v A.Bilbao will show here when available.

Man Utd Europa League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9533
D DalotR HöjlundA GarnachoB Fernandes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Dalot DEF102
-
A Garnacho FWD1013
-
R Höjlund FWD1052
-
N Mazraoui  DEF91
1
-
B Fernandes MID942
2
1
J Zirkzee FWD911
-
A Onana GLK8
1
-
M Ligt DEF8
2
-
L Martínez  DEF81
1
-
Casemiro MID8
2
-
C Eriksen MID822
-
A Diallo FWD82
-
M Ugarte MID61
1
-
M Mount  MID4
-
T. Collyer MID4
1
-
L Yoro DEF3
-
V Lindelöf DEF3
-
H Maguire DEF31
-
K Mainoo MID311
-
A Bayındır GLK2
-
P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu DEF2
-
A. Heaven DEF1
-
L Shaw DEF1
-
J Evans  DEF1
-
A.Bilbao Europa League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9533
N WilliamsI WilliamsÁlex BerenguerY Álvarez
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
U Gómez MID1011
1
-
Álex Berenguer FWD103
1
-
N Williams FWD1043
2
-
I Williams FWD1051
2
-
J Agirrezabala GLK9
-
A Paredes DEF911
-
Y Berchiche DEF911
2
-
I Galarreta MID9
1
-
B Prados MID911
-
G Guruzeta FWD912
-
Óscar de Marcos DEF81
1
-
D Vivian DEF8
2
-
M. Jauregizar Alboniga MID7
1
-
A Gorosabel DEF6
2
-
M Vesga MID5
1
-
O Sancet MID512
1
-
Álvaro Djaló FWD5
1
-
U Núñez DEF32
-
Y Álvarez DEF31
2
1
I Lekue DEF2
-
M. Sannadi Harrouch FWD21
1
-
U Simón GLK1
-
A. Boiro Boiro DEF111
-