Athletic Club vs Espanyol betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on October 19th, 2024

Athletic Club and Espanyol will on Saturday, October 19th, 2024 at 12:00h (UTC), play in a La Liga football game in Spain, check the Athletic Club vs Espanyol betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Athletic Club vs Espanyol will occur

The game will be played in the well-known San Mamés Barria stadium, in the city of Bilbao, with a capacity for 53331 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Athletic Club vs Espanyol betting tip 2024/2025

The La Liga has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.64 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.49 goals per match played.

Athletic Club last match

Athletic Club comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Girona, in a match valid for La Liga, and the match ended 2-1. Coach E. Valverde's team lined up with this formation: 4-3-3.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.35, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

The defense showed numerous shortcomings during the match. Óscar de Marcos was on a bad day, never on time for his appointment with the ball, definitely one of the worst on the field.

Espanyol last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga, Espanyol, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Mallorca team with a final score of 2-1.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 3.60, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Athletic Club vs Espanyol h2h

Espanyol was in 19th place in the La Liga while Athletic Club was in 8th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Espanyol team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Athletic Club used in the match.

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 08-04-2023. The match was valid for the 2022/2023 season of the La Liga, and it ended with a 1-2 win for Athletic Club.

The last time these teams met, there were no easy wins!

Athletic Club

La Liga leaderboard now

The Athletic Club team with 14 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Europa League, with a campaign of 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Which means that the team is over Mallorca team who is in the position 7 in the 10th round and both have the same score.

Athletic Club analysis

Currently, Athletic Club has a tally of 13 goals scored and 10 goals against, at the end of round 9 of La Liga.

The Athletic Club team comes from a defeat in the La Liga, and its coach Ernesto Valverde Tejedor wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

The average shooting on goal for the Athletic Club team in the league is not the best. There are only 3.67 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

his ball possession percentage is 44.44% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Espanyol and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

While Espanyol has only managed to convert 9 of their 707 attacks into goals, Athletic Club has been much more successful with 963 attacks and 13 goals.

Best goalscorer from Athletic Club

Oihan Sancet has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Athletic Club to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Espanyol

La Liga leaderboard now

Espanyol arrives in this game with 10 points, and in 14th place in the La Liga, having won 3 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 1 draw.

Deportivo Alavés ranks just above, occupying 13th place in the 10th round, the team has the same number of points.

Espanyol analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Espanyol, which after 9 rounds has conceded 13 but has only scored 9.

Espanyol is currently struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating better opportunities and converting them into goals.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 1 goals on average per game in this tournament.

Increasingly prominent within the team, Marash Kumbulla, a defender who arrived for this season, did another fine performance in the last duel of the club. In the match against Mallorca, he was a fundamental piece, providing great security for the whole team and showing he is already fully adapted to the new club.

Best goalscorer from Espanyol

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Javi Puado. The Attacker has scored 3 times in this competition and helped Espanyol avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Athletic Club is Oihan Sancet, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Espanyol is Javi Puado, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Since Espanyol has an average of 0.25 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.91.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 3.72 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.89 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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