Atlético de Madrid - Athletic Bilbao Football prediction

Atlético de Madrid and Athletic Bilbao play at Estadio La Peineta in a duel of the 12th round of the Primera Division. The record of recent direct matches favors the home team, who in the last 8 matches won 6 and drew 2. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 02-18-2018, ended with Atletico Madrid victory for (2 -0). In this match the house factor can play a decisive role, as Athletic Bilbao has shown differences in performance in their home and away games.

Analysis of Atletico Madrid
After 5 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, the home team is in 4th place, having won 20 points. In the last match, they drew 1-1 with Leganes (1-1), having won 2-1 at home against Real Sociedad in the previous game. This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches has 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with 20 goals scored and 18 conceded, against 9 victories , 4 draws and 2 defeats at home, with 22 goals scored and 8 conceded. The team arrives at this meeting after a home win with Borussia Dortmund by (2-0). For the league, Atletico de Madrid won 13 points in 15 chances, after 4 wins and 1 draw in the last 5 games that played in his stadium.

In this competition, you have not lost any of the last 5 games in your stadium. His attack has marked regularly, since he managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. There are 1 highlights in the last 20 home games in all competitions: he has 3 of his 8 goals between minutes (31'-45 ').

Atlético de Madrid is a club that has ten Primera División titles (Spanish Championship) throughout its history, being the most recent title won in the 2013/14 season, in addition to having ten titles of the Copa del Rey and three vices in the League of Champions. In the current season, the team is making a good campaign, having won twenty of the thirty-three points so far, being thus among the first placed, one point behind second and four behind the leader. As principal, Atlético de Madrid has a very strong performance, since he has not lost at home this season and comes from five consecutive victories, counting several competitions. I believe that in this match, Atletico Madrid will again get a good win by playing at home.

Athletic Bilbao Analysis
The visiting team is currently in 17th place with 10 points earned after 1 win, 7 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, tied at home to Valencia by (0-0). In the last match, lost out to Espanyol by (1-0). This is a team that curiously presents more positive results than the home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with a total of 24 goals scored and 18 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, with a total of 17 goals scored and 21 conceded. In the last 5 away games for the league Athletic Bilbao has 4 draws and 1 defeat, having won 4 points in 15 possible.

For this competition, you do not win as a visitor for 5 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 11 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never managed to turn the score.

Athletic Bilbao is a club that has already won the Primera Division (Spanish League) eight times, the most recent title being won in 1983/84, in addition to twenty-three Copa del Rey titles and two vices in the Europa League. In the current season, the team is making an irregular campaign, having won only ten of the thirty-three points it has played so far, being among the last placed, just one point ahead of the first team inside the relegation zone. As a visitor, Athletic Bilbao have poor performance as they have yet to win away from home, adding more draws in the games they have played so far. I believe that in this match, by playing against a difficult opponent, Athletic Bilbao will suffer goals and leave with a defeat.

Betting Tip: 
In this confrontation between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, I believe we will have a score built in favor of the principal, taking into account the technical quality of the squad led by Diego Simeone and the fragility of Athletic Bilbao presented in games as a visitor. In addition, historically the Atletico Madrid has a great advantage against Bilbao, since in the 25 matches played at the home of Atletico Madrid, were 17 victories of the principal, 4 draws and 4 victories of the visitor.