Unbeaten 8 rounds of championship, Athletic Bilbao moves in round 20 with La Liga in Getafe to face the local team, Getafe Cf. The match at the “Coliseum Alfonso Perez” Stadium will start at 22:00 and can be watched on the DigiSport 2 channel.
Getafe
He is ranked 9th in the La Liga standings, with 26 points, being equal to 10th place points, Girona.
They are crossing a more complicated period in which they alternate with their own home defeats, with defeats on their way, coming also after 5 games with less than 2.5 goals per game.
He occupies the 4th position in the home games this season with a 6-wins, a draw and three defeats.
It comes after a victory at the limit, achieved on the ground, in front of the team in the penultimate position of the ranking, Malaga, score 1: 0, the game decided by the goal scored the head of the central defender Cala, in a very poor game made by both teams.
Midfielder Markel Bergara and central defender Leandro Carbrera are injured and will not be able to play in this match.
The probable team for this match, a 4-4-2 game system: Guaita; Damian (RB), Bruno (RCB), Cala (LCB), Antunes (LB); Portillo (RM), Mora (RCM), Fajr (LCM), Dani Pacheco (LM); Molina (RS), Shibasaki (LS).
Athletic Bilbao
She occupies the 12th position in La Liga, with 25 points, being equal to the 11th position, Celta Vigo.
He spends an excellent season in the championship with 3 wins and 2 draws in the last 5 stages.
He comes after a draw on the field of the Espanyol team, a score of 1: 1, the game in which he saw the lead in the 29th minute after a collective mistake in defense, but managed to draw parity after the success of the striker Williams, from the 35th minute, managed to set the final score of the game.
The side defenders Mikel Balenziaga and Oscar DeMarcos, goalkeeper Kepa and one last, Iker Muniain, are injured and will not be able to play in this match.
The probable team for this game, 4-2-3-1 game system: Herrerin (GK); Lekue (RB), Etxelta (RCB), Laporte (LCB), Saborit (LB); Iturrapse (CDM), San Jose (CDM), Susaeta (LAM), Garcia (CAM), Williams (RAM), Aduriz (ST).
Direct meetings
Athletic Bilbao managed to score in 4 of the previous 5 straight championship meetings, and Getafe managed to draw a draw from these 5 matches, the one in the tournament, in a match ended with a 0-0 score.
My tip: Getafe vs Bilbao
Given Getafe’s defensive approach to home matches this season, I expect a balanced confrontation in which guests will try to control the match and get at least one point of this away being a team with a lot of players more techniques than those of the hosts.
PREDICTION: DRAW @ 1.50
