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- Athletic Bilbao vs Malaga Predictions: Hosts to Grind Out Victory
- The hosts have kept four clean sheets in their last five La Liga home games - Athletic Bilbao to Win to Nil — 7/5 Betfred
- Athletic have not seen three goals scored in their last eight home league fixtures - Total Goals: Under 2.5 — 8/13 William Hill
Match Preview
The home side will be confident of maintaining their strong recent home form, ahead of our Athletic Bilbao vs Malaga preview and soccer odds, as Los Leones welcome the division’s rock-bottom side in the Basque Country.
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Athletic Bilbao have remained unbeaten at home for a considerable period now, with Kuko Ziganda’s side certainly not entertaining to watch, but they are capable of grinding out results and keeping things tight at the back. Malaga have really been struggling in front of goal in recent weeks, so they should have a real test when trying to find the back of the net at San Mames.
Our Athletic Bilbao vs Malaga predictions back the home side to grind their way to a difficult victory, which makes going for a home win with a narrow margin of victory looks very tempting in our La Liga tips.
The hosts need to continue to pick up points at home, otherwise, they could be sucked further down the table. Although Ziganda’s side do have the second leg in the Europa League to commit plenty of their resources towards, they need to pick up three points to pick up the slack in La Liga too.
Athletic Bilbao vs Malaga Prediction and Betting Advice
Malaga have scored just one goal on the road in their last four attempts, with Deportivo Alaves, Getafe and Las Palmas all capable of keeping a clean sheet against them. Despite bringing in the likes of Alberto Bueno, Isaac Success, Maxime Lastienne and Brown Ideye during January, Los Boquerones are still struggling to click in attack.
Betfred offers the best odds on the home side being able to take three points unscathed, with Ziganda much more conscious of the defensive aspects of his side’s performance than making them dangerous or fluid in attack. They will benefit from the returns of both Aritz Aduriz and Raul Garcia after suspension, however.
Athletic have kept four clean sheets in their last five home games in La Liga, with the San Mames crowd definitely used to a team that doesn’t take any risks or particularly excite. Against a team such as Malaga, who really struggle in attack too, they should be confident of a clean sheet on Sunday afternoon.
Our Athletic Bilbao vs Malaga bets back this to be a very competitive and narrow game, with the away side certainly not set to go down without a fight given their current predicament. The Andalusian club find themselves cut adrift and rooted to the foot of the table in La Liga, with any points they can take a huge bonus at this stage of the campaign.
William Hill offer the best odds on there being less than three goals at San Mames, which looks incredibly likely given the goalscoring records of both teams this season, mixed in with how both coaches are setting up to try and not concede, rather than to take three points in contests. They should cancel each other out well, with Los Leones not seeing three goals scored at home in their last eight league home fixtures.
Our Athletic Bilbao vs Malaga betting tips suggest that this will be a tight one, but that the Basque club should be confident that they can remain unbeaten at home and push for three points that will ease the pressure on their coach a little bit.
