Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano match Analysis and Prediction

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Athletic Bilbao are back in action this Tuesday as they are set to encounter Rayo Vallecano at the Estadio San Mamés (Bilbao).

The Basque giants have been excellent this season and hold the upper hand placed in the 5^th position with 9 points only 2 points on top of the opponents. The hosts remain unbeaten in the pasted fixtures and were confident holding the La Liga champions in a draw over the weekend fixture.

The Los Leones come to this match after picking 2 wins and 3 draws from 5 games played so far. The game against Barcelona a month ago saw the match end in a 1-1 draw at San Mames. This is a strong team, especially at home and will be looking to better their count in the record.

Athletic Bilbao will be looking to extend their unbeaten run and will now look to return to winning ways and continue their strong start in style.

Rayo Vallecano on the other hand, are also in a good performance placed at the 9^th position with 7 points just above Barcelona. The visitors were just promoted to this tier and had a tough start in the top tier losing consecutive games to Sevilla and Real Sociedad.

They bounced back thrashing Granada 4-0 before the encounter against Levante which they managed a win too. The latest match ended in 3-0 victory against Getafe with Trejo, Pathe Ciss and Radamel in the score sheet.

Iraola’s men come to this match with the need to continue building on their momentum to the top positions in the table.

Athletic Bilbao vs. Rayo Vallecano head to head

The head to head encounters since 1998 have seen Bilbao take the most victories. Out of the 28 matches played, they’ve had 14 victories and 9 draws with the hosts managing only 5 wins. When playing at home, Bilbao haven’t lost to Vallecano in their last 4 encounters. They have also not lost in the last 7 matches.