Athletic Bilbao is set for a trip to RCDE Stadium for battle with Espanyol in La Liga campaign. Athletic will be looking for their third La Liga win in a row while Espanyol are there to stop them. This fascinating match is scheduled for October 26th 2021 at 22:00.
Espanyol were held to 2-2 La Liga draw playing against Elche last week, this followed two straight wins against Cadiz and Real Madrid which sees them in the 11th place with 13 points after 10 matches. Vicente Moreno’s men will get another chance to return to their winning ways in this game.
Athletic Club on the other side will be looking for another victory after two consecutive wins against Alaves and the most recent 2-1 against Villarreal in La Liga. They have had a good run this season which sees them in the 8th place with 16 points after nine games.
Both sides have been impressive this season and it’s not easy to choose the favorites to win in this match. Athletic is slightly the better team on paper, however Espanyol has won three of their last five matches and they are hosting the game which means they will put up a strong fight.
Two of the last five meetings between Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao ended without a winner and we expect this match to end with the same results.
Espanyol vs Athletic Bilbao head to head
These two sides have met 56 times since 1994 where the home side took victory in 22 matches, 19 draws were recorded and Athletic Bilbao has had 15 wins.
- Espanyol 1-1 Bilbao 25/01/20
- Bilbao 3-0 Espanyol 30/10/19
- Bilbao 1-1 Espanyol 08/03/19
- Espanyol 1-0 Bilbao 05/11/18
- Bilbao 0-1 Espanyol 20/05/18
Home
- Elche 2-2 Espanyol
- Espanyol 2-0 Cadiz
- Espanyol 2-1 Real Madrid
- Sevilla 2-0 Espanyol
- Espanyol 1-0 Alaves
Away
- Bilbao 2-1 Villarreal
- Bilbao 1-0 Alaves
- Valencia 1-1 Bilbao
- Bilbao 1-2 Vallecano
- Atletico 0-0 Bilbao
Espanyol team news
Espanyol will be without winger Javi Puado and Albanian midfielder Keidi Bare, while there are doubts over the availability of right-back Miguelon.
Athletic Bilbao team news
Yuri Berchiche and midfielder Peru Nolaskoain will be unavailable for this selection due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Athletic Bilbao Win
- Double Chance
