Athletic Bilbao vs Slavia Prague Match Analysis & Prediction
24/10/2024 10:00 pm
On Thursday night, Athletic Bilbao will play host to Slavia Prague at San Mames Barria for their third game of the 2024-25 Europa League main draw.
Athletic Bilbao are competing in their first European campaign since 2017-18 after they achieved a fifth-placed finish in La Liga last season.
With the Europa League final taking place at San Mames Barria, Ernesto Valverde’s side will be dreaming of going all the way in this season’s tournament.
Los Leones have certainly made an encouraging start to their European campaign, having picked up four points from their first two matches against Roma and AZ Alkmaar.
Aitor Paredes scored an 85th-minute equaliser to salvage a point in the Italian capital, before Inaki Williams and Oihan Sancet netted second-half goals to fire Athletic to a 2-0 home victory over AZ on matchday two.
Slavia Prague started their European campaign with aspirations of a Champions League main draw appearance, but those dreams were crushed by a 3-2 defeat to Lille in the playoff round, leaving the Czech side to settle for a spot in the Europa League.
They have seemingly put their Champions League disappointment behind them, having made an unbeaten start to their Europa League campaign to leave them in ninth place and ahead of 12th-placed Athletic on goal difference.
Matej Jurasek and Mojmir Chytil grabbed a goal each to fire Slavia to a 2-0 away win over Bulgarian champions Ludogorets, before Tomas Chory scored a crucial equalser in a 1-1 home stalemate against Ajax.
Jindrich Trpisovsky’s side have now won eight of their previous nine matches across all competitions, making it over two months since they suffered their most recent defeat in the first leg of their Champions League playoff tie against Lille.
Athletic Bilbao vs. Slavia Prague Head to head
This will be the first meeting between these two teams.
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Athletic Bilbao Team News
Athletic are still without Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon, who is yet to feature this season after undergoing wrist surgery in the summer.
Athletic Bilbao's Last 5 Matches
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26/09/2024Roma1Athletic Bilbao1Europa League
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29/09/2024Athletic Bilbao1Sevilla1La Liga
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03/10/2024Athletic Bilbao2AZ0Europa League
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06/10/2024Girona2Athletic Bilbao1La Liga
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19/10/2024Athletic Bilbao4Espanyol1La Liga
Slavia Prague Team News
Slavia Prague are having to make do with several injury absentees, including Igoh Ogbu, Lukas Voriicky, Ivan Schranz and Daniel Fila.
Slavia Prague's Last 5 Matches
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25/09/2024Ludogorets0Slavia Prague2Europa League
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29/09/2024Bohemians 19050Slavia Prague4Czech Liga
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03/10/2024Slavia Prague1Ajax1Europa League
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06/10/2024Slavia Prague2Sparta Prague1Czech Liga
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20/10/2024Jablonec1Slavia Prague2Czech Liga
Athletic Bilbao vs. Slavia Prague: Odds and Predictions
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