Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Preview

Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Estadio de la Cerámica

Date: 9th April 2018

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

This season has been less than impressive for both of these teams especially when you consider how much they overachieved last season.

They have both been eliminated from the Europa League and they may struggle to get in there at the end of this season.

Villarreal may still be sixth in the league table, but they have already lost as many games as they did for the whole of last season.

Their record is still a lot better than that of Athletic who are going to end this season in one of their worst positions since the turn of the century.

Bilbao have netted an average of a goal per game this season with the ageing Aduritz one of the major reasons.

Inaki Williams is still yet to come in with the goals on a regular basis and they would be hoping this season can end soon so they can get a good front man.

Athletic bilbao have lost 53% of their away matches this season while picking up less than one point per game on their travels.

Villarreal beat Atletico Madrid in their most recent home game, and although they have also lost to Malaga recently, they would be confident of another win in this game.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Villarreal

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Villarreal 2-1 Atletico Madrid 18 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Las Palmas 0-2 Villarreal 11 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Villarreal 0-2 Girona 3 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Eibar 1-0 Villarreal 28 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Villarreal 1-0 Getafe 25 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División

Athletic Bilbao

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Celta Vigo 31 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao 18 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Marseille 15 Mar, 2018 UEFA Europa League
W Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Leganes 11 Mar, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Marseille 3-1 Athletic Bilbao 8 Mar, 2018 UEFA Europa League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Villarreal 19 Nov, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Villarreal 3-1 Athletic Bilbao 7 Apr, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Villarreal 20 Nov, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Villarreal 6 Feb, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Villarreal 0-1 Athletic Bilbao 13 Jan, 2016 Spanish Copa del Rey

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

May 3, 2024
Getafe 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
May 4, 2024
Real Sociedad 13:00 Las Palmas
Real Madrid 15:15 Cadiz
Girona 17:30 Barcelona
Mallorca 20:00 Atlético de Madrid
May 5, 2024
Osasuna 13:00 Real Betis
Celta Vigo 15:15 Villarreal
Valencia 17:30 Alaves
Rayo Vallecano 20:00 Almeria
Sevilla 20:00 Granada
May 10, 2024
Alaves 20:00 Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca 13:00 Las Palmas
Villarreal 15:15 Sevilla
Granada 17:30 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz 13:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 15:15 Celta Vigo
Valencia 17:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis 20:00 Almeria
May 13, 2024
Barcelona 20:00 Real Sociedad

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 33 26 6 1 71 22 +49 84
2 Barcelona 33 22 7 4 68 39 +29 73
3 Girona 33 22 5 6 69 40 +29 71
4 Atlético de Madrid 33 20 4 9 62 39 +23 64
5 Athletic Bilbao 33 16 10 7 53 33 +20 58
6 Real Sociedad 33 13 12 8 46 35 +11 51
7 Real Betis 33 12 13 8 41 39 +2 49
8 Valencia 33 13 8 12 37 38 -1 47
9 Villarreal 33 12 9 12 54 55 -1 45
10 Getafe 33 10 13 10 41 45 -4 43
11 Osasuna 33 11 6 16 37 49 -12 39
12 Alaves 33 10 8 15 31 38 -7 38
13 Sevilla 33 9 11 13 42 46 -4 38
14 Las Palmas 33 10 7 16 30 41 -11 37
15 Rayo Vallecano 33 7 13 13 27 42 -15 34
16 Mallorca 33 6 14 13 27 39 -12 32
17 Celta Vigo 33 7 10 16 37 50 -13 31
18 Cadiz 33 4 14 15 23 46 -23 26
19 Granada 33 4 9 20 36 61 -25 21
20 Almeria 33 1 11 21 32 67 -35 14

Spanish Primera Results

April 29, 2024
Barcelona 4 - 2 Valencia
April 28, 2024
Real Betis 1 - 1 Sevilla
Villarreal 3 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
Granada 3 - 0 Osasuna
Cadiz 1 - 1 Mallorca
April 27, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 3 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 3 - 0 Celta Vigo
Almeria 1 - 3 Getafe
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Girona
April 26, 2024
Real Sociedad 0 - 1 Real Madrid
April 22, 2024
Sevilla 2 - 1 Mallorca
April 21, 2024
Real Madrid 3 - 2 Barcelona
Alaves 2 - 0 Atlético de Madrid
Almeria 1 - 2 Villarreal
Getafe 1 - 1 Real Sociedad
April 20, 2024
Girona 4 - 1 Cadiz
Valencia 1 - 2 Real Betis
Rayo Vallecano 2 - 1 Osasuna
Celta Vigo 4 - 1 Las Palmas
April 19, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Granada

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