Athletic Club vs Almeria Competition – Spanish Primera Liga Stadium: San Mamés Date: 6th October 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
La Liga returns this weekend with Athletic Bilbao hosting Almeria at the Estadio San Mamés. The hosts suffered an embarrassment last weekend as they saw their six-game unbeaten start to the season ended with a 3-0 defeat in the Basque derby against Real Sociedad. Athletic Club boss Ernesto Valverde felt it was an even contest despite the result, putting it down to his side not being as ‘decisive’ and ‘clinical’ in front of goal as their rivals. That loss ultimately put them three points behind where they were at the same stage of 2022/23 when finishing in eighth position. But the host’s chances of bouncing back appear high, as they are unbeaten on home soil since their 2-0 defeat against Real Madrid in August (W2, D1). Valverde’s side scored nine goals across those three games, a stark improvement after failing to score in six of their eight prior La Liga home games. It has set them up nicely to extend a five-game winning streak at home against upcoming opponents Almería over 13 years. The visitors travel to Bilbao in dire form, so they have little chance of ending that run of five straight H2H away defeats. Almería remain the only side yet to win a league game this season (D3, L5) and have conceded at least twice in all but one of their games this season. They can’t take much inspiration from their 3-3 draw at home to fellow relegation contenders Granada in the last round, having blown a 3-0 half-time lead. Things haven’t been much better on the road, with the Rojiblancos conceding in each of their last five away halves of play, although they can perhaps take limited pride in scoring in each away game this season (D1, L2). Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga: Spanish Primera Liga Table
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
May 14, 2024
Osasuna
18:30
Mallorca
Real Madrid
20:30
Alaves
Girona
21:00
Villarreal
May 15, 2024
Sevilla
18:30
Cadiz
Rayo Vallecano
18:30
Granada
Celta Vigo
21:00
Athletic Bilbao
Getafe
21:00
Atlético de Madrid
May 16, 2024
Las Palmas
18:30
Real Betis
Almeria
20:30
Barcelona
Real Sociedad
21:00
Valencia
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Real Madrid
34
27
6
1
74
22
+52
87
2
Girona
34
23
5
6
73
42
+31
74
3
Barcelona
34
22
7
5
70
43
+27
73
4
Atlético de Madrid
34
21
4
9
63
39
+24
67
5
Athletic Bilbao
34
17
10
7
55
33
+22
61
6
Real Sociedad
34
14
12
8
48
35
+13
54
7
Real Betis
34
13
13
8
43
39
+4
52
8
Valencia
34
13
8
13
37
39
-2
47
9
Villarreal
34
12
9
13
56
58
-2
45
10
Getafe
34
10
13
11
41
47
-6
43
11
Alaves
34
11
8
15
32
38
-6
41
12
Sevilla
34
10
11
13
45
46
-1
41
13
Osasuna
34
11
6
17
37
51
-14
39
14
Las Palmas
34
10
7
17
30
43
-13
37
15
Celta Vigo
34
8
10
16
40
52
-12
34
16
Rayo Vallecano
34
7
13
14
27
43
-16
34
17
Mallorca
34
6
14
14
27
40
-13
32
18
Cadiz
34
4
14
16
23
49
-26
26
19
Granada
34
4
9
21
36
64
-28
21
20
Almeria
34
2
11
21
33
67
-34
17
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